, 1865-11-27
CITY LICENSES FOR COMMISSION
BROKERS.
The Law Partially EnEorced-Rur.
league Raid by New Eork Brokers.

Within short time past, the officers Of Chicago
hare been enforcing, upon commission brokers
selling goods here by simple, m ordinance reaui-
ring them 10 take out a license, and Its workings
bsve By no means either endeared II to the bro
kesr, or even commended it to the business men Of
Chicago, for whoee protection, nominally, the or
dtnanee was invented. II requires them, uudc,
penalty Of dne Of $500 to obtain city license
costing The sum Of 4l0e, IN addition 10 their procu-
f1nG Government lcense-cost $iD-aud paying
N income tax The burden Of this license fee falls
1ious enect on. other interests IN our own cir.
se.csalhoascf n Chicago, now ratas AZ arst-class
ssse @ o oq Esecn ~ houses sas 'etieR Hasax
them for their etoes Of goods and oiner e,nali as
also deeply n hcse sis b9oser A.
as there are At The lowest estimaie hundred Of
these gentlemen In the city pr dtea II oar pslnei.
VILE and ST. Louis, bnt they have always been
dead letter, and The experience already had in this
city has been Of such character that we are assur-
peal here Only twenty three licenses have been
taken ont although there are probably thoussnd
persons doing business here constantly IN This way,
and those who arr caught and have 10 take out d.
censes arc Eenetnl!T the youngest and gfeeoest OF
the fraternity and consequently those least able to
bear the imposition. Ia one instance detective
eansht an unfortunate wight selling By sample the
enough 10 pay the license fee, marched him around
The city until The receipts On backing were sufi.
ctent 10 pay The License. In aoother case, dealer
eproote found his sales inadequate 10 meet the de-
tnand and aet turning every do1iar be took IN
The city, had 10 par The balance ont Of hls own
never sold Si6 vorb IN this eitJ yet md i nerer @
coming here again: -
Feeling this ordinance an injustice, lot Of jolly
New Workers got up hugo burlcsquc on Friday
Themselves bfoketF selling BY ea,np]e, they knew
evess man IN the bnsines, whatever his part cular
department, md EncA detective force a. they or.
iect their arrsneements, they dat made I aid
on the fremont House md there caueht three OF
The profession, unlicensed. These were arrested,
Who ere II to tben GnEnow, aoa ID Who o'e fesi adnq
@passed @ themselves OF on them as detectives.
With tetione countenances the bogus detectives
nade and provided" and with Gtehual 7iS1dness
portrayed TO them the terrible consequences Of
their feaEfn1 etn Of omission In not paying the
s'planked The amount Of he license, and de 3oke
beng Then complete, were let into the secret
Their ane was fenttted On their standing
aderz proceeded TO tbe Sherman House, nd here
three more victims were eap.nrcd. One OF them
PET up the amount Of the license; another had not
that amount, but paEned h!s va1uable watch es
md his !" friends were SO pressing In bis behalf,
Cleme0E5 Of Inc deleEQSe whose ~dstt name w1s
Two bottles-f" Saturday forenoon the |oke was
confined. Another victim uras caught in station
ery ttore on Clark ttteet but here again frienas"
tnteiposed. By Wy q explanation Q, this term
cas1on when they appeared, the party Of rrvelleip
vas divided. and a. one portion made the atreat,
TIN, protesting against "the Outrage" and eener.
aly involving lin in resula- sell. romsthine
Pini]a- TO the severely contested election In thai
"ancient and honorable order" the /. o. =. n.
The tame joke Was carried On On Saturday ere.
ming. md number Of other victims were captured.
the minutia Of Tie sell varying in each case. At
one time they led thclr culprt before bo2ns JUS
tct OF the Feate and put him through regular
tidal. 10 his no small Terror
Their fncht, occasioned by their s'ecl,'' WIS
OF Is rai charac,er Wss recrfye and s1ccastto,
Of such rich practical jokes will probably never
again be ployed Of In thls city. New Tort boys
managed them, and nothing more need be taid 10
those who know them, to convey an fdea Of the
perfection with which they we1r carried ont