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

NJ good. plump. sound tomatoes 'oI
instance. this year. but have not seen
10 So stated anywhere. Yet st is q
fact that nowhere in Atlanta, with
perhaps an occasional exception, mas
ID been possible 90 see the best 81
them on display this season.
THE price of tomatoes in Atlanta
may be the same as the price Of D
mat0os i'm Nashville, and yet If Nash
yi'lc gets better tomato for the same
money than Atlanta gets the atlanta
hOusckcrper is the loser,
Truck gardening seems to have be-
come lost art around and about At
lauta I'm Nh, rCmotrr residential Soc
tions wagons fresh from the farms
visit households occasionally m
sweet tender vegetables, fresh eggs
country butter and the Ike may 3s
had but the total sum OF this sor. 81
shopping i'm Atlanta is relatively notn-
ing
Small Store; Big Price
"Ir "A housekecpcr has TO pay even
the downtown price for produce thus
arquir.d which She doesn't. she has
saved money nevertheless, for she
has obtained more wholesome
article of diet more often than not
and she has received i fresh from
the farm. besides saving the tim,
and carfarc Of "a rtip downtown.
she depends upon the ueighbOr-
hood grocery store for nothing much
more than the small necessities. foi
experience has taught her that she
can not expect much more in that
quarter she realizes that the small
grocery of the ncighborhOod must
1. t.sfF,
To- live at all. She has no possible
quarrel with the ueighbOrhood gro
ccrv-she merely knows IL Is not q
particularly inviting place In which
to make her pennies stretch very far
what. then Is my remedy? ] have
set up numerous objections to shop
ping conditions as they now exist In
Atlanta. and IT Is up to me, ] sup
pose. to say what ] am going to dc
about 1t,
Il can tell you what l would LIKE
to do about II, and what | SHOULll
BE able to do about. and the which
If could do about 1t, could save
myself pretty sum every month
and get "a better quality OF 1000 III
my home. moreover!
IF we had i'm Atlanta a hig Center
market-ur, better sim, Center, q
Northern and Southern market
| could go there and get the best OF
everything the markets afford, and
get It exactly when, how and attel
whatever fashion ] desired.
In one Of these city markets II IL
| POSSIBLE to shop with a maximum OF
result. and at tremendous saving of
time and nerve tissue, moreover.
Articles offered for sale in one OF
these markets necessarily are OF the
best quality OfOr the money asked
ia he obtained As kissing goes by
favor. 80 patronage i'm a big market
where contrasts in displays are i'm
mcdiatcly observable, goes to the
most deserving.
IF Marketman A in a big market
offers me tomatoes at 50 much pei
| dozen or per pound, he must make
me the offer I'm the fun and steady
! ing knowledge that right next door &c
him, In the neiEhboring stall Market
man r also has tomatoes for sale
! whichever has the best tomatoes fol
| the price gets nay coin!
1t is the same way with cauli-
| flower, snaphcans, beats. pickles pre-
! serves. cheese and what not over
| In the meat and fish stalls the same
rules obtain. Get the point-it is
plain enough
"A shopper can not very well con
! trast the wares Of GToCeryman A, or
| this corner and Groceryman b, OF
! Wonder corner, two or three block!
away. for one can not carry things
/ Of that sort in ones head But wheI
! they are in big market side by
! each as the saving goes, one can tel
mighty quick which is which!
Salesmanship inspired.
"A citv. market inspires anC
prompts statesmen to offer only tn,