South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-22
SET PRICES FOR
CITY MARKET To
CUT COSTS, VIEW
Method of Charges to Public
is investigated and Found
Very Unstable.

South Bends city market viii
never be a success until a price is
set by which producers are forced
20 sell their goods. This was the
opinion OF a number of business
men who visited the city market
Thursday morning and found prices
IN "a number Of cases above those Of
the grocers
Information acquired from truck
ers and gardeners on the market
was 10 the effect that there IS no
price set by anyone, but that they
arrive at the market and ask the
man next 10 them what the articles
are selling for and place that price
on their produce.
The trouble, as found through in
vestigation, IS that hucksters and
ptddlers of the city are among the
nrst arrivals at the market in the
morning and IN order that their
trade for the remainder OF the dav
Is not spoiled, set a high price on
the goods which is Immediately
taken up by the producers as salts
factory.
A clear example OF this fact was
furnished by a woman who visited
the market Thursday morning on
seeing a farmer drive up with
DAD OF tomatoes asked the price
He said ne was not sure what 9TH
ers we're charging but would sell
them for S125 per bushe' she
quickly purchased a bushel Of num-
Der one tomatoes and Left The
farmer was satisfied that this price
would warrant his raising them but
on inquiring from other wagons
soon learned that they were selling
them FOR S225 a bushel. His wa
gon was visited again some time
later in the morning and IL was
found that ne was charging Jhe new
price
Endeavors were made 10 reach
Charles A. Carlisle. food administra-
tor. who is launching campaign
against the high cost Of food but il
was learned at his office that he is
OF duty on a To-day trip. His as
sistant has been instructed to do
nothing. but what he has been as
signed 10 do and according 20 the
office assistant nothing has been
said relative 20 the city market and
its prices.
other cities have struck at their
city markets as the most logical
place Of reducing the II. C. L. Ad-
visory committees have been named
20 make thorough Investigations and
iu number Of instances the prices
have been greatly reduced.
Eliminate Middlcman.
4 set price has been placed on
farm produce at other cities by
which the producers must go by
and hucksters or anyone who does
not grow the crop is unable 10 get
stall on the market place This
plan eliminates the middleman who
goes to the markets early in the
morning and succeeds in setting
price that will not hurt his business
during the rest OF the day.
one fruit dealer living 80 miles
from Soath Bend was asked wheth-
cr or not the city sealer has ever
instructed him as too how much
ne shall charge for has goods and
ne answered 81 should say not
Whenever that time comes ] won
drive 80 miles 10 market my GOODS
when their are three or four mar
l,ets nearer To my farm than South
Bend " on beinC asked why he don't
market in those places he said he
didn't sec why ne should when he
can make up for the extra time and
gasoline along with fair profit 10y
bringing the fruit 10 South Bend.
Prices are High.
since prices are set 10y the buck
STEERS who arrive early they natural
Iv are all as high and often higher
than the prices OF the retailers. To-
,tatoes we're SIS on the market
while they were but Sl.75 at num-
her of the groceries Eggs sold for
IS and so cents and could be pur-
chased at the stores at from so TO
So cents Pot1toes were go and 81
ON the market and So and go cents
al the stores.
one grocer said he buys number
Of articles from farmers who visit
the markets and fails Co sell all his
goods. he also said he makes a good
r,roG- in the deal