New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
About n Market Company.
4 The ". Y. Tribune.

To he Editor Of The ~ y. Irfcnnc
SIR: There is bill pendingi in the Legislature
House Bill NO. jGe) incorporating metropolitan Market
Company for the City of NewYork. with capiai Of
half million or more the Company TO build and rent
out buildings for market purposes rhererr me directors
nav elect, ere,pt on sites already occupied for market
purposes The Company Is also to have the FREE USE
Of onv unoeeupied rdtr front adjoining which they may
buy or lease grounds for market purposes.
Now, Mr. Editor, object to this new scheme oil
private gain at the public cost assume that inc CITY
IA 10 proyide market accommodations for its people,
Saying that our present market system is Imperfect
no argument against MARKET System, nehner 10
m argument in favor Of this BILL II our present build
ucs and system are bad down the one and reform
the other NOT KILL tie whole by passing this bill II
these corporators can make money by providing goou
budiugs so can the city and make our taxes lighter
need not be told that 1t will cost more to collect the
rents than they come TO- That may be the fault OF
pecuar system, bnt NOT the fault az prinetpk Inc
city supplies with waeri and II that was propcI,3
managed Il would afford an income. The cry shouId
furnish artificial light Gas does Philadelphia ana derive
A profit from that instead of allowing monopoinlng
companies TO e1tort exorbitant profits nom .s
sort They wilt destroy the value OF the Public
Markets Of our city and then claim the ENcLusiyh
RIGHT furnish market accommodations ior INC
throughout the city This Il the universal tendency Oh
all such chartered monopohes
WHY should this company have the FREE USE OF wAiLn,
FRONTS for market purposes any more than sh9uia /,
the ferry companies or steamboat companies
The base attempt to do this by this company
show, their greedy disposition and what they
would do II they could. This btu ought not 10 pass
There is no need Of IT, Any capitalist or h'n OF capl'
tAsts can as private persons erect building ir nhr'
ket uurroses without charter a. wen as VITA one,
,us, as they erect public halls theacrs ana
buildings all Of which put up without chsrtcrs ana
without the YREE usE OF wAIIRfEoSIs me VIZ Snou..
be ked dead dead aud not cilored ne nope o. reshree
ton We want more mouoponzng money-entoitlhs'
corpoYations Of this kind. VOTING lMfhEh'
rive differ radically with tho writer OF the
above. The whole tendency Of modern rehec-
ton and investigation is. toward contraction
rather than an enlargement of the sphere oil
Civil Government. We think Markets and Mar
keting might safely and wisely be left TO private
enterprise. Most certainly, it would not be
easy for individual ayarice and speculation to
provide us with more unsightly. rickety, shabby,
repulsiyc Markets than those we now have. We
know nothing of the bill in questions but, if il
creates monopoly, or authorizes private par
ties TO use the public docks on'peculiarly favor
able terms, we are in so far opposed to it; but
in so far as II contemplates the superseding OF
our present detestable Market system by one
based on private enterprise and competition, we
heartily approve It'd c,