Report of the Mayor's Market Commission`
Of New York City, December, 1913 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Report of the Mayor's Market Commission`: Of New York City, December, 1913<br><br>Sir: The Market Commission appointed by Mayor Gaynor on May 14, 1912, to investigate and report on the conditions under which foodstuffs are marketed at present in the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, and to make recommendations for the bettering of those conditions, submits the acompanying report The inquiry was extended to the Boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond, by invitation of the authorities of those Boroughs.<br><br>After an extended investigation of market conditions in the City of New York through the conduct of public hearings, at which representatives of many classes of marketmen, railroad men and other experts have given testimony, and the study of monographs and reports from many sections of this country and many foreign cities, your Commission believes that the recommendations contained in its report suggest the means of effecting a substantial reduction to the consumers of this city in the cost of their food. How pressing the need for this is it is hardly necessary to state.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.