The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-09


Farmers IN Monmouth county" Com
missioner llI-tigan said. SAY that they
are willing 10 enter into any practical
project where they can have their own
selling agents and dispose OF their prod
ucts direct TO retailer or consumer The
present process through which the prod
ucts pass In as follows: At IN" nearest
village or county seat to the commission
man. TO retailer. to consumer. The Mon
mouth county farmers say they would go
to New York direct If the city authori ties
had supervision as TO accounts sales,
dc. In order that adequate return he
made upon produ. = shipped IN
This could be done by live city de-
nar,ment on the theory OF encouragin g
. foodstun supplies 20 the consumer in great
quantities At low prices. through retailers
either at open markets or closed retail
or wholesale markets. distribution to be
made by farmers and producers repre-
scn'atiVes whose accounts are TO he over
seen by city authorities and checked up
to farmers monthly, the city to handle no
money.
There were seven farmers at the Fort
Ice market yesterday. Six farmers were
a. the ouccnsboro Bridge market and
two at the Harlem market Several
visited the Manhattan Bridge market in
the morning and sold out early.
Jesse WueburGh, chairman OF the
farmers committee, who has been drum
p ming up the Long Island farmers In
terost in the new markets. said that he
expects many moro to come in.
Some of the farmers at the markets now
are selling wholesale to hucksters and
pushcsrt men.
At the Queensboro Bridge market one
farmer sold potatoes Yesterday at 10
cents for eleven pounds and at 81
barrel Corn still retaIled at 10 and 90
cents a dozen ears.
Meat Prices Cause Near Riot.
Meats were sold at the Harlem and
Fort Lee ferry markets yesterday. Kaut-
man. the dealer at the Harlem market.
insisted his beef was fresh Killed" and
his prices almost caused a riot. He re-
tailed porterhouse steak nj rs cents
pound, sirloin steak AZ is cents. bottom
round AT 20 cents n pound, and r1Imp
beef at II cents His pork chops were
rs to 90 cents a pound
Kramer, the Fort Lee market meat man.
charged as follows Pork chops is cents
a pound, leg Of lamb, 20 cents pound
chucks Gamb). II cents fancy chickens.
90 cents pou-d and smoked ham 20
cents a pound
Eggs which we've not labelled cold
, storage We're rctailed AT the greensboro
Bridge market Al nine and twelve for
Is cents. Eggs represented at the Har-
lem market as strictly fresh" were
sold at 80, 80 and 81 cents n dozen.
The market committee is checking up
vendors OF all kinds at the four ma rkets
II Is getting their names. kinds and classes
OF foods sold and daily report of the
conduct OF each stand.
1t was announced yesterday that rice
has gone up cents a pound Wholesale
Rotterdam cabled New York directions 10
cancel all contracts for rice on account of
the war. Holland Is one OF the largest
RICE milling countries In the world
Cream Of tartar used in making baking
powders. which was 20 cents a pound in
July. is now Is cents a pound
Condensed milk is now quoted by Bor-
dens at si65 case of - cans, rs against
$40. The increase is said to be due to
the rise in the cost Of sugar.
The investigation OF the high food prices
nefore Chief Magistrate McAdoo was ad-
1ourned yesterday until to-day for lack OF
, witnesses.