Evening star., 1915-02-15
Display at Center Market At.
tracts Throng of Interested
Washingtonians.
INTERIOR OF BUILDING
IS PRETTILY DECORATED
Managers Felicitated by DR.. H. W.
Wiley and 0thers-Marine Band
Supplies the Music.


opened this morning in the presence of a
throng that crowded the broad aisles. The
crowd was there to view the tempting
exhibition of articles of food Of all kinds
displayed on the benches. An exposition
Of this kind is new in Washington. Here
tofore food shows have been held in Con-
vention Hall. and an admission fee has
been charged. This exposition is open
to the public, the display is made where
food is sold all the year around, and the
men taking part in the show are those
who sell It,
The entire interior of the market is
beautifully decorated with American
and other nags, bunting of ali colors,
and evergreens. and tonight many hun
dreds OF colored electric lights hidden
amid the decorations will add to the
ture. The stand owners have made
special effort to make a most attrac-
tive display, and many of the dealers
are presenting their patrons with SOU
venirs. and have demonstrators at
work to show the value of commodities
In which they are interested.
Music by Marine Band.
The exposition was opened at II o'clock
this morning with selections by the
Marine Band. stationed on the bridge
that stretches across the street wing
From a stand in the center of this wing
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley. John H. Sherman.
District market superintendent. and Dr.
William C. Woodward. District health
of1icer. made addresses. On the stand,
In addition to the speakers. were Z. o.
Whitford, president Of the market COM
pany: william Y. Cox. vice president of
the market company; Joseph Strasbur-
ger. Simon Kann and Henry Buscher.
President Whitford presided. and after
congratulating the dealers on what they
nificent display. introduced the speakers,
Dr. Wiley being the first introduced.
DR.. Wiley's Address.
DR.. Wiley opened his remarks by
saying that those who had assembled
had done so to take part in the open
ing of an exposition of the greatest
industry in the world. Eating, the
doctor said. is the universal industry.
as 1T occupies the attention of all the
human race for a considerable portion
Of their time. Other industries occupy
the attention of only portion of hu-
manity. but in the industry of eating
men and women and children are all
engaged, and there are no laws to pre-
vent children from being employed in
1t.
masticate your food you will have
spent seven and one-half years in the
Industry OF eating. as an hour should
be spent at the table for each meal"
But this Is not all, he said. A large
proportion of our time Is spent in get
ting something to eat and in the labor
of preparing II. Perhaps an average OF
six hours day on this work for each
person would not be an extravagant
estimate. Sleep is also a part of eat
m n hi Ia
little masons in the body are busily
employed in removing the worn-out
bricks and replacing them with new
ones. that keep you young and supply
you with rosy cheeks. We should
sleep at least seven hours a day, nearly
q third of our lives; in all, about TWEEN
ty years:
Dr. Wiley then spoke of the part
played by the farmer. the orchardist. the
gardener. the fisherman and others in
the work producing foods supplies. and
Of the part they took in the world s
greatest industry.
Food Supply Also Important.
Battles are not won by powder and
shot alone. the speaker said. but upon
the food supply. The cornhelds of
Illinois and the wheat fields OF Min
nesota will play an important part in
deciding the fate of the warning ma
u.
recognized the Importance of the food
supply. and when his men scaled the
Alps they found bread, cheese and wine
awaiting them at the top.
Without these aids he knew he coulC
not drive the Austrians from Italy The
great war raging today will perhap,
not be decided on the field of battle
but upon the kitchen and the larder
The nation that starves first will be the
first to surrender. DR.. Wiley closed hi.
Tarl0a rk hHr ttrlu
company upon the wonderful display
and on the sanitary manner in which
food Is handled in the market; the pur.
veyors upon the display they are max
ing and the people on having such a
| supply to draw from and such a mar
ket.
Woodward Likens City to Individual
DR.. Woodward. who was the las
speaker. said: "a city is like an indi-
vidual in that 1t must be fed. And jus
as the intelligent Individual provide,
the best food supply his knowledge an,
means permit the intelligent city doe,
likewise. The feeding of the individua
determines to a considerable extent hi
physical. mental and moral strength
and his happiness and the feeding o
the city does the same for the com
munity.
THE feeding Of the city is regulated
largely Dy inc laws Oh OcTldIlO ana sup
| ply. and Is left to individual efforts. The
| remoteness under existing conditions Of
the consumer and the producer; the many
| channels and hands through which fooc
passes In going from its origin to the
point of its ultimate destination; the op
portunities for unfair competition and alb
solute dishonesty that may preven,
legitimate competition within the trade
ard result in restricting the food supply
or In diminishing or lowering it's quality
| all render necessary that in so far a,
possible the fod supply should be regu
lated by community action.
| This leads to the enactment of foo,
laws and the appointment of officials
for their enforcement.
Cooperation Is Urged.
THE producers and distributors O
food should look upon these laws a.
intended not only for the protection
of the consumers. but also for thei
own protection from unfair compett
tion. They should look upon the per
sons appointed to enforce these law
not as some are inclined to look upol
rather as the representatives of tn
consumers and as their own representa-
tives. for the protection of both
| Cooperation between producer, dis
tributer. food control officials and con
sumers represents the highest ideal 4
relation to the food supply OF any com
munity"
The exposition will be continue
throughout this week and tonigh
Wednesday. Friday and Saturda
nights the market will be opened. Th
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