Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-09
MRS. SHARP URGES
CANNING PLANT HERE
BY Mrs. NORMAN SHARP

A city market building would
cost the taxpayers of Atlanta $780,
600. Two thousand cars of vegeta-
bles shipped to Atlanta (s200 per
Car average freight charges) makes a
total of about 100000 in freight
charges every year. Who pays the
freight charges
The taxpayers of Atlanta can af-
ford to buy a lot and build a new
market each year-and they would
still save, but they are called upon
to buy only one lot and build only
ons market building. The original
Investment will not only Immediate,
y become self-sustaining, but will
pay direct dividends, and after the
fist year enormous amounts paid out
in freight charges on shipped vege-
tables will be saved by the consumer.
Increased values in farm LANDS
will result from truck crops raised
to supply the demands, of Atlanta's
100000 population and the truck
raising industry itself will remain
permanent, substantial and perma-
nent If we give the farmers a mar
ket for their products. The result
ing Investigation of crops will also
help the cotton situation.
Approximately $4,000 worth of
food is consumed in Atlanta every
day. Millions are spent each year.
Every kind of fruit and vegetable
can be raised in Georgia-most OF
them two crops a year. II psrma-
nent market is built in Atlanta, Full
ton county farmers can and will raise
a large proportion of the millions
Of dollars worth of foodstuffs con-
sumed here annually.
BY establishing municipal markets
throughout Georgia we will give the
farmers an opportunity and means
of practising jdiversification OF crops.
If they are assured of direct mar,
kets such as Atlanta's municipal
market, they can do so practically.
and at the same time deliver their
foodstuffs direct to the consumer.
The municipal market building plan
for Atlanta has met with hearty in
dorsement and active cooperation on
ganization here. The mayor of At
lanta and the governor of Georgia
have both Endorsed the plan. The
city and the county governments
have both Endorsed the plan, and apo
proved appropriations of s42,5o0
each for the purchase Of a lot.
The only opposition has come
from the Atlanta Retail Food Deal
ers' association.
If the retail food dealers would
devote the time, energy, and money
they are now spending to defeat the
municipal market plan towards .es-
aetoIH here an and IN tbs
way conserve all the surplus vege-
tables and fruit the farmers might
raise, they could establish an indus
try that would not only greatly slim
ulate agricultural activities in this
section, but would bring rich re-
turns to themselves.
AT present all of our canned goods
are put up in other states. Retail
dealers now pay profit to canning
factories on all the canned goods
they sell-in addition to freight
charges on each box Of canned goods
Hundreds Of farmers in and
around Atlantar would be willing to
vegetables, etc, for such an indus.
try. The retail dealers could place
on their shelves in the stores homes
raised and canned foods. The women
Of Atlanta stand ready to patronize
home industries first.
This would indeed be a construc-
tive move op the part of the food
dividend to them and would greatly
benefit the community. 1t seems as
though it would be easy for them to
start a movement toward the estab-
lishment of canning factory either
as an organization. or an individuals.
Certainty, it would be as easy for
them as their task of fighting ATTAIN
ta's popular and successful munich
pal market.
BY doing so they can cooperate
with all Atlanta in encouraging
Georgia farmers to raise our own
foodstuffs. At the same time they
would help relieve Georgia citizens
of enormous freight charges on food.
and keep the profits on this food
he fat