The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 6, 1909, Page 7

West it aan andl Sanitary Is the New Market N RESPONSE 10 A RONG POPULAR DEMAND onduct Business jaBasis of Absolute ir Dealing With All Patrons—Both Producer and Consumer public market—a modern public market—in every the words, is the splendid new Westlake Public ‘Opened last week at Fifth av. and Pine st., Sixth x Westlake av. The generous patronage already ac- a by the people of Seattle, of all classes—by the : that from the start it has filled a long Consumer Together MEANS LOW PRICES. The founders of the Westlake institution embarked in this enterprise to provide the public with home-grown produce and the food necessities of life and at the same time place within the reach of the man of moderate means the very best that the market could afford. The project was launched only after the most pains- taking investigation and a desire to provide a central place in which farmers and small dealers could purvey edibles at popular prices on a fair competitive basis. LOWERS LIVING COST, There is no good reason existing why the cost of liv- ing should be any higher in Seattle with its splendid facilities for raising and bringing food products of land and sea to market than in any other city. True, the city was remote from the mid-western and far-eastern distrib- uting centers. But why depend upon Chicago, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Pittsburg or New York for the necessi- ties of life? was the pertinent inquiry of the men behind the market. “We have an empire of our own at our very doors capable of producing all that we need,” they reasoned, “in the way of beef, mutton, ham, fruit, vegetables and fish. ENCOURAGES GROWERS “Why not encourage lower prices from local packing houses, market gardeners and farmers by so reducing their ake Market Reduces the Cost of Living New Produce Center Brings Producer and _ to Mutual Advantage © THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1909. A CORNER IN FRUIT. selling cost that they could afford to offer their products at prices comparing favorably with those obtaining for the same commodities in eastern cities?” The Westlale market is the answer. It is so satis- > factory an answer that it is being crowded daily with the people who really stand for the Seattle spirit, as the accompanying illustrations show. A model institution from the standpoint of cleanli- ness and sanitation is the Westlake market On entering it from its three different street entrances, you are almost under the impression that you are visiting a pure food show. Immediately you are impressed with the up-to-date aspect of everything, The management has not been content to stop with low price and high quality. It has had an eye single also to display—the most pleasing and convenient possible display of goods, perishable and otherwise. SEE WHAT YOU WANT. You can see at a glance what you want. On every hand from gleaming white booths arranged with an eye to the artistic that one would expect to find only in an exposition, you are confronted with the choicest products market has to offer. that the here is no abiding place for germs, It is a veritable spot- less town under roof. Everywhere the eye encounters cement walls and floors, SCENE IN FARMERS’ SECTION. You readily realize that _ Te cerieriehetemeenneemnenierertinamntitadeemtiea ean + NO DARK BASEMENTS. No disgusting, dark, dank basements, reeking of mil- dew and accumulated filth, combine to produce a stench in the nostrils. Everything is spick and span, and the general effect in this regard is helped out by an army of white- And they all have the Taft habit—they uniformed clerks. just smile, smile, smile, and they tend strictly to business, too. You are made to feel that it is you, not they, who are conferring a favor by doing business, The farmers have a big, wholesome, sweet smelling, roomy section on the Sixth av. side all to themselves. And here’s where one of the secrets of the remarkably low prices of the Westlake market come in. These men— ‘the market gardeners and farmers—of King county are provided with roomy stalls free of charge. REDUCES SELLING COST. Their selling cost is reduced to the minimum. They can afford to sell at the lowest possible price consistent with a fair, legitimate profit, and they are living strictly up to that obligation enforced upon them at the outset by the market management. Here you will find a profusion of vegetables and fruits in season at prices that will fairly Stagger your imagination—you, Mrs. Housewife, who have been cudgeling the economic convolution of your brain to make both ends meet. MEAT DEPARTMENT MARVEL. The meat market department of the market is an- other revelation. Back of the long rows of stalls—booth | is a better name for them—running the length of the Pine | st. side of the building—is the refrigerating.plant, the larg- est and most up-to-date institution of the kind in the Pacific Northwest. In this plant hang the choicest freshly | prepared meats of every description to be had on the coast. What appeals to one from the first is the fact that in this department everything is under glass. NO GERMS HERE. . Bacteria are simply out of the running. From the re- frigerating plant pipes convey the right degree of frigidity to the spacious show cases, in which you can select at your leisure the appetizing steak that will make your mouth water when you sit down to dinner. As attested | by the frost encrusted pipes, all the meats are constantly kept at a temperature which precludes the very sugges: tion of taint. ABOUT SEA FOOD. aes And when it comes to sea food—well, say, you know what choice edibles Puget sound and the Pacific have to offer in this regard. They're all there for your selection. Such delicious salmon, such hard shelled crabs, such oysters! You never saw the like before! And as your bundles accumulate don’t overlook the taxi-delivery feature of the Westlake market. A ten-cent ticket entitles you to the delivery of 10 packages to any part of the city, Grocers and dairymen who want to market their products are urged to get in touch with the Westlake market management