The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-20
CORRESPONDENCE.

CORRESPONDENCE
Here is what Inquirer " has to sue-
gest on the wagon-peddling question,
which has grown out Of the tomato agita-
tion
EDITOR CAIRO BULLETIN:
In your issue of the 10Th inst, Me-
chanic " says that he don't know whether IL
Is right for people to sell from wagons with
out license or not. If he don't know right
from wrong Il is probably his misfortune.
Enquirer" dare not complain oftbose who
sell from wagons without license, nor
against any dealer, be he itenerant or resi-
dent, who can or does sell for less than he
does. but against the law that compels one
merchant to pay license while another
pursuing the same business is exempt; and
ne charges upon the city government an act
Of gross injustice and oppression for allow.
ing such state of things to exist.
suppose a case: A dry goods merchant
estaoIshes himself in wagon, In front of
X. IL. Cunnngham's and begins to sell. How
soon would he inquire IL said party had a
license. II his stock in trade consisted in
drugs. Schulz would tune his gentle voice
for war but If some one commenced to
pedde provisions In front of klug's produce
store, neither of those city guardians and
doughty champions of equal rights, would
think of entering his protest; and If asked
TO do 80 would offer the weakest kind of an
excuse for not doing.it.
The dealers Of this city ask nothing UNI
reasonable. They demand simple justice at
the hands of those whom they have intrusted
with the management Of the city's af-
fairs /: and our city fathers are recreant to
their trust, II they do not mete out justice
to all.
start us even gentlemen. and to the one that
wins be the prize awarded. INQUIRER.
REMARKs.-"Inquirer' makes his point
in foreible manner. The dealer in
country produce who lives in the city
should be treated with, at least, as much
kindness by the city authorities as the
dealer who lives out of it. If he is re-
quired to pay tax for the privilege of
selling to his neighbor, why should
not the produce dealer who comes
into town daily in wagon be also re-
CURED to pay tax for the privilege Of
selling What is sauce for the goose is
! sauce for the gander, but in this instance
the council! seeks to compel the goose to
take for sauce something it does not feed
to the gander All dealers in produce in
Cairo who are fixed TO the real estate of
the city, and pay taxes, and spend their
money here and help maintain the city
government, are compelled to pay for a
license to do business--to sell while the
dealers in produce who sell in Cairo. on
wheels, and who pay no taxes to the city
but carry out of it all the money they take
in for their stuff, pay nothing. This is
manifest injustice, and is in opposition to
that just rule which declares that all pub
lie burdens must be equal If the council
does hot legislate this wrong away, our
produce dealers must put their stores on
wheels and flourish in untaxed liberty.
The asphaltic correspondent comes
back at US again as follows:
CAIRO, july 49, 1872.
EDITOR DAILY BULLETIN.
DEAR SIR SO you think | am not
posted in the matter of brick and a-phaltic
payements. Permit me to say have lived in
cities where they have been used for years.
and have done well. OF course neither are
equal to flag stone, which Cairo H., at pres
ent, unable to afford but either are prefera.
BILE to oak plank on the score of either dura-
bility or economy. At least such il the ver-
diet Of municipalities where they have been
used. Respectfully
ERRONEOUS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. never lived in
city like Cairo before. To put down
brick or asphaltic pavements would cost
bigger sum Of money than our poor prop
erty holders could afford. Plank side
walks are the only practicable ones that
can be used now in Cairo, except where
the front of lots are up to grade, or on the
levee where rich men are putting up big
buildings and don't care for expenses.