The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-09-09


interlined after the Ordinance was writteh and
the reason urged was, that nlne-teuth5 of the
pedders in the county lived 10 Jackson, many
Of them owned property, paid town taxes, and
were among our best citizens"
Oh yes. There are several Irish and
German pedders residing in Jackson.
1t will not do to work them in, while
pretending to mean pedderscf go'dS,aAd
not farmers, peddling produce. So the
words "not residents of the county"
must be interpolated. : & ~
Now read Mr.. Connelly's eardagain.
He there says that the Ordinance was.
not aimed at farmers, but to prevent
persons coming in on occasions of, pub
lie gatherings, and selling Auchon
goods, or, | presume, cheap goods.
Now to give the lie to this theory,
just read the following Ordinance,
passed at the very same time when the
Ordinance against peddlers was passed:
a ... AN ORDINANCE. af 19,
Relating to AuctioReeriag. IN
SEC. 1. Be 1t ordained by the Council Of the
Incorporated Village of jackson, That it shall
be un lawful for any person or persons to vend.
sell or dispose Of, at public auction, within the
limits of said Village, any goods, wares, or
merchandise imported into the corporation for
the purpose of being sold at public auction.
WitbOut a HQpnaa fret had md. .nI Al
Mayor of said Village, for which license each
applicant must pay not less than al nor more
than $50, for the period of one day, at the dis
cretlon of the Mayor. #I,
SEC. q Any person violating this ordinance,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not exceeding $50 or imprisoned in the
county jail for any period not exceeding ten
days, or both, at the discretion of the Mayor,
and shalt pay the costs of prosecution.
Passed in Council, August 8, 1869 .
,o,,,. y o.. LEWIS DAVIS, MAYOR.
Now what was the use of passing
tcO Ordinances against auetioneers at
the same time? .s.. .r. F..
Now for the sake of argument let
me agree to the theory advanced by
Mr.. Connolly and the editor Of the
Herald, that these Ordinances were
passed to protect the merchants of Jack
son against the competition Of peddlers
and auctioneers. Mr.. Connolly says
that many merchants urged them to
protect said merchants from. the COM
petition of peddlers and said Ordinance
was passed to protect said merchants
from such competition. Now my hard
working Democratic friend, why should
the party who talks SO nicely in its
State platform against protection, rush
to the protection of the merchants Of
Jackson, at your expense? Right here
is the point which l make.
Let me make it palmer. 1t is ga pub
lie gathering Court week. You
come to Court as a juror or a witness.
You must stay a week You will have
much leisure to look around Your
wife tells you that she needs a calico
dress, and Johnny must have shoes.
You bring along money enough to buy
these necessaries, in addition to paying
your tavern bill You find the mer-
chants here selling calico at Is cents
per yard, and Johnny's size of shoes at
SO 25. Mr.. Rose, peddler of Chilli
Gothic drives into town with a lot of
goods, and Mr., Mick, an auctioneer of
Chilicothe opens out on the street
with lot of goods "known as auction
Goods" He has just such calico as
you need, and just such shoes. lie
offers the calico at 10 cents per yard,
and the shoes at Sc 90. You think
this is nice thing. You can save
about two dollars in the purchase of
these two articles, and with this you
will buy from a peddler nice table
cloth, or some spoons, knives and forks,
and agreeably surprise your dear wife
when you go home, by presenting her
these additional necessaries, which you
know she badly needs, but which she
would rot ask you to buy, knowing
how hard you had to struggle with
poverty. But the Democratic Town
Council-the Democratic opponents of
protection, step between you and the
peddler, and say" "No Sir" "You shall
not buy Auction Goods'-Cheap goods,
The merchants of Jackson ask proteo-
ton against such competition, and we
protect them by taxing peddlers and
auctioneers such an amount as will real
ly prohibit them from selling you cheap
goods" And the effect of this is that
the merchants of Jackson can charge
you just what they please.
Now my honest friend, what do you
think Of your partyl 1t really loves
poor men, does it notl The merchant
can build fine houses, wear fine clothes,
realizing large profits from your daily
toll, as he is so protected that he can
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