Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-23
LANCASTER, PA,
HAS us BEATEN
FOR STREET MARTS
Continued from page I

| trade, no Elder Statesmen The only
| prlce laws that govern the markets are
those of natural supply and demand
| THE INDIVIDUAL RULES.
| Occasionally, when these conditions
warrant, the word goes down the line tla {
| the price of a certain commodity may well
| bC raised The markctGcr is free to make
| the boost or To stand pat. and hc or she
| does either at his or her own sweet will.
| Since il is n good thing which will work two
! ways, conditions may often warrant n
| break under opening prices bad weather,
! overstoCk. tendency IN other directions,
a half dozen causes and once again the
individual elects what shall hc done IN hIs
| or her own particular case
Nithal, Lancaster regards It's market
prices rs high. Your Lancaster housewife
Is growing because she paws TODAY more
than she paid tins time year ago for most
of the things she buys III the street mar
kctS. or from the farmers Yet It would
seem that these advances have only been
natural ones. due to general abnormal
conditions But She has no complaint
that prices are falsely inflated. because
she knows perfectly we'll thcv are not
and those who arr IN constant touch with
the market situation. m tho person of
business mon, officials etc, also know that
circumstances which give rise 20 laIscl,
inflated prices do not exist
There are but two oranges In tho Couu-
~ one IN the southern end and ono IN
tho northeastern The former members
are not Interested IN the Lancaster street
markets or any of the Lancaster markets.
because thcN arc too far away Tho lat
ter Is 2 newcomer and virtually none of IT'S
membership IS represented among those
who sell thor stuff N the cItv Further
more. the bulk of tho county's aRucul-
tura! population Is of the Amlsh or Men
monte persuasion. Dunkards or Brethren
and organization among them IS con
SplcuouE 10y its absence. hat is. along
trIldc and industrial lines And Il ever has
iH'"n and DOUBTLESS ever Will he
Are the Lancaster county farmers pros
porous and happy lnc needs only t.
glimpse AT thcr splendid clI-kcpt farms
and tarIuhouScs to answer the first part
Z" the question with very emphatic
affirmative and another glimpse of thcr
faces serves "a reply to the second part
similarly The mon are sturdy and IN
dlistuouS Ditto the women. who ARE Just
aS much IN evidence in iancaStcrs mar
kcts arc Delaware women in Vii |
Motor around the count1 within q
l5-Tnile radius Of Lancaster As did Every |
fVrnnC : representative last week and /
YOU Will find the land under the highest |
state ot cultivation. The farmers Oh |
vlouslv arc on to thctr jobs Nothing It /
would seem, IS lost wasted or allowed % /
remain ldjc The stock looks u bc in /
perfect health and condition and tho build /
lngs arc spIck and-span The whole /
countryside radiatCs energy and pres
pcrty Would this he tho casc If he farm
orS were not getting go,d prices and /
making reasonable profits Not unless
tho world has suddenly turned topsy
turvv
HOW TliE MNRkErs AKE RUS
let Us examine the Lancaster market
dca IN tho first place 1t s rs old vir-
.ualiN AS the city itself and III thus re-
Spect IS like almost every other farmers
market N city the centre u . great agri-
'uitural region Whiic " Wilmington has two
nrb markets kinG and Madison streets
Lancaster has hat one. which ~ Use tho
-crnacul,.r, sort Of goes 'arpund tic
lioch To bC morc CXphcgt il starts AZ 3
1vcn place, follows q street for 4 block
urns again untll tho circuit of the block
: completed To thus Is added q small
quarc 81 the starting point and one or
- 7Aitsttt fAtfAit SAitfstS. anu III ttlt
cIght OF he farm products season some
xtra territory takes care Of a certain over
on Furthermore. the street narkc, Is ,
quarely III the heart Of the CITY. which In
sclf Is q mighty good thing
tin saturday last this cntIrc stretch of
lIrh market could have been accommodate :
q INSIDE ot the length Of our own King
trect Incidentally Lancaster has her
.ing street, too, and her farmer market
ers upon It. But there the rcsernblance
nds. and with no need for further ex- 8
lanatlon than to say that I4ancasters s
.Ing street was selling eggs at 40 cents a
Oxen when Every Evenings 5 man visit
d It, while " Nilmlngtons was asking {
> and 60 cents I
v Wilmington : rnarketeer instantly SAYS {
Pshaw, that ; 40 curb market He {
ouid he So wrong he would admit his
-ror himself could he but see what he
as calling no curb market al all Il I
foSt undoubtedly l. q curb market and ! !
smarkabiy huc one. because Lancaster : \
locks are goodly ones the pavements
re WIDE and the regulations are ample TO q
roiect both ne maTkctcer and the +
aSkc;eeT not 10 spcak Of the reasonable n
ess of pnccS Q
But the curb markets are not the sum J.
3
y no means There are no less than six Ii
IN use by them and when ]
IL occupants Of th.S, are figured there are v
ute rs many farmers engaged in selling II
Lancaster as there are in Wilmington
Remembering that Wilmington is more
IAN twIcc the SIZE Of Lancaster. one asks :
le question Well does not that mean :
leTe Is too much competition that there :
e too many farmers In the market, that :
rs Is the reason Tor the lower prIces?" :
does not because the farmers leave 50 ! =
.tlc business 70 be done by hucksters :.
10 stores that they virtually are non :
lsteDt Lancaster goes TO market III the :
arket, and. IN effect, nowhere else 50 :,
1u see that comparison 81 the two :,
iImngton and Lancaster is perfectly +
81 10 each :.
TIE SIX MARKET HOUSES :.
nc SIX market houses are located N =
lrous parts Of the city and take their =
mes IRON the regions they supply =
,ntral, Northern. Western Eastern. i
uthcrn and Fulton The chief one l. the i
ntTaI. Thus compctes directly with the 4
rb market and il located with refer =
ce to IT Just as are our Second street =
.rkct and Third street market There the u
mblancc ends, because it Is larger than II
her, Is given over to general market II
rposcs, and is CIT owned and citv- u
the latter very real and very u
cicnt. II
I i ne. big. clean building, just off Il
1ter quare, the starting point Of the II
3et market, and contains 2lS large II
lis. Here are the few simple rules which y
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