Evening journal., 1916-01-04
CRANCERS HEAR OF
NEW MARKET PLAN
Mr.. Snellenburg Addresses
Farmers Institute at Stan
ton on the Subject
BELIEVES MOVE
WILL BE FOR BEST

In the hall of Diamond State
Grange. Patrons Of Husbandry, at
stanton, the first of a series of farm
ers' institutes to be held throughout
New Castle county, were held yester-
day afternoon and last night
David Snellenburg, of the n. Smell
ienburg and Company, who recently
proposed that the street markets OF
Wilmington should be under perma-
nent shelters Of an ornamental de-
sign. told of his plans. He said IN
part.
"Friends: I am here tonight to
talk with YOU about the question OF
good markets for our city. we are
an agreed. / am sure, that our mar
kot is not what it should be, that we
are confronting a fact, not a theory
when we approach the market ques-
tion. or the question Of adequate mar
kets for our city Now let us first
approach the question from larm-
cr,s standpoint. Let us first see what
the conditions are under which you
have to do business in our markets.
When you back up your wagon 10 tne
curb. you have to resort to all KINDS
OF improvised makeshifts to display
your wares on open counters OF
boxes. or baskets, that / believe you
have to furnish yourself and In tnat
wav expose your goods to the ele-
,nents. To the dust and the dirt that
aies in the air. and in hot weather TO
even worse conditions. IT 1t hap
Mons 10 he a nice, clear day on mar
lei day. YOU are lucky; II 1t rains or
SHOWS. you have to make the pest Oh
it. If it spoils your stuif-tnats your
lookout. - 49,
And. of course, the public-the
,huver-has TO put up with the same
bad conditions: put up with the same
Inconvenience. II handicaps you IN
other ways-direct and indirect-you
lose trade because you have no mod
ern sanitary oonveniences for doing
business People won't patronize a
market that isn't attractive, clean ana
sanitary. no more than they Will an
unattractive store Of any kind 1t IS
an Injustice to you. / say, that we DO
not offer you the best possible faclll-
ties for serving the people, and l say
II as emphatically as | know how that
Wilmington neglects one OF her very
greatest opportunities when she neg
lects her market. And what is true OF
Wilmington is equally true OF the
State as a whole. For Wilmington to
progress in the right direction 1t is
necessary for her to build from the
ground up. And make II possible for
the farmers to do business in our mar
kets under ideal conditions, be enabled
TO serve the people with the best that
the land grows at fair prices. When
we consider the question of good mar
kets il rs not only our own people
that we ought to have in mind, our
own people who live within the city,
but OF the wonderful territory that is
developing all around us and which
we could easily and naturally attract
to Wilmington IL we see fit TO provide
the markets that Wilmington ought
TO have"
The proposed plan FOR the sheltered
street market was tnen explained in
full detail by Mr. Snellenburg, the
plant for the structure under which
it is proposed TO hold the markets be-
ing shown to illustrate the discussion
The advantages both to the farmer
and TO the customer-the consumer
OF holding the street markets under
shelter were pointed out in detail by
Mr. Snellenburg. The institute in
dorsed the plan.
Other speakers for the afternoon
were Professor A. NJ. Pollard. OF the
Delaware Experimental Station. who
spoke of Poultry" Professor A.
E Grantham. of Delaware College,
who spoke on Care OF Farm Ma
chinery.' and Cyrus Look. OF Meyers
Vile, Nd. who spoke on "Co-opera-
tive Buying and Selling" DR., Gran
than urged the farmers to take bet
ter care Of their machinery and not
let it be exposed TO the weather.
while Mr.. Look in his talk on Co
operative Buying and Selling
showed how in his part OF the coun-
try the farmer by selling direct re-
ceives better prices without any mid
dleman TO pay.
Following q supper the evening
session was held. Speakers were
DIR. Lipmann. OF the New Jersey Ex
lperimental Station. who spoke OF
"Alfalfa." Cyrus Look. who spolS,
on Rural Education"
At the meeting to be held mex
Monday evening, Diamond Stat,
Grange will INSTALL A pork supper
will also be served next Monda!
evening