Evening star., 1928-04-01
FEDERATION HITS
PLAN FOR MARKET
Construction of "WholeSale"
Farmers Trading Place by
Public Funds Decried.

Striking a blow direct at any whole
sale" farmers market, built by pub
lie funds, the Federation of Citizens
Association last night told the Dis
trict Commissioners and Congress that
what the city needs is new retail"
market, to accommodate also the far
mers lin a central location"
The federation adopted by a vote o.
40 to 3, a sweeping resolution by z.
S. Hege, charging that the wholesale"
system of the farmers market plan,
denied consumers any financial bene-
fit and declared 1t would be unfair to
make them pay for such q market out
of taxes.
It was an attack on the bill which
aas passed the House and has been re-
ported out by the Senate District COM
mittee providing for Farmers Whole
sale Market In the Southwest site at a
,ost of s600,00O George M. Yeatman
If the Southwest Citizens Association
md G. NJ. Koockogey of Trinidad stood
I'D in defense of the House bill, but
inder a storm OF support from the floor
or the Hege resolution. went down IN
iefeat.
Hurls Propaganda" Charge.
Koockogey hurled charges Of ''propa-
yanda" for the site north OF the
venue" but Hege denied this.
Hearings and public discussions OF
the proposal to relocate the Farmers
Produce Market. the resolution said
clearly indicate that from so to 90 PEI
cent Of the produce sold thereon VIII
probably pass through wholesalers o.
iobbers and perhaps cold storage ware
houses.
The resolution will be sent to the
Speaker of the House and President oil
the Senate. with the request 1t be in
serted In the Congressional Record. and
also sent to the District Commissioners
the Citizens Advisory Council. the Bu-
reau of the Budget and the chairmen
of the Senate and House District CON-
mittees.
Two principal contentious were made
First. 1t was set forth that public
funds raised by the taxpayers OF the
District ought not be used to provide
any kind of market that Is to be largely
of a wholesale character"
Second. 1t suggested that provision
might be made for new and suitable
retail market I'm central location with
ample facilities for the sale by farmers
of their produce, this new center mar
ket to be either municipal activity
or a private activity under proper pub
lie supervision"
Sees Tax Rate Increase.
The 100000 cost of the farmers
market. Hege claimed would probably
result in an addition Of 5 cents on the
tax rate.
The people of Washington feel that
old Center Market should be perpetu-
ated elsewhere after 1t Is torn down,
according to Jesse c. Suter. who de.
tended the Hege resolution.
The people are educated to buying
at such place where there Is q wide
choice. such as is available at Center
Market" he said The farmers mar
ket is designed to serve the jobbers and
the warehouse men more than the con-
sumner ! favor the principle of main
tenance of Center Market, and place
for the farmers to sell there at retail =
Koockogey took issue with Suffers
charge that the municipal fish market
had virtually ceased to be retail mar
ket and was now virtually only whole
sale place.
The action OF the RECREATION IaS'
night followed developments within thu
past few days. disclosing that at Least
Two, and probably three groups of pro-
moters. have under consideration th'
construction of privately financed mar
kets, similar 10 Center Market, One
project would place a great new Center
Market somewhere in the downtown
area. and another. reported to be II
the neighhorhood Of a 81 200 900 enter
prise, would be located somewhere ii
the general vicinity of Eighteenth anc
Columbia road
The federation approved retention oI
western market
A special COMMITTEES. consisting oi
Harry ~ Stull. T. s. Hege, t. b. Hen
derson. w A. Roberts and +, J
Brennan, was named to study anc
report on a resolution from the Trinidad
citizens charging that II was ''unethical
and improper for delegates 10 the
federation to accept any pay or emolu'
mentS from any public utility interest
doing business in or for the District oi
Columbia for services In connection
with any measure of public interest fol
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