-of living that exists in this country and in this community 

 at the present time. Therre is a move under way look- 

 ing to that, and there is a bill before the Massachusetts Leg- 

 islature, which has passed, I think, the House of Represen- 

 tatives and also the Massachusetts Senate and is now in the 

 hands of the Governor, which gives to the city of Worces- 

 ter, on a petition that was filed at the beginning of the ses- 

 sion, the right to purchase or hire land or erect such build- 

 ings as may be suitable or adaptable for the purpose of car- 

 rying out the wishes of the great mass of the people ; and I 

 think the great mass of the people in Massachusetts will do 

 all they can — and I certainly will do all I can, if that bill 

 passes, as it undoubtedly will, and be signed by the Govern- 

 or in a few days — will do all we can to have something done 

 here towards the establishment of a municipal market. 



It is better for the producer and it will make it all the 

 better for the consumer, because the third man is entirely 

 eliminated. Of course, this may strike home with some se- 

 verity, because it will strike that third man, but that should 

 not be considered in the tendency that now exists that the 

 great mass of the people should be considered first. The la- 

 borer, the producer, is worthy of his hire and it is for the 

 consumer to buy in such places as he can buy with the great- 

 est advantage to himself and the greatest advantage to his 

 family. That order, as I said before, has passed the Legis- 

 lature, and I don't know but that when you come here next 

 year, as we want you to — you must come to Worcester; we 

 like to have you with us, because it is an honor to the City 

 of Worcester to have a gathering of this kind here — when 

 you come again next year to visit us I trust that we will have 

 made some move in Worcester towards the establishment of 

 a municipal market. Those markets are established in var- 

 ious cities in the West and are conducted with great success, 

 not only for the consumer but for the producer and there are 

 various ones in the southern cities, Richmond, Baltimore, 

 Philadelphia, New Orleans and many other cities ; and if 

 it was suggested in any of those cities that the municipal 



