The suburban citizen., 1900-01-06
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A co.oPERATWE MARKETeR.
one woman Earns Good Salary Buying
For Many Families,

one woman Earns Good Salary Buying
For Many Families,
"There are fourteen families for
whom market and my salary for the
work is $500, Miss Elizabeth Arnold
admitted when approached and asked
TO talk about her work. ''I may or
NAV not he the only cooperative mar
keter, but il there are others l have
never heard Of them.
81 began with three families,
friends, who agreed to allow me to do
their marketing aud profit by the per
cent. which I could induce the market
men to allow, after the manner OF q
shopping agent. That plan didn't
work so well and l finally induced
them to try me for six months on a
Aaary-S100 At the end Of the time
agreed upon all the parties concerned
myself included-were so well
pleased with the result that L con-
tracted for a year.
''Realizing that the larger the guam
ties of provisions / could buy the
cheaper they would be, / set about to
find other patrons. l succeeded in
getting ten families on the same terms,
and since that time four others have
been added to my list. These last ad.
ditions ] would like to say, however,
came to me. / did not solicit their or
ders, because / really did not care to
take more than ten.
MY work is so systematized that L
can tell you just how [ manage it now,
though when first began 1 fancy 1t
would have been difficult to make any
one understand my many maneuvers.
First, of course, L visit each pa
tron, and find out just what they wish
for the next day. Next morning l go
to the market with my lists, examine
meats, fish, vegetables, fruits or what
ever ] am to buy, and give my orders.
OF course l see that every article is
the very best of its kind, and buying
in such large quantities the dealers are
willing to allow me the discounts they
give small dealers, My patrons get
the benefit of this discount, 80, of
course, their supplies come to them
cheaper. Besides a reduction in price
by buying at the market instead OF the
corner grocers, they get everything as
fresh as it can be bought, and have a
much greater variety TO select from.
Certainly my experience tells, and
am better able to select good pro-
visions than the average cook or even
mistress, though it is very seldom these
DAYS that either of them go to market.
As rule they content themselves with
ordering through their grocer and
butcher and take whatever he brings
them at whatever price he charges.
"My werk, as a rule, is all done in
the morning before 10 o'clock. Gen
orally my actual marketing Is over at
$40 o'clock: then I start out on my
round Of calls to receive orders for the
next day. Imake it apoint, of course
10 visit my fourteen households eOcl
.day. and you can easily understand
how busyI l am between $50 and 1C
o'clock. However, they are all quite
near together, so l manage it very
comfortably.
"I have nothing to do with making
out the menus, although L fancy ]
would come into the province OF m!
work were 1 not so busy. For {
woman wishing TO undertake my bust
ness would advise her to market TO
fewer families, and as far as possible
make out the menus Every house
keeper will ask her advice, and viii
in the end leave the greater part o
the selection to the marketer; so,
she would begin correctly, let her bar
gain to make the menus for each day
It will not only put more money i
her pocket, but she will be credite
with what she really does. Now l il
reality make the menus for a larg
majority of my patrons, but 1 am benC
fitted by that branch Of my wor
neither financially nor otherwise r.
Chicago Record.