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morning, and a standard scale is in the center of the room so each buyer 

 can himself test the weights. The Market has won the confidence of the 

 consuming public and the farmers aim to sell their stuff at a little below 

 the average retail price, ranging from 30 to 200 percent. 



To give some idea as to how the Market has grown, for the four 

 Saturdays of December, over 1200 People were on the Market each Saturday. 

 The Market has established a very good feeling between the producer and 

 the consumer in the city. Occasionally, of course, some one thinks they 

 are being hit because of the fact that the farmers are marketing their own 

 products. These people are very few, and the big majority of business 

 men of Kankakee find it is a good thing for the City, and it is really help- 

 ing business. The biggest problems we have had to handle has been to 

 keep the products clean and sanitary, and be able to accomodate the crowds 

 that come. 



That this thing is worth while and can be carried into every city of 

 the state is our belief, and we think it is a good thing for any community. 



Q. What arrangements do you have for determining who is a mem- 

 ber of that association, or who is authorized to sell produce in the market? 



Mr. COLLIER: In answer to that I just want to read one of our 

 cards in the nature of an application: 



FARMERS' MARKET PERMIT. 



1. I, the undesigned Producer, hereby agree to abide by the rules and 

 regulations of the Farmers' Market Committee. 



2. I also agree to be responsible for the purity of my food and cleanli- 

 ness and in case of any violation of the law will be personally responsible 

 for all damages. I shall try, to the best of my ability to follow out the 

 law concerning Pure Food. 



NOTE: No one will be permitted to sell products in the Market unless 

 they have first obtained a permit from the Office of the Soil and Crop Asso- 

 ciation, 290 North Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois. 



Signed 



Post Office 



Date 



Permit 



Now we have had these letters printed, and I will leave it to you 

 whether they are worth anything or not: 



DEAR CUSTOMERS: If you have been patronizing the Farmers' Market 

 we want to thank you and hope that you continue to come every Saturday 

 and every Wednesday morning. If you have not been coming we take 

 this occasion to invite you to the Market every Saturady and every Wed- 

 nesday morning at 9:00 o'clock. 



Our Farm Products are clean and fresh each morning and from twenty 

 to one hundred per cent below retail price. We will appreciate seeing you 

 next Saturday morning at the Market. You know if you trade with us it 

 makes it possible for us to trade with you. 



Yours very truly, 

 Booth Number 



Q. I would like to ask Mr. Collier if he allows hucksters on the market? 



Mr. COLLIER: No, sir, we consider our company too good. There 

 must be a producer. 



Q. Do you have any bad notes? 



Mr. COLLIER: 1,11 tell you what we did. We got hold of a bad note 

 the other day for $32.50 that the man could not pay, but we held his life 

 insurance and we are going to get the money. 



Q. Are there any butchers left? 



Mr. COLLIER: Yes, there are a few left. They fight pretty hard. 

 They cut the prices on meat on Friday, Friday night they would cut the 

 price down way below what they pay for it, but listen, we had to get the 

 organized labor together, they have about four hundred in that town, 

 and talked to them about it. They said, "We'll stick with you." And they 



