Evening journal., 1915-11-27
WcII-KmOlUn Merchant, at Conference of
the NclU Castle County Farm Bureau,
Submits Sketch of Steel and Glass
Protection for Farmers in the
Markets and Their Patrons
With Sanitary Precautions
Provided For.
CITY AUDITOR WHITE AND
OTHERS AMONG SPEAKERS

ity ! hold IL to be a well-estabiished
industrial and commercial truth that
one satisfied working man is worth
one dozen dissatisfied working men,
especially IL those dissatisfied work
ing men have good and substantial
ground for their dissatisfaction.
Good markets are equally import
tant for the merchants. Through such
markets those merchants would be
enabled to attract much suburban
trade that now goes elsewhere, and
which it is of the highest economic
importance shall be brought to VIII
mington In the securement OF that
trade no single agent would exercise
a greater influence than a properly
conducted and sanitary city market.
New York, Philadelphia. New Or
leans and Baltimore are great cities,
but. gentlemen. ! would call your at
tention 10 the admitted fact that they
are no greater than are their market
systems.
"With good and sanitary markets
here in Wilmington. drawing hundreds
or thousands Of persons into our city
every week. il would pay the mer-
chants OF Wilmington TO establish a
free delivery OF market baskets
throughout the city and also to any
reasonable point outside the city
limits. You may feel inclined TO ask
WHY such free delivery OF street
market commodities would benefit the
/ local merchant. instead of being big
] burden unon him. 7 will tell you why;
Most OF the marketing is done by wo-
men. Most Of the shopping is done
nv women. AS rule they shop where
thev markei II shopping aud market
conditions be pronerly balanced. IL
, follows. then. that If we can have here
in Wilmington market system which
will anDeal TO the women Of our city
and the surrounding territory. mar
kctinp and shonning will 90 hand in
hand and out o. the Increased trade
that comes 10 the merchant. re can
we'll afford 10 nav his nropor' lonNe
share nf such free foliv"rv. also
firmly believe that such eo0d market
would 80 far toward solving t'e huN'
iat-home problem. of which we hea'
SO much at the present time aud iol
the solution Of which We are dong Sc
little that is Of practical nature
Good markets would develop oul
citv In many other ways. They inevl
tabiy would bring TO US modern SLOT
age plants, i'm which Wilmington =
the present time is so sadly dehclen'
"(,nod markets would be one ol W.
minaton's biggest assets from an q,
: yertising point of vicw. They wou
] spread broadcast the fact that Nilmln'
.nr Is mood place iu which to Inv
. They would attract to our clN "
{ honie-sccker. with whom the cost
living means SD much lbey Won
! make IL easy for our manufacture
and merchants TO obtain the help inc
need because one of the first questlol
[ that is asked by the wage Garner Wh'
be il urred 20 move into new col
{ | munitv is what his expenses there w
S he as compared with his expenses j" u
community in which he then resides,
"In view of all these things ana
d many others which might be enume
ated and doubtless viii be touched up
i In the course of this conference, 81
i Council should a once provide the !
cilitics for good, sanitary and mode
q markets.
l. @Scmi-permaron' -'apds should
e 'hni would be both practical
ornamental
s Marketing ought to be made pos
T. bic aud pleasant in all kinds of weatl
III bv hrildiug a cantilever canopy on
the sidewalks and for distance out IN
- the street
-. "The stands provided for the farm
- should be capable of being taken do
and slowed away compactly after
y, market hours are over.
"There should be a liberal supply
- running water to remove from q
IA market. all deleterious and offensi
m matter.
,e king street should be paved bo
i'm the roadway and on the sidewall
,e in such a way that il might be flush
a. easily and quickly after each mari
day. or as often as sanitary preca
ig ton should seem to call for 10.
n in short, our markets ought TO