Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-13
PEDDLERS RULE
MARKET PLACE
Should RightfuIIy be Called
''PeddIers Place." in 0pin-
ion of Many Here
SURPRISE Is EXPRESSED
People Gaze Upon Wares
from Trains and Express
WOnderment
SURPRISE is EXPRESSED

Interest of the citizens of this city
today is centered on the farmers
market. During the past week, con-
siderable discussion has bssn caused
Ey the fact tint 1lIicksters are allow
ed to mingle with the farmers and
the farmers have been driven away
from the market, probably by the
fact that the huckster has crowded
him out. This year there are forty
five farmers less in the market than
last year and there is much specula-
ton as to how long it will be before
all the farmers are crowded out by
the hucksters or refuse to come here
because of alleged unfair competi-
ton.
Indications of how the general
public has noticed the presence of
hucksters in the market may be OBJ
tanned by remark which was
heard in a passenger train as it
passed the market last Friday. Two
men, not residents of this city were
looking out of the window and one
remarked to the other: 81 thought
this was a farmers market" To
which the other replied: That's
what thought too, but 1t looks as If
the peddler has taken the farmers
place."
In order to reach the market in
time for business, many of the farm
ers leave their homes at 1 o'clock in
the morning on market days, while
those coming from the vicinity of
Freehold, Monmouth county, leave
even two hours earlier. These men
object when they arrive here after
an all night drive and find their
places taken by hucksters who live
in the city, and they are then forced
to take stands north of New Bruins
wick avenue. These conditions it is
said force the farmers to seek other
markets or else give up coming here
and ship all their stuff direct to the
New York markets.
There Is considerable speculation
az to where the huckster obtains his
goods. In most instances, however,
1t is said that they are obtained
from the New York and Newark
markets at the same prices charged
store keepers. To make a profit on
these goods, the foodstuff must be
sold at practically the same prices
charged by store keepers.
After the days business is over
the huckster it is alleged, goes di-
rectly to his home, while the farmer
usually spends an hour or two shop
ping about the city, buying merchan-
disc that is needed at home, thus the
city loses not only the fresh farm
products but also the business that
the farmer does here.
The selling of merchandise other
than farm products. such as dress
material and other lines of dry goods
was one of the questions taken up
during the active days of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and although those
dealing in this line of stuff were re-
strained from selling in the market
they leased nearby property and sci
up outdoor bazars over which the
city had no control. The hucksters
however, were allowed to continue
their dealings in the market, but
were allotted a certain section in
which they might do business.
Last year 165 farmers were bring
Ing their products to the market
while today but 120 farmers are tc
be found on market days. Not only
Is this a loss to the citizens of the
city, but is also a loss in the reve-
nue. obtained by the city govern
ment as each farmer at the market
pays twenty-five cents per day fol
the privilege of doing business there
The fact that forty-five farmers less
this year than last are coming tc
the market means a loss to the city
of $40 a day or $40 a week.
The plea of both the farmers an6
the citizens is, TITS a farmers mar
ket. Let the farmers and only tht
farmers, sell their truck there"
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