Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

best Of everything for the price ask
ed-lt makes II necessity that the
tharketman offer maximum of ma
terial for a minimum of charge
Moreover. what he may lose in mar
gin OF proht by reason of this change
as compared with his present meth
ods or selling his goods-he more
'han makes up in the increased vol
ume Of business he does. He has
the additional satisfaction, too. of A
perfectly pleased patronage, without
any loss whatever In the total OF
money he makes.
1T Is astonishing to me that At
lanta has no city market. There is
hardly city Of its size in. the ma
ton that has not two or more-and
as a matter of fact, | know of many
much smaller cities that have city
markets to make glad the hearts of
housekeepers.
There must be a mistaken idea
somewhere as to the value of a city
market, or Atlanta long ago would
have had one or more.
y feel safe in venturing the as
Scrtion that no present resident of
Atlanta who ever has lived In or near
H municipality wherein city mar
ket is located will say that it did not
make shopping easier, more eco
nomicaP and more satisfactory in
dozens of ways.
Who has visited one of these city
markets habitually for any length of
time, and failed to be won complete
ly by the sensibleness and merit of
II as business proposition?
They do not interfere with any es-
tablished business that ought not to
10. HWaH IL \.
they frequently greatly extend estab-
lished businesses and make them
more profitable.
There is another thing in favor of
the city market and any physician
Will affirm this statement-it is pos
sible to enforce sanitary regulations
therein with far less expense and far
bigger results than II is to enforce
them in scattered markets, small and
managed by dealers unmindful of the
great part sanitation plays nowadays
in the matter Of conserving health
and happiness among the people.
Question OF Sanitation.
Seldom, n ever. are bad odors en-
countered In city markets-the dealer
who manages a stall that fails to come
up TO every reasonable sanitary regu-
lation is hopelessly outclassed by his
neighbor who does--and whose eff
forts may be plainly seen and imme-
diately contrasted.
Il honestly believe that | can take
a dollar bill into a we'll regulated city
market and make 1t go as far as a
dollar and quarter now goes-and if
could do that in Atlanta, | could
solve part of MY problem of the high
cost of living, all right!
81 know | can do this, because
HAVE done IL in another big city in
which ! once lived-a city in no way
more delightful, more inviting or more
charming than our own dear Atlanta,
at that!
ITO be sure do not offer my city
market suggestion as a final and COM
plete solution of the high cost of liv-
ing problem. After such a market
were established there still would be
a high cost of living problem to face
only eternal vigilance and persist
ent application Of common sense and
intelligence will hold within reasona-
BILE limits the problems of living, rear
ing family, and otherwise becoming
a level headed, reasonably contented
and satisfied American citizen.
But | know there is merit in the
city market SUGGESTION know it by
experience extending over several
years in another city that l left to
come to Atlanta, and which leaving l
never have regretted
Atlanta is a great city, constantly
growing, forever expanding, continu-
ously waxing greater and grandeE
She can take another long step for
ward in establishing a city market
or two or three of them-and sooner
or later she will The sooner, how
ever the better!"