The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-16

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overdrawn, but it is very neal the
truth.
Fargo business men and Fargo vot-
ers should remedy this condition as
soon as possible. I may be somewhat
visionary in the matter, but I firmly
believe that any business man or any
citizen who opposes a properly on
structed, properly arranged Fargo
market is standing in the way Of his
own interests, regardless of the bust
ness he may be in. ! make this state
ment after having grown up as a boy
in touch with the markets Of Cincin-
natl, and after having hauled and sold
in such markets for twelve years, and
after having seen the best market
places in the United States, and visit
ed a number Of such places in Euro
pean cities.
"Any citizen that argues that a
market place would be IN i'll smelling
place is doing 81 without proper
knowledge or he is putting forth an
argument that Fargo Is unable to run
a sanitary city. Some of the most
beautiful cities in the world. notably
Brussels, run an open market in the
oil GClg al III NCIy "a " LAS DNcA-
ness districts, and it cannot be said
that the market of that city is a foul
smelling place, or is unsightly.
However, the American way of es-
tablishing a c. trail market house
with permanent booths for retailing
the products after the market hours
r over, with cold storage, places for
meats and vegetables, and with sheds
or stalls for properly locating the
teams, Is undoubtedly to be preferred.
How the proper mean is to be OBJ
tanned for establishing such a market
is perhaps the chief problem at pres
ent, but there can be little question
but that it ought to be established. 1t
would prove a great boon to every re-
tail grocer and meat man in the city.
"It would develop the country sur
rounding these two cities into a series
of small farms and thus bring in close
proximity to Fargo hundreds of peo-
pie and workers where now there are
but large areas of weeds on the most
fertile land in the world. 1t would
allow our merchants to handlo fresh
home grown stuff instead of handling
pithy market stuff that has been
SulDpSu lIOIu LIl6 COdSI 10 ST.. dul ana
then reshipped to Fargo. 1t would
allow these merchants to handle a
larger volume Of business by allow
ing them to more cheaply feed a grow
ing population The population can
not be increased much under the pres
ent high cost of living. 1t would al
low every table in Fargo to hold fresh
home grown stuff instead of the
picked, canned and shriveled stuff,
shipped for hundreds Of miles at
great expense. 1t would eventually
allow the truck men OF the region and
the wholesalers of the town to do a
wholesale business in every line of
vegetables and small farm produce,
i luding chickens and other meat
products.
why should Fargo not be a, ship
ping point for such materials, rather
than an importing point? The fact
that there are nj arrangements made
in Fargo for buying from farmers is
the only answer.
There should be a permanent build
ing of large size located as near the
business center of the city as posi-
BILE. In this climate it should be Of
brick or concrete construction, though
a temporary place might be construct
ed for a number OF years, that oppor-
tunities for growth might be determ-
ined. If a proper place for a single
central mar,:et cannot be located con-
veniently there might be two markets,
on more roomy grounds. However,
these should be as close as possible to
tie street a lines.
assuming a permanent central
building 1t should be located on an
open space, at least a full block, so
that it may be reached from all four
streets. The building should contain
booths for all retail lines of small farm
products as for all lines Of household
retail work in these lines, including
vegetables, groceries, meats, etc.
There should be in the building a well
arranged. well lighted, comfortable
rest room for women, and q large hos
| pitable, well arranged and well lighted
| smoking or conversation room for men.
There should also be attached to this
building a properly conducted cafe
terra. These three latter requirements
may seem, to some, as unreasonable,
but they will make a success of the
place. At the present time when a
farmer comes to town there is no
place for either him or his wife to
rest. sit down and talk. unless 1t be in
q place Of business where they are in
the way, or at some other place which
ii no so satisfactory. If such rooms
were properly arranged they would be
the natural meeting place for the bus
mess men of the town and the farming
public.
.'There should be in the. immediate
vicinity, probably a second block. ar
rangements OF sheds or stables where
each farmer may locate his team ac-
cording to his assignment, and in
front Of which place he can sell truck