New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-20
Plan Political Propaganda
in Every Store to
Win Voters.
OPPOSITION. SHOWS
SUCCESS, SAYS MARKS
MANY Farmers to Bring in More
Produce as the Weather
Grows Colder.

The four local organizations OF re-
tail grocers, representing every Dor-
OUCH in the city except Richmond, met
last night at 342 Amsterdam av. ana
resolved TO fight through politics the
open markets and other institutions OF
legislation detrimental 70 their trade
IL their plans are carried out, every one
Of the 1000 grocery stores whose own
ers are members of the associations
will become a political headquarters
There will be no partisan politics III
the generally understood sense, Dut
every grocer will be Jealous partisan
Of grocers' rights. Through personal
conversations with customers, the gro
GERS believe, they will be able TO per-
suade them of the indirect benent ac-
cruing to customers through the deleaI
of candidates who stand for hostile
legislation. Pamphlets will be deiiv-
cred with groceries, to the same ehu'
Candidates will be informed OF the gro
GERS stand on legislative questions al
fectinR grocers, and also OF the meas
ures the grocers will take to elect can
didates who indorse their views.
IL was easy to see where Borough
President Marks, originator or the open
market idea, would stand with the gro
GERS were he nominated for any once;
"Mr. Marks and several OF his men,
said Benjamin Wieting, are detrl-
ment to the city, and nothing else.
(Applause.) There is nothing Dut
politics in this open market game gen
tlemen, from start to finish; lhrough
politics we have to fight 1t.
George Stadtlander said the pest
thing to do at the moment was TO de-
Ill Of
markets. but the elimination OF the
middleman from their precincts
Would Drop Middlemen.
owe should demand" he said, that
goods be sold only by the producer-De
he farmer or Misunderstanding 10
the consumer in these markets. They're
here. It's no use 10 boiler. The more
Won boiler the more markets therein
he. That's Just what they want.
A winter supply of farm produce ior
the new open markets is already III
sight. Borough President Marks an
nounced Yesterday. He asserted EN-,
phatically that winter weather would
not freeze out his markets. The open
Market Committee, Of which ne IS
chairman, has made arrangements 10
build booths for the farmers before
cold weather comes. Those VINO nave
stalls in the markets have already be-
gun to provide protection for them,
selves. One butcher has spent upward
of $4,000 on his stand.
"Those who imagine that with the
coming Of cold weather and the treez-
ing of the ground" said Mr.. Marks
vegetables will cease 10 be brought IN
from the farm greatly underestimate
the enterprise and activity OF the MOD.
ern farmer and the possibilities OF
production Of the New York and New
Jersey farms near the city. Instead
of the frost putting stop to the cart
ing by the farmers, many or them say
they will be able TO bring IN more
stuff within the next three months IMAM
they have in the past.
For weeks past the farmers have
been storing vast quantities of pota-
toes. cabbages, beets, turnips. carrots,
parsnips, knob celery, leeks and table
celery. This will be taken out dally
from the storage bins and brought TO
the city in large quantities. One OF
the Long Island farmers at the Queens
boro Bridge said this morning that
he would be able 10 deliver a five-ton
truckload OF this stored produce daily
until February.
Another winter source Of supply IS
the hotbeds, of which many of the
farmers have large numbers, some OF
them totalling 5000 panes."
Domestic science teachers IN the
public schools are taking their classes
through the public markets for instruc-
ton in economical buying. William
Lamkie, director of the Government
House OF New York University School
of Commerce, Accounts and Finance,
wrote to the Borough President that
he considered the open markets most
necessary, and that with his students
he would be glad to assist in picking
out site for new market in the
Greenwich Village section.
In addressing the Prospect Heights
Citizens Association at Berkeley In
stitute. Brooklyn, last night, Borough
President Marks said:
"If the open markets had been fail
ure there would have been no opposi-
ton. Their success, while proving the
Endorsement of the masses, has nat
urally brought out some opposition.
This opposition is based more on fear
than on fact"