Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-03
100000 BUY FOOO
CHEAP IN CITy'S
4 FREE MARKETS
At TT. Lee Ferry Women Come
in Their Motor Cars to Get
Produce Direct from
the Farmers.

blow to war prices in this city was
struck yesterday when four municipal
markets were thrown open to the pub
lie
At prices markedly lower than those
in neighboring stores bread, sugar, fresh
vegetables and fruit, tea and coffee and
Ash were offered to an eagerly buying
horde Of householders
Borough President Marks, who sue
ceoded in establishing the markets with
out any expense to the city In spaces
hitherto wasted. estimated that 10000
persons bought food at Fort Lee Ferry.
Harlem River. greensboro and Manhat-
tan bridges
WOMEN COME TO MARKET IN
AUTOS
Every class OF the towns population
was represented in the thronss which
nocised to pushca7,s. stands ard farm
wagons for supplies. Most Surprising
of all was the class of patronage at the
Fort Lee Ferry market, Dozens or
women came in their automobiles. Some
carried the time-honorcd market basket.
Others stuffed their purchases INFO siit-
sss and rolled back to their -esien COS
ms though just returning from vaca sions.
Maids and buffers from all over the up
per end of Manhattan came to swell
tho Fort Lee throng. and few hours
after the market had Opened most .: tie
supplies were exhausted.
Greensboro bridge market made the
poorest showing. Only few farm
wagons showed up there, and many
women who came expecting to find every
variety of foodstuf on sale We're disap-
pointed. To remedy this difficulty. Mr..
Marks sent 200 kilograms to farmers
advising them to hustle to the site this
morning and take advantage of eager
custom.
SAVINGS ESTIMATED AT 30 PER
CENT
Mrs. Julian Heath. president of the
House wives League, and other experts
on market prices, estimated that the
average saving was from 90 to 20 per
cent. in connection with retail prices yes
terday in stores serving the same dis
|trcts in which the free markets were To-
Gated. 1t was pointed out that the re
taller must pay rent, heat and light,
often give credit and carries much dead
|
many cases delivering purchases at the
homes of his customers.
| Particularly welcome at all the mar
kets was the appearance of trucks from
a department store laden with sugar
tea and coffee, bread. condensed milk
chocolate and canned peas To thou
sands of women they sold l6 ounc,
loaves of bread for four cents, while 4 j.
TO Il ounce loaf usually cost I'VE; a
pound Of coffee of a q cent grade a
II cents, tea at 10 cents that was said u
retail at 90 canned peas al seven cent:
instead Of eight, cocoa and chocolate al
prices far below those obtaining in III,
stores and sugar at five pounds for 8
cents.
Green string beans sold at five cent.
a quart; tomatoes from some Earn
wagons at 80 cents for 80 and from
others at one cent pound: potatoes a
70 cents a hushel and seven to non,
pounds for ten cents; corn from 20 to .
cents a dozen for grades selling at abou
10 cents more in retail grocery stores
FISH SOLD AT FIVE CENTS a
, POUND
Fish. sold only at Manhattan bridge
brought five cents a pound for butte
: FISH and weakflsh, and six cents 70
fiulte, until the one dealer had exhauste
his three-hundred pound stock. He prom
Used to increase quantity and variety &c
day.
Eggplant brought five cents for tive
cahbages two, three and five cents 70
choice heads; onions two cents "A pount
While apples, lemons, pears and plum
We're sold as the day wore GO by tn
= quart, bushe' and aprou-fr". any LAY q
i. almost any price.
Some farmers made a hit with IN
y housewives by offering baskets of assor
ca vegetables ami fruit for co cent
' which some women said would have cos
, them 81 IL bought otherwise. Not onl
the price but the quality OF piOdIc
brought from Westminster and Long Il
:, land appealed n the purchasers.
, No fresh meats were offered for sa
a In any of the markets. ESss, butte
; and cheese too were missing. lack
g understanding of the regulations. OWN
~ to the rush With which the markets wei
started, was responsible for some con
n modittes not he!ng represented.
fered sausages. smoked meats and otn,
p delicatessen staples. Some women con
e plained that the prices were exorb.al
% on these, while others made more ge
oral objections.
l. I'VE traced down these complaints
q said Mrs Heath, and in every ca
l. found that they had been inspired
st local delicatossen men or small grocer
IT We found too that those who were sti
h ring up the trouble We're selling Il
l. same commodities for as much as 25 p
cent more pound"
C. NO BUSINESS AT GANSEVOORT,
Borough President Marks visited Ga
- sevoort market at noon yesterday al
Ia found It gluttcd with pyoduce, ID
IS gruntled farmers were preparing to ha
~ their unsold loads back to the farm
NJ Urged by Mr.. Marks they consented
drive to one or another of the free ms
ket, and offer their wares direct to t
empty wagons.
The new project didn't get under W
without difficulties Early in the NOR
ing when the first pushcarts assembi
O. at Fort Lee Ferry roughs began ov,
ed throwing carts and hurting produ
he about. Police soon ended that distul
O. ance.
no Commissioner of Weights and Me;
ont tore To al,