The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-11-03

either sellers or buyers failed to show
sufficient interest in the markets Il
make the total sales much more thar
negligible quantity.
In New York, where the public
markets have been open about 81,
weeks, it would seem, according to {
statement In The Commercial, to b.
the buyers WHO are firing of the ex
pertinent. ALREADY" 1t declares, ''tht
air Is filled with the whining OF won.
en- who refuse to carry home theil
purchases" though the prices speak
for themselves and the quality is all
that can be desired. $50 The masses
can get all the markets they want
for they have the votes; but it would
be senseless to waste time and money
II the housewives will not go to mark
ct" II this diagnosis is accurate. OBJ
serves the New Orleans Times-Pica-
yune,. the success or failure of New
Yorks free-market experiment main
ly depends now upon the consumers
willingness to economic when the
way to economy has been opened by
the city authorities" But the pro-
Queer has taken as little advantage of
his opportunities as the consumer, the
New York Press notes, for the Chi
cago market has failed to achieve
complete success because of the re-
luctance of farmers to bring their
goods to the retail stands" And the
New York Press gives some of the
explanations offered by the farmers
themselves:
Some said that the innovation came
too late in the season for the con
venient change from the old practice
OF selling to the commission mer-
chant Others declared that, owing to
busy times on the farm, they could
not afford to spend all day in the city
disposing of wagon load OF stuff
which commission man would take
off their hands in ten minutes. A
third reason was that housewives are
too particular and buy only the best
OF the produce, whereas the commits
sion man takes it all, the poor with
the good"
The Press thinks that the third
reason is probably the real one: 1.-THE
commission merchant takes the good
and bad in a lump and the housewife
DOESN'T But the answer is: "let the
farmer grade his goods and price
them accordingly"
While the markets may not have
been used to the full extent that
their most earnest advocates may have
hoped, it should be noted that in New
York the experiment is considered a
success by it's hackers. THE figures
submitted by the mayors committee
showing. the difference between the
prices of food stuffs in those mark
cts and at the grocer and butcher
shops still patronized by the masses
must have an enlightening effect de-
clares the Brooklyn Citizen, "and will
tell ultimately when better organ
lied governmental effort to end the
extortion is made" The COM
mittee found, for instance.
THAT in the purchase Of eight diff
ferent things, including potatoes and
other vegetables and grapes and other
fruits, the average saving of buyers
in the open market is 40 per cent, the
lowest being % per cent. on potatoes
and the highest SO per cent. on to-
matoes On thirty-four articles, in
Guiding eggs, meats, and fish, the
average saving is SO per cent. In the
interest OF the poor, at all events,
there is a call for an increase in the |
number of these open markets"
In a special report on the business
lone one Saturday in the four New
York markets, this committee gave
he names of "thirty-three farmers
Who brought produce into the four
markets on that day
-Four of them sold out so early that
hey were enabled to return with a
second load. The amount of produce
which passed direct from the produce
II to the consumer is given as thirty
even truck loads. Many of the farm
rs sold out at noon. The loads ran
IS high as five TONS"
And Borough President Marks, of
Manhattan, who is largely RESPONSE
lie for the establishment and main
enance of the city market, said last
Jeek:
This is the fifth week of the mark
is. during which period the business
the markets has trebled.
Our purpose is to further develop