The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-10

TAKE IN YOUR TOSGuEs.-NO refer.
crcc is intended by this caption to the
tongues Of our readers. INT we refer to-
the wagon tongues Of the good people
who attend market. When their wagons
are backed up TO the Market Street front
Of the Market House, and the tongues
are left projecting, the obstruction to the
street is very great. II takes about hall
the street for the whole length Of the Mar.
ket House, and sometimes the obstruction
extends nearly to Monroe Street. Teams
cannot pass on the West side Of the street
railway; they very often cannot use the
railway track, and are thus confined to
the narrow strip of street on the East
side of the track. This often makes Oh.
struction, vexation and profanity. 1t has
been suggested as a partial remedy for the
difficulty that the council pass an ordi-
nance requiring the tGamsters to take their
wagon tongues in-or Out, more accurate.
ly speaking. Some tongues are made, we
believe, so that they can be taken ont
and slipped back under the wagon. 9th.
Grs would be made so if the council re-
quircd it.
The proper thing to do is to abolish
the whole market house system, root and
branch, and leave the work OF supplying
the city with its provisions as free MS any
other traffic. The grccn.grocerymen will
take care that the people are supplied
and if the market house restrictions are
removed, man can go out any day at
such hours as he may find comfortable
and convenient and get what he wants
fresh and good, instead Of being hustled
out Of bed before daylight to be iGmmed
and ClbOwcd around filthy old market
place By crowd rushing around in the
darkness and cold like himself, to get a
fresh roll OF butter. There is certainly Il
more christian way Of buying provisions
than that now praCtiCed, and to bring it
into practice i! is only necessary to leave
people free TO buy and sell them as in
other cases at allhOurs, according to their
mutual pleasure and wants The idea
that the market house system pays as a
source of city revenue is an erroneous
one. The market houses pay some in.
come, we believe, over the cost Ofkceping
them up; but who pays it ? Our own Cit.
zens, Every dollar stall rent the butcher or
vegetable dealer pays is added TO the price
Of what he sells. Not only so, it is charg.
cd for several times over. All the city
revenue from that source, the expense Of
keeping up the market houses, and great
deal besides in extra prices put on be.
cause the cost Of stall rent affords an cX.
cuse tor charging them, are paid by our
citizens for the privilege o! going half
mile before daylight on u bitter winter
morning to get fresh roll Of butter or Il
juicy steak and paying two prices for
them, instead Of buying by daylight n,
their leisure as Il Christian ought to. III
the city needs the rcvcnuci it would be far
cheaper to pay it some other way. More
than that, the present market system cna.
bles the butchers and huckstcrs to make
combinations and corners ~ articles that
Nrc little scarce and thus cxtort the very
highest prices they have the conscience to
ask. In this way our people pay thou
sands Of dollars every year over and above
lair price for what is needed to feed the
city.