New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-02

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~ ~ sugar shortage and the nour
- for the -four hortage-hockeo III
tho,isands to the city's new open mar
i.ats Yesterday. They came early, anu
- +hev left the hucksters' stahuS
80 carts looked as though the seven
1eer iocusts had passed through; for
$40 were bargains to be had, ana even
az wary Mrs. Julian Heath was seen
1,,oc,;ng away paper bags, after making
the rounds of the markets, r. go.
THE BUYERS in proportion iar OUT
numbered the dealers. In the morning
hours every cart was surfouhueu y!
rsnts If purchasers. and by noon tne
wine stuff had been sold. 1t was TINS
g;snronortion in numbers that partlc-
uiarlv delighted Borough PRESIDENT
Marks. whose pet scheme these markets
are. -..o.su be
said ait exceeded my highest antici-
nations. / thought the prlnclpai DIM
Guilty would be to educate the punllc 10
buy at these markets. Once the FARMER
and the dealer understand tnat. not
only are no license and fee required
but quick sale is guaranteed the pro-
duce will flow in"
A new economy in the open market
idea was developed the first day. In the
Gansevoort Market, where STANDS are
rented, wagons were piled high ana
curbs Uttered with farm produce as
late as noon. There were practically
NO buyers. Ii was suggested to farm
or who had driven in from Lynnbrook,
Long Island, in the early morning
hours that he could sell his load OF
vegetables in short order If he drove
across town to the open market be-
meath the approach to the Manhattan
Bridge.
Sold Out in Two Hours.
| Somewhat doubtful, even though the
I rev market lay on his homeward path,
the farmer followed the suggestion.
He arrived in the open market about
half-past l o'clock in the afternoon.
No farmers wagons were left, but the
place was thronged with purchasers,
who surrounded his wagon. The farmer
and his three helpers were kept busy
making change and handing out vege-
tables. Within two hours his wagon
was swept clean and he had saved the
middleman's profit.
With the initial success of the open
markets before his eyes, President
Marks believes he has found an outlet
for the surplus produce the farmer has
heretofore sold to jobbers for song
rather than cart it home again. He
sent personal kilograms to several
Long island and New Jersey farmers
Yesterday telling of the success of the
first day, and believes that they and
many more who see their neighbors'
wagons coming home empty will be on
hand themselves to-day.
The market beneath the Third av.
bridge at 129th st. was the most popu-
lar. More farmers and more buyers
came there than to any one of the 9TH
ers. This is partly attributed to the
keen interest taken in the scheme by
residents of the neighborhood, who out
of their own pockets paid for advertis-
ing placards that were prominently
placed
Next to the Third av. bridge market
in point of popularity came the market
at the Fort Lee ferry. Not so many
farmers came there as to the Third av.
market, but the number of customers
WAS about the same. Farmers who
brought their produce there were sold
out by O'Clock. Dealers did thriving
business, however, all day long. Many
of the customers were well dressed
women.
Fill Arms with Bags.
None of them carried baskets. A few
had wicker sutcases, but most OF them
appeared to come merely to look the
place over. The lure of the bargain
caught them, however. Those with suit
cases soon had them full to the brim
and those without pyramided paper
bags in their arms.
To the lower East Side. accustomed
TO buying from pushcarts at cheap
prices without regard to the freshness
of the produce, the market beneath
the Manhattan Bridge did not hold out
so many inducements. By noon, Row
ever, the place was damned, the few
who had ventured forth early having
reported phenomenal bargains.
The area beneath the arches Of the
oueensboro Bridge, spacious, light
and we'll paved, provides an admira-
bic site for a market; and yet for
some reason that market was the least
successful. Because of its many sd-
vantages, however, Borough President
Marks intends to devote especial at
tention to it's development.
The effect Of the markets upon the
neiRhboring retail stores is already
noticeable. Signs were displayed in
many windows yesterday advertising
at unusually low prices, sueh goods
AZ were on sale at the markets.
So far the man with a store still
has a considerable advantage over the
man in the market. The goods on sale
AZ the market are Of limited variety.
There is no meat to be had and no
butter, cheese or eggs. Many woman
will still prefer to go to the. single
private market, where she can buy all