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

pest of everything for the price ask
edit makes il a necessity that the
iharEetnan offer a maximum Of ma
terlal for . minimum Of charge
Moreover what he may lose I'm mar
gin Of profit by reason of this change
as compared with his present meth
DDS OF selling his goods-he more
IMAM makes up I'm the increased vol
uIne OF business he does. He has
the additional satisfaction, too. of a
perfectly pleas patronage. withou:
any loss whatever in the total Of
money he makes.
1T Is astonishing to me that At
anita has no city market There is
hardly city of its size in the ma
lion that has not two or more-and,
IS a matter of fact, | know Of many
much smaller cities that have city
markets 10 make glad the hearts OF
aousekeepers
There must be a mistaken idea
somewhere as 10 the value of a city
market or Atlanta long ago would
have had one or more.
u feel safe in venturing the as
-yrtlon that no present resident Of
Atlanta who ever has lived in or near
municipality wherein city mar
N'. 90 wv aA'' ~ III HHN iidl II hlu NOT
make shopping easier more eco
nomtcal and more satisfactory In
dozens Of ways.
who has visited one of these city
markets habitually for any length of
ume and failed to be won complete
ly by the sensibleness and merit Of
IL as business proposition?
They do not interfere with any es-
tablished business that ought not to
be interfeTed With-on the contrary,
they frequently greatly extend estab-
lished businesses and make them
more profitable
There is another thing i'm favor of
the city market, and any physician
viii affirm this statement--it is pos
sible to enforce sanitary regulations
therein with far less expense and far
bigger results than IL 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, If ever. are bad odors en-
countered in city markets-the dealer
who manages a stall that fails - come
up to every reasonable sanitary regu-
lation is hOpelessIy outClassed by his
nelghbor who does-and whose eff
forts may be plainly seen and imme-
diately contrasted
Il honestly believe that ! can take
a dollar bill into well-regulated city
market and make it go as far as a
dollar and a quarter now goes-and If
| could do that in Atlanta, | could
solve part Of MY problem of the high
cost of living, all right!
I COS do
HAVE done it 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 llv-
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 mold within reasona
BILE limits the problems of living, rear
ing a family, and otherwise becoming
level-headed, reasonably contented
and satisfied American citizen.
But l know there is merit in the
city market suggestion-I know ii by
experience extending over several
years in another city that l left to
come to Atlanta, and which leaving
never have regretted
Atlanta is a great city, constantly
growing. forever expanding. continu-
ously waxing greater and grander
| 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 hRtteri"