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remained the only vegetable and flower market 

 of importance in the Metropolis, although 

 vegetables of a cheap kind are sold at the 

 Borough and Spitalfields, also at Farringdon 

 Road and the Great Northern Railway ; ' and 

 again on page 828, vol. 14, * In 1328 a charter 

 was granted to the Corporation of London by 

 Edward III., conveying to it the sole right to 

 establish markets within seven miles circuit of 

 the city. The system, though now broken up — 

 even in regard to provisions, so far as the retail 

 trade is concerned — remains intact in regard 

 to the vending of certain provisions, wholesale.' 



" What statesman shall win immortality by 

 breaking up the rest ? 



" Are not the London markets the biggest and 

 best markets in the country? 



" Do other people complain of them ? 



" Is there any prospect of success in promot- 

 ing retail markets ? 



" ' The return they (London markets) make to the toiler 

 is a scurvy one.' Sir John Rolleston {Financial Review). 

 " * If we send things there we get nothing for 'em.' 



— Small Holder. 

 "* Gluts are the most ordinary things in the world.' 



— Salesman. 



" Empty carts block the way so that waggons 

 loaded with produce cannot get in. Space is 

 insufficient. Prices are generally low and un- 

 profitable. These markets are a real hindrance 



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