Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-16
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rae narlIeI monopoly,

LAaNANA
Among the objections We made 70 the pro
jected market ordinance yesterday, was one on
the ground that it would have he feet OF IS
ia fishing an odious monopoly; this portion
Of the subject demands further attention
suppose the ordinance n full oPerstion-des-
pairing boarding house-keepeTs and tired out
negroes run about, after market hoursi in des-
paratont to obtain beef. mutton, or veal, chick
ems, eggs, OF butter, ducks, squirrels o.
prairie hens; they return to horrihed homes
with empty baskets, and pa and ma, ooafoei
and baby. have to 20 without quleraPedai OF
ornithologiesl sustenance, an j market oPsns
next morning. Even this 8 Q TIE Worsi-fhe
cows and mules can get Feg able Provendef'
but he citizens eanBo' btain q potato or .
cabbage : there is no hope q buying a peek
Of anything from The garden until market
opens next morning. Thr power q Nebuchad-
pezzar. to 20 out into 3D. fields and eat grass,
is declared TO B. an cnFisble accomplish
maDt The morning cosmos, al i've OF six
o,eloek. according 70 ire iiine Of year, the
msrket opens and the hungry citizens swOop
down upon the butchers stall ard farmers
wagon 10 buy. Then they End they are like
travellers al q dinner on the railway. it is
now or never" end they must take what
they can get, aRd pay what is charged. Every
butcher can rent two stalls in each market
house; it VIII, therefore, be easy for the whole
Of them TO oct in concert and make their own
arrangements 10 fleece their customers, who
win have no where else to 60, and who must
PerfOres BUY Of them.
Indeed the butchers viii not only have the
power to do this, but The nature Of the ease viii
compel them to take steps for their own p%rotee-
ton. They will have more or less meat left al
the conclusion Of the market II the weather is
unfavorsble, meat viii spoil, and the price
Of that which is spoiled must be obtained from
the purchasers o. hatWhich is good. The trains
and steamboats, usy have brought in anunusual
number q passengers hotel keepers and
boarding house keepers nav be in despair be-
they canno. get meat for their visitors,
and the butchers nav be in despair because
their meat is spelling on their hands, but the
ridiculous, mischievous Memphis market ordi-
will not permit the one to buy nor the
other 10 sell, except in the market houses eek
clusively," and In then only during " market
hours" The retailers Of vegetables and eoun-
produce, viii, Of course, be more OF less in
the same situation, and they must be paid for
what is spoiled on their hands as well as Tor
what they sell, OF they cannot make a profit,
and therefore cannot carry on their business.
Beyond this, the fact that the whole Of the
-itizsns Of Memphis mus, each day supply
themselves from the wagons congregatsd at
he market, be they many or few. viii put it
IN the power Of the owners Of the wagons to
rrihg from their customers sxtortlonste pri-
.es-whethsr that power will be used OF not
be reader can judge. L is evident that to
compel every man, woman and child in Men,
lhis to depend for a considerable portion Of
heir daily food upon what is sold in market
four or I'VE hours each morning, "Sun-
laws excepted, would Be to create an odious
monopoly. Butchers, like g-oeerE and dry
dealers, must be allowed to exercise
heir right to open store for the sale Of their
wherever they thiak proper to do 50.
The exercise Of the same right must be se-
.orded to the dealer in country produce When
he market hour is expired, wagons must be
to retail in the streets, ss AZ present,
the accommodation Of those who cannot
.t.end market. Anva attempt Of Council toleg-
slate business out Of mems hands, and TO de-
rive the c~itizens at large Of what they find TO
e convenient and necessary, viii Trove futile,
nd the end viii Be another dead letter ordi-
auce ~encumbering our city records.