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THE SUN, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914.
MARKETS PRAISED
BY GUESTS OF CITY
SAYS 90 PER CENT. OF
FISH HERE IS STALE
Uoronerh IVesidnil and Pnrly
Find Thousands lin vinp: nt
1'i.pc Stnnds.
PEIjIVKRY I'HOHIiKM SOI-VHP
Tnuisil Coinpiin.v io IInvc,
Sprlnir ImUo Fishrrmnn Indorses
I'lim for Independent
Mnrkcl in Cit..
I,. il, N'eeblt. n potinil net flflirrmrin of
HprltiK l.aV.e. N. J rani- to New York
I v..iArd3i- to look Into the possibility of
I tt; ..t..hl.Uhmeiit 0 a Hull market where
Independent fishermen may iont their
lrntche to noli at wholesale and at retail.
Trucks for CniT.vins Product ie aui in w" the io.i immeneeiy and
relieve It would he a "ko."
AIIIOX . ISO I SP(I. "Ninety per rent, of the (Ml that eome
to New York," Mr. Nesblt raid. "Isn't
I fresh, imtl the only way that this city ran
That the new open market h.ie taken B,.t fresh fish Is to get It from the Usher
a firm hoM on the ftirn-y "f thrift, house- . r
wives fiitlher demon.t ruled eMerd.i
hv the thousand, t'" "lirsleil their w.i
between the row vt t.imls and uagonn
at the I'.in l.ee ferr. Harlem Brldpe
and Queeiifboro MndRe. other thousinds
p.ild their datly Iflt to the m.irkft under
the Manhattan Hrldee.
When Morouuli President Marks ar
rive.) ,it the I'ori l.ee market at S .31
u'elnek with part of United Kuest. Ill
a bus and .lulnmiiblle,, twelve farmer?,
nearly all of wlmin cr- from New Jr
rey, had already dlspoed of i larse por
tion of their load, of rentable, chickens.
Ac. It wim estimated tha between I.SOfl
and S.nnij people visited the market.
tn Mr. Marks part were Ml I'lor
ence Ouerim-). preldeut of the Federa
tion of Woiihiik rititu . .miss jiarj i..
llsv. etvurtimli of the Woman's Stlffrtcel
partv of the rlt of New Vork . fo mer
.tildse " V. Hemshera. a im-tiiW ' be
I'ort rnuimlsslon of thr port of Seattle.
Wash., and Mrs. Ilem-l.-ri:. .los-ph I ''ay.
Hidnev Oooriaci-e. Miiwvl'or of city mir-l
ketn :' KranU Mos. Ilorouah Secretary.,
Italph Kolk, .lo.-se U'liii-burp. rhalriruni
of the farmers' ent,itiiltt--. Mr. .Iullan
Hrnth. national president of the House
wive. I.easue, and others,
Rx-JtidRH KemstxTB was pleastd Breatly ,
with all he saw. He said thU the mar-
kets are und niMedlv "the forerunners of
.1 very big thin?
nnjers In Aiitoniolilles.
At thl m irk. t ro many housewives i
who came In ..utomohlle to buy trm the
farmer. Baskets tilled with ficsh vece-1
tables and fruit, were on kmIh, and the '
lens of more than oiv chicken proje- ted
from piper pared" under t:. chauffeurs'
elhons Many w men wen' to the market
with their babies In prambulat T. They
filled the c.irrtaies v Ith purchnres and
pushed them home, carrying the younc
ers on their arms.
At the Harlem Hrldse market, where
four fanners were competing for bust- i
"si with a hundred or more utands .nd 1
pushcarts. Mr. Heath found a man telllnc
froren chickens without posting a 'roll
"toras" slpn. as required by the State
Jiw. Mrs. Iteith. who Is an lnpector of
the Rt.ite Board of Health, pointed to Jir
badge, had a little talk with the dealer ,
and the mm hastily printed a Men and
tacked It up.
There were sU farmer at the Queens-,
boro nrldge market -md buslnes.. thrived
there al .
norouKh president Marks has made n
regulation that Is pleislng to buyers. A
flrn "K.irmer'. Wucon" Is put cn all loads
of produce that comes directly from a
farm, the committee pliclna Its " K,
on a farmer after an InvistlKatl in.
man. As It ! now rMiliig smacks go out
on a orulso to catch llsli. They don't
come back until tiny Bet what they go
afler. It may be live days and It may be
two or three weeks. They Ice the fish
as bent they ran and deliver It to the
commission men. The Utter put the
fresh ll.li In slorasc and the slain In eold
tlrt. The same thing happens to tho
fresh fish thnt Is shipped to Knllon Market
by the men down on the Jersey coast.
"We arc nt the mercy of the commis
sion men. They take their 124 per cent,
on tho price we Ket for n shipment, al
though In other cities they are satisfied
with in per cent They even net .IS cents
for the barrels In which wc Fhlp the fish.
I'uitilrr Put on Pish.
"I iindcrsta-d that they sprinkle a
white powder 1 think they call It ben
loate of soda on the rtsh they store away
to kill the smell. 1 always called It em
balmliiic powdtr. Krcwh tlsh, ou know,
has no odoi
As I said. 91 per cent of the fish that
you tlnd In the retail markets hero Is
Junk. It Isn't real fresh Ibh Some of
the fish that I sent to Kulton Market
from Mnnnsquau Is placed In the freezers
tip hero, and If the market Isn't Just right
It goes bank to Manauuan, where It goes
Into a freezer again. They've got a big
one down there. It has a rnpaolty of
2,000,000 pounds."
Klaherman Nesblt hasn't a very Rood
opinion of cold utorago of any kind, and
ho doesn't care who knows It.
"I think freezers and cold storage nre
n curse to the country." he said. "If
they -were nil abolished the cost of lIMng
would be reduced.
"Now the Independent fisherman." he
continued, "Is nt tho mercy of Kulton
Mnrket. The point 1 t tint to make Is
that the city of New York can eel nil the
absolutely fresh tlsh It wants by getting
It directly from the pound fishermen.
They take up their nets twice n day and
they need a ready market where they
can deliver their fish soon after it la
caught.
Independents ol Ornnnlr.eil.
"The trouble now Is that the Indepen
dents nro not organized and en n't regu
late the output. If there were an Imle
pendent market here with fa"llltle. for
shipping In our output, regardless of the
t"ullon Market men, New V irk would be
nblo to gpt fresh tlsh. The tlahermen
should hue n veiling agent here to have
chargt! of tho retail and wholesale end
of II."
Mr. Ncblt said that be had looked
our many retail markets nnd was sur
prised at I'omc of the fish that was sold
as "fteah."
"Some of tho stuff," he said, "Is sold
h'low Ihe -wholesale price, n how In the
world can It be fresh 7"
Joseph Ilartlgnn, Commissioner of the
Mayor's Hureau of Weights and Measures,
v bo has been much Intended In the
problem of bringing the producer nnd
consumer togother, made n trip with
l-'lrherman Nerhlt along the Jersey coast
from Seaside Park to Prabrlght on Fri
day, and together they Interviewed
twenty -I1e fishermen.
"They told me." said the Commissioner,
"that they would be glad to come Inlo
the open markets of New York with their
catches It It could be arranged."
Oiititinnt Princeton Itnlsed.
Washington, Sept. is. -Tho successful
raising of the (,-unboat Princeton, which
was Mink several months ago by striking
n ror.il reef near Kuva, Samor. was re
ported to tho Navy Department fo-day.
DEADLY GERMAN GUN
WAS INVENTED HERE
Gittlinmnn T.ic. fonstrnclrtf in
Cliirniro. Was Hcjccfod liy
l S. (Jovrrnnioni.
i'IIIi-aho. Sept. I!. D. II. l-'i.'t of tho
Kelt & Tarrant machine shops here, de
scribed to-day tho mlxhl siege suns
which the neimaiM haxe etnplojcd with
such deadly effect against the llelglan
ulid Trench fortrffsre.
This type of gun was first constructed
In Chicago and tested by the Pulled Stales
(ioveynnenl et Sand) Hook. Louis Oath
maim," it one Pme connected with the
Niirihwestirn Pn've ,'t, Is the imrnlo,
of what Is known as the Oalhnunn jin,
anil shell,
"The description of the Her ii tUBi
the way It Is handled and r i
throws Ully with the tliithm. sun
raid Mr Kelt. "When Ihe I ,-.)if
tented the so shells It wat found .hit t
special rilled cannon had tn bo . v M
lire them, The dancer of h.i- ltm
conl lining so mnrn iiign exp,,-,
great that tho shells were - -i
Ihe proving ground and tVr.
The concussion was so teirlll I'm
necessary to build a eaxe at s..-n.
current. Kven then It was f i
from the gun and tire It b. ,,
there was great danger "ill i
after It hd been used a d
would explode.
"The f hells were about f-m
and elghte.n inches III ill.un.
nearly a barrel of gtiivon .
glycerine.
"According to my memo
States tJoverninent f.iund i
dangerous fyr ue on ball'.
ha heard thai It Is u id
d( fence. The range la twr'
1 t
'-I'd.
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1
I
Prlres Genernl Vesterdny.
The following wer.. the general prices
a.t tho open markets esterday as re
ported to the Hcrough President'
Apples, to rnls for 3 filar!s Tnkav grapes.
IS ent for .t1 qu.irt bovrs. perlus. I cent
ipUce, 16 mmrt i.axe. tn' Tt. e-ii-. "i-is'-nielrtn,
s frtr v; ,-ent erangri. " for 10
rtnts: CJrrman plo-tw. . ent a finzn grape
fruit. 4 for 10 rents beet 1 bunches for
rents, tomato-. 1 peun-ls fnr .". cents tur
nips 2 hunches for " 'mitb eisnt. S3 renis
a dozen, ihlie t.eg'iorn mi:., 2 cents a
dozen laml. chop. .--nl- patina h -
O'Mrter chop.. I, ren's -mrt is rent, a pound
i hnul.ter ch 'P. 1 4 i ents n pound . Mnii hesns,
rent n .plan union. .'. rent,' a quart
ren penpers, s for , rent. potjtoe., A
pounrtr for 10 rent. eef potatory. , l-ntl
.1 qusrt. fcquah. '0 r.-nts for -i l.iree one
'.lerots. 3 Imnche. for !, tents. eer 3
htirchee for 10 rent, rnhbage. 3 cenls to ?
rents. sccordlnK to elze ctntiloupe, 5 rent,
nnfece- curuiuher. I for S r(-nt.. ercplsnt,
10 entS earn. Kreep rorn. CO rents I (lnzeti,
lettuce, cents hlueesh. 1? rents, duke ind
flounders, s rents .tnd T .ents ti pound loin
"f pork, lent. 11 po-ind, lrIoln .teak J"
rents a pound rih roast, t rntit -1 pound
'op sirloin. ?0 con's s pound, chickens:
rosstlnp broilers. 20 rent and 32 cents
pouno!. hrollerv, 20 cents ami 22 cent'
Beuln.ilne to-monow, as the result 01
An arraiiKcment made with Mr. Marks,
the Postal Traiihfer Service. Inc.. will in
augurate a deliver) smvIco at the mar.
Kets. Two auto trucks will be at each
market nnd the number will be lucreaeed
If the business warrants It. Any package
or parcel up to one bushel will be lie
tlx tret! for K cents; pickiges weighing
more than sixty and not exceeding sev- I
enty-flve pounds, 15 cents; barrel lots, 1
delivered at street entrance, US cents.
Sacks, baskets and packnnvs w,.;ghlng
more than seventy-fix e pounds xvlll be do.
Iivered at the entrance to any building
anil not to tho apartment at proporilonito
barrel ratus. The service will cover all
of Manhattan. Pellx-crles xvlll l. mado
at It A. M 12 M., .1 P. M. .ilul '. P. M.
It Is said that aliirekeepers alonK Am
uteidam avenue, Columbus avenui) and
Droadway. xvho haxo flt In their busi
ness the tfreits of low prices at tho
city's open markets, are planning In or
ganize for the purpose of cuttlnc prices
and to oppose plans to sp.nd city money
to make Improvements at the markets
with the Idea of making them permune..i.
Superintendent of Schools Maxwell ad
dressed the school prlnrlpals at their an
nual meeting on Friday on the Impor
tance of the campaign, suggested by tha
MayorV committee on food supply, to In
struct school children In the nutritive
values) of foodstuffs and the art of buying,
MRS. CARMAN WINS POINT.
Jnsllce rt on Her I'len tn See
(rand .lury Minutes,
Supreme Court Justice Benedict In
Hrooklvn slcned nn order yesterday di
recting PIstrlct Attorney Smith of .Wis. I
sau county to show cause why Mrs.
Florence Carman of Kreeport should not
be allowed to Inspect tho minutes of 1
the drain! Jury which recently Indicted
her for the murder of Mrn llatlex. Tho
argument on the motion will take, pl.icoj
to-morrow- morning befoio Justice Ivelby I
nt .Mliu-ola.
In her affidavit Mrs. Carman hijr that
she waa denied an opportunity to testify
before the (Irand Jury xvhlrh mado thu
Indictment for manslaughter and that she
nail no hearing before the second lirand
Jury which Indlc'eil her for murder. There
was also an affidavit from Oeorgo M.
I.exy, .Mrs. Carman's lawyer, selling
forth his complete Ignorance of what
transpired at the second Hr.ind Jury hearing.
MARMON 32, 5 pass.
lfll.5 four cylinder. Top, elec
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overhauled ; guaranteed.
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1855 Broadway.
5W
.41
Model 81)
Electrically Lighted
The unexpected!
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This is the first car of its size, ca
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The body color is Brewster green
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The electric starting and electric
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This car rides just like it looks
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Tires are 33 inch x 4 inch all
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Started
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30 H. P. motor
Stream-line body
Ample room for five passengers'
Electrically started
Electrically lighted
Electric horn
High-tension magneto
All electric switches on instrument
board of cowl dash
Ventilating, rain-vision type
windshield
High-grade upholstery
Thermo-syphon cooling
Five bearing crankshaft
Rear axle ; floating type
Rear springs ; extra long,
underslung, 3-4 elliptic
1 06 inch whcelbase
33 inch x 4 inch tires
Demountable rims
One extra rim
Left-hand drive
Center Control
Body color: Brewster green
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Two-passenger Roadster,
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