American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-09
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Whether or notthe farming interest is better
secured at Winchester, through the instrumen-
tahty of the capital invested, or the sagacious
enterprise of the creative industry of the work
ing men of that town overruling all cliques,
certain it is, there is no place of the same size
in the United States, not even Boston excepted,
where the producer can realize more comfort in
the sale, Of his articles, and at less tax. This
is the result not only of far-seeing sagacty, but
stern, unyielding honesty of purpose to protect
beth the producer and the housekeeper inthe
arrangements Of the public market In Win
chester there is an ample square devoted, with
out cost, to- the farmers use, and an effectual
security to his, wagon and its contents; and
those who choose to occupy a particular stall,
once week, or more, pay a nominal price,
ranging from Q dollar and half to three dollars
year; and when not occupied by himself, some
small producer uses it for his or her marketing,
brought. it may be, by hand! .a5 '.a go
Let ourpeople butlook back for a quarter.of
aeentury, and what do we find here? "A paltry
revenue derived from the occupancy of lumber
yards, while the country people have been
driven into the streets 4 And, even now, we
find the space that was once left open TO the
water for batteaux must give place to private
interests. 1t is all nonsense to talk of the
rights of a corporation to collect funds from
various sources. IL has no right to raise funds
from what proves dcleterious to the advantage of
competition and the rights of the people. The
ground occupied by our Centre Market was
loaned by the President of the United States
'sfor market purposes" !" and all this continued
neglect to improve and, on the other hand, to
peryert to Other uses, is for private and selfish
schemes, and it behooves the keepers OF board
ing. houses to expose oil these things to their
patrons in Congress- q astg ipaaI " I'll.
east to rights derived from the Canal Company,
or the self-constituted managers of the low
grounds it is all assumption. The former had
nothing but a forfeited charter, aud of course
all rights they ever possessed reverted back to
the Government and to the people as for, the
latter every thing was gross assumption west
of Sixth street. The people should insist on
the proper Improvement of the Market space,
and the substitution of old line Of fencing near
the canal should not be allowed, to build up a
pretext for further tg EsoRoAoHMEsTs.
i -hN.cB.-+Fhere is a we'll grounded opposition
to all schemes of profit to be made by corpo-
ration that is already indebted some $500, 600;
and great part created upon similar pretexts
ofadvantages to be derived. Some, Of our day,
would advocate heavy expenditures to assist a
fuel market, whose projectors would not subs
scribe for q dollars worth of stock towards the
completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
And now that our own canal is deepened how
much lotcer is fuel than when the long-b boats
and schooners of the river had the impediments
to encounter that are inseparable from city
which has so many unpaved streets, yielding
sediment m the very muddy water that runs over
the cesspoolse lffsa .'la ,i a0 IHa
bet the yeas and nays, and tortuous move
ments of such advocates, be well watched in our
Boards, and held to proper responsibility
Some more examples niustbe made ere the les
son be fully inculcated. aa Ur.. o.ral