The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-27
HUCKSTER STANDS
BETWEEN GROWER
AND PRODUCER
u Would Like to See Memphis
Put in a Real Market" Says
Market Director of Cham
Der of Commerce.

n would like to see Memphis put in
& real market"
This statement was made by C. w.
watson, market director Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce farm bureau, Monday
morning, after having made two visits,
one at 4 and one at 7 am, to the mar
ket at Third street and Beale avenue
II found declared Mr.. Watson,
that the producer does not undertake
nor Is he permitted to sell his products
10 the housewife. What / saw wal an
out-and out curb market-the farmer
selling 10 the huckster, And il the.
farmer attempted to do otherwise he
would be boycotted by the hucksters."
The result Of this, Mr.. Watson said,
Is 10 prevent the farmer selling his
produce for retail price to The con.
sumer, forcing him to sell everything
at a low Wholesale price, and prevent
ing the consumers from buying directly
from the producer and getting what
benefits might be secured by elimina-
ton Of the middleman.
As typical Of the disadvantage to
both the producer and of the
curb market. Mr.. Watson cites a con-
v~ersation which he had with one of the
farmers Monday morning. The farmer
told him that he recently brought in
some egg plants which he sold to a
huckster for 30 cents a dozen, and the
huekster went out and sold them to
the consumer at S1.20 the dozen. ut
took me some months TO produce those
egg plants said the farmer, land |
got but 40 cents a dozen for them,
while the huckster went gu and made
50 cents on them in three hours"
Mr.. Watson asked this farmer what
the farmers thought about the proposal
to put In an adequate free market in
Memphis. and he replied that they were
all In favor Of IL, II hope Memphis
win put in a real market" the farmer
said, and there Is not a producer who
win not say the anne thing"
But will the farmers be willing Ia
stay on the market and retail their
stuff" said Mr., watson.
why not" said the farmer. won't
we get just about three times more for
what we sell? | figure that 1t would
be worth while for either myself OF
some member OF my family TO stay or
the market all day If stuff could be
sold at retail price"
what would the huckster think
about this?" asked Mr., watson.
THE huckster! Why II will just put
him out Of business" said the farmer
Mr.. Watson found that in order &c
get a good place along the curb many
OF the farmers have to be m the ground
as early as 1890 In the morning. max
ing II necessary for them virtually &c
l HAAN Wy al AiihHA ~ % ~ nv AtNtf -
the Memphis market. Because of this
few Of them come in regularly, most OF
them coming in only some three times q
week.
The farmers are not permitted to stay
on the market after 7 o'clock. II they
have not sold out at this hour they
must leave their market and sell what
they have left to some grocer at what
ever price he may be willing to pay.
In order to work out the best possible
plan for the operation Of the market
which Memphis will have when the new
market house and auditorium are built
MIR, Watson wants to organize a com
mittee OF Memphis business men to &C
company him and the state marke
specialist on Il trip to Knoxville. Nash
Vile and other cities where municipal
markets are successfully conducted L
learn what may be learned from thei1
methods.
Mr.. Watson intends to make further
Investigations of the Beale avenue curt
market and win be assisted In this by
Miss Mary r, MCGOWAN, county home
demonstration agent, who went to The
market with him Monday morning.