Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-10-29
The Market Question.
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tofofe been subject to and have obeyed the Or
J;n,nres of our CITY Fathers-with being mo-
noDoIists. when said Editor well knew that eve
n man. rich or poor, black or white, male or
female, had the same privilege, If they chose to
engage in the Eame business MIlliully lalsl-
fyinr, or through culpable Ignorance, that Edit
or saws the price of meats lie reduced, by the Ie-
peal of the market ordinance, tlye cents per ID
| He makes no distinction between stall fed beef
and some of the old be ones, almost daily seen
on the street market. Truth also would have
made difference between winter and spring
/ stall fed beef, that was bought at flve or sl1
cents live weight per pound, and two and two
and half cents at the present time leaving
out the less valuable one referred u above. The
design appears to be to arouse and prejudice cit
/ izens against that portion of business men who
wish 10 deal in fresh meats in 4 respectable and
elea.Iy trav. in their own buildings, rather than
/ on the filthy streets, Odious and oppressive to
I de people.
! If said .s Let well enough alone" enjoys the
street meats land some Of II Is good enough for
anv one, while some looks infIrm, and some
looks gi'fs yOlrng) he can do 50, and not falsely
charge monopoly to others -
We repubIish the characteristic communiea-
ton Of Mr.. SrEDxAN to the Herald, which affords
our evening cotemporary so much pleasure. To
his personalities we have no reply. They are
80 the meat our Cesar feeds on"
The Leader has never charged the " fresh
meat dealers" with being monOpOlists further
than the ordinances made them such by giving
them the exclusive sale of cut up meats. This
privilege the regular butchers enjoyed formany
years, and up TO the repeal Of the ordinance
making the sale of cut up nests free to any
one who chose to engage in tue meat business,
whether in a respectable, cleanly way, IN their
own buildings" or ION the filthy streets" To
say therefore that the Leader has falsely
charged monopoly to others" is simply mis-
take
The Leader has stated that since the repeal Of
the market ordinance steaks, Toasts, etc, can be
boueh, at three, four, or FIVE cents less per pound
from wagons than when the cutting up monopO-
| ly existed This is the truth, aud q truth patent
to every purchaser Of meats by the piece. Dur
/ ing the past Winter and Spring we know that
market goers, except hotel and boarding house
keepers who made contracts for considerable
quantities daily, paid regularly eleven, twelve
and 10 some instances thirteen or fourteen eeuts
per pound Tor steaks and roasts, and during the
Summer and Fall, up to the repeal Of the mar
ket ordinance, the price charged for similar
roasts and steaks was ten, eleven, or twelve cents
.siiaee tia; fsPfaI equally as good, and in many
instances better steaks AID rcasts than formerly
cost ten to twelve cents, have been furnished
from wagons at five, SIX, and in no case at Oser
seven cents per pound. Let well enough
alone
We aIe glad to see that our evening eotsm-
poraries begin TO appreciate the advantages
Of free trade ia meats by the piece to he Peo-
pie. The Herald says:
We are in favor of the late repeal Of certain
ordinances which confined the sale Of cut meats
TO the market stalls, yet before such repeal the
price of cut meats had sensibly fallen; owing
10 the decline of the market. 1t is not Just,
therefore to the regular stall dealers to attribute
this fall solely to the repeal Of these ordinances
Besides, the present Is as yet an experiment, and
while we should vigorously oppose re-enact-
ment of the late ordinances, We still believe that
the market for cut meats viii not maintain lis
present low point
We suspect the Herald has been posted from
an interested quarter. Every mafkstgOer knows
that the price of cut meats in the market stalls
did not fall c0rresDondingy with the decline Of
the cattle market, before the repeal Of the OF
dinance While fat cattle were bought at to q
cent? live weight, rounds, sirloins and porter |
house steaks Vere sold at ten, eleven and |
twelve cents at the stalls Good hind quarters
we're taken from the wagons at from fouF to |
FIVE cents, and fore quarters at from three to
four into the stalls. and cut up and sold out at
the prices above stated.
As soon, however, as the cutting up monopo-
y was done away with, the fall was sensibly
FELT. and not before. Nobody expects the pres
mt cheap rates viii rule during the winter and
ipring, bu: with free trade the supply and de-
nand Will regulate prices at living rates to
eller and consumer.
The season in this section Of country hzs
'een unusually favorable for fattsning cattle on
,rass. The rains have been seasonable and
plentiful, and the summer and fall feed have
,ecn fine Frosts have not erisped the grass,
nd cattle are 20 to 25 per cent. better than last
ear. Good lOts are from seventy-iYe cents to
ne dollar cheaper pen hundred, live weight,
han last fall, and they invariably exceed the Q
stimates when slaughtered So We are inform
i by one Of our most extensive packing firms. !
.Ow as the rates now rule, the decline is not
elOw the corresponding fall of most other I
iings and the wages of labor.
The Plaindealer of yesterday thus exposes /
s head to the cleaver Of Mr.. STEDNlN:
TIE MAKKET OEDINANcEs-No one who L
asses along Ontario street on market days can
Ill 10 notice the great advantages to our citi- q
ems generally Of the free market system in- Il
1gurated by the repeal OF the odious ordinance p
hich forbade the selling Of meat without IL y
snse. Our citizens never were supplied with Z
greater abundance or better article Of meat i1
ian now, while prices are from forty 10 fifty al
II cent less than before the repeal Of the IL n
'nse ordinance Iaboring men can SOW af- u
ri that which the former ill-advised enactment
ade too cIstly luxury to be afforded. In le
lite OF these facts 1t appears that few inter-
ted would be-mOn0pOlists Of the meat market hl
e straining TO obtain tho re-enactment Of the az
forbidiing the sale OF meats in small h'
lantities without license The people have an re
e to this matter. and in spite Of all efforts Of &c
terested parties, viii insist that hereafter
ere be no restrictions placed upon the sale Of d
e necesslries Of life. q
Gov. CHasEIN CHoAGo--Gov. Chase address y
an immense cOneourse of people in Chicago =,