New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03
URGES BIG SYSTEM
OF OPEN MARKETS
Emerson Says 1000, 900
a Year Could Be Saved
on Food Bills.

II. A. Emerson. general manager OF
the Live Poultry Auction COMPANY mas
written TO Borough President MARKS
that. while already the open markets
have resulted in great savings to the
buying public. at least sl0O,OOO,ooO
year could be saved by an adequately
supervised system of public markets.
lie urges that the market system
shall be developed to the utmost. lie
cites the lower poultry prices that
have obtained since the successiui
prosecution OF the live poultry trust
as an example of what may be done
by official action.
That consumers are able TO buy
kosher killed fowls and chickens at
from IL y TO Is cents a pound, instead
of from 90 10 25 and even 80 cents
pound. is due. he declares, directly to
the conviction of the thirteen members
of the live poultry trust.
"The saving to the public Mr..
Emerson writes. ION this one item OF
live poultry, which the authorities took
hold of so earnestly four years ago,
will this year amount 70 at least SSoo
a car on 5000 carloads OF poultry
Chicken Consumption Doubled.
The firms VINO were members of the
old combination had kept incoming
supplies at a minimum, Mr.. Emerson
states. and. though they were still IN
the business pending decision on their
appeal. no such tactics were now being
used. Not more than fifty carloads a
week used TO come in. Three profits,
OF from to 80 per cent. we're eXtorted
before the poultry reached the CON
sumner
Now. MIR Emerson declares, receivers
were satisfied with per cent commits
sion and sold direct 20 the kosher
killers. As result, the weekly re-
ceipts have scarcely fallen below lpu
carloads in the last six months. ana
for one week amounted 10 26o carloads.
The outcome has been farreacning'
Mr. Emerson says, affecting country
dressed poultry. cold storage poultry
and even meat consumption. Rigid IN
spection at all distributing points IS
necessary. he says. because Of the large
Quantities of inferior cold storage
fowls which were put in storage during
the warm weather last fall and are sun
helo.
"The law or The time of cold storage
goods" he asserts, "was easily evaded
b. shipping the poultry from New ork
into Jersey City and from Jersey City
into New York.
Charities Use Markets.
Several charitable institutions are
now buying supplies N CONSIDERABLE
quantities at the open markets. IN
some cases their buyers wait until the
market day il nearly over and are
then able to buy from farmers al
/ greatly reduced rates. One buyer sat.
/ urday got a barrel of beets, another o.
/ Savoy cabbages and squash and tnlrd
+ of carrots for 81.
! An educational movement for inCus
/ trial cooperation has been started ID
the Plymouth Congregational Churcn
! in Brooklyn. II is under the direction
of Colonel ". I. Long. OF 1886 sixth
av.. Brooklyn. Meetings will be heio
/ throughout the winter. and Colone
Long hopes that when the time IS ripe
cooperative stores may he established
Speaking at woman's suffrage meet
ing at 663 Fifth av.. yesterday. Dor
ough President Marks said that th'
women who were members of his oper
market committee had been OF th'
greatest assistance.
"a am convinced" he said. that thu
women of New York want these public
markets, and what the women wan
they will have"