The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-16
4 MURMUR ABOUT MEAT CON
TINUED.
Editors Of the Register.

Editors OF the Register.
Absence from the city prevented an
earlier reply to an article which appear
ed in the local columns of the Intelligent
eer on Wednesday morning. the sth inst.
under the hesd of "A Murmur About
Meat" and l would not now notice
it if there were any sense,
logic, or truth contained IN
it, but as it is composition Of false
hoods, extravagant assertions and rehec-
ctions upon some of the county officers,
for doing that which the law compels
them to do, and being somewhat inter-
ested IN the matter, do not feel dispos-
ed to let it pass by unanswered. The au-
thor prefaces his article with the following
language: "For the past three weeks
there has been scarcely aday that dozen
ormore drovers ere not arrested and take
before Justice for peddling and hawk
ing cattle in the city limits, without Il
county or city license" Now, what are
the facts? Up to the present time, there
has not been over twenty, and believe,
not more than fifteen all told, before Il
Justice charged with selling cattle with
outa county license, and on no one day
has the number exceed three or four,
probably the docket will not show more
than two, and to my positive knowledge,
there has not been one case before any
Justice for violation of the city ordI-
nance, in reference to licenses, Ms assert
cd by the writer OF the butchers wrongs
because Justice, being Il State officer,
has no jurisdiction of the violations ofthe
city ordinances. and ! am surprised at
the reporter of the htsiliycHccr, making
such loose declaration. but probably he
has not been in from the country long
enough to know any better.
Another quotation from reporter
"Only day or two ago Il gentleman VINO
had fifteen head of cattle in this city
drove them over to Ohio and shipped
them to Pittsburgh Why, my dear
writer OF the peoples wrongs, there Is
nothing strange in this. 1t has always
been the case and always will be. When
the Pittsburgh market will justify the
drovers IN sending their stock there they
will send il, and they would not be doing
business on correct business principle
if they should fail to take advantage of Il
GOOD market for their cattle. They done
the same thing before they were required
10 pay license, and | presume will do
80 now whenever they can increase their
profits by 50 doing. All spectators
make it point to keep themselves post
rd and when prire, in market AS easy
of access MS is the Pittsburgh market will
nav them to ship, they are going to ship.
IL is natural for them to sell in the best
market they can find and when cattle are
shipped from this market 10 Pittsburgh
il is not because n $40 license is required,
bat because prices are better there than
here and the drover having an eve to
business, want to realize all he can on
the stock he has to sell Reporter" in
hi, rambling. uonscnsical style Of dshing
nm hi, article also touches on the hog or
dinnncr. and charges that the advance in
In. price of pork is owing to its
MASSAGE but rs am not an ad.
=. ,.st,. nj the ordinance and
,,cy,- bod ,nvtbino to do with its pass.
n,,a u,;II mas. !, nv simnIv SAVING that
= I., ,,.,,tI,,,on wants IA g.t
,,a.,.d IN En,, mont and know the real
- og ,bn i,Irrnurin,, about it. let him
-. ,r,r =, IN. r,untrv and make in
', '',;, ,.,,,r.rniny hoo. and | think he
I,,II find that the advance is owing more
to - General scarcity Of porkcrs in this
:, init. ,r,, tn any other cas,e. Arain.
no sew: "tbr droyrr. declare that they
".rna, affair, ,nn,vt license" Now
fifth. is true how IS it that GOOD butchers
who have been successful in business. can
,tr,rd to omit butcherIrg and engage in
buyinr and selling cattle. and why is it
TINT some of the drovers themselves say
that they would rather have the license
increased to $50 or 500, and would
r,v il more willingly because
ib,, il would keep Great many out of
the bu.inc,, who are now engaged in it.
More than one of the drovers hayc as
serted this 10 me within the last three
weeks. 1t is said by the reporter that
"thcrc was considerable discussion, and it
was unanimously decided that the only
protection the butchers had was to al.
NdIlN' bh' I'''S Va 'r"i'
butchers have been injured in Their hu-
sincss, | AIN very sorry to hear 1t, but
cannot see how the competing OF thc
drovers to pay the license which the law
demands, could materially or Inmater@l-
" effect the business interests OF the
butchers unless probably 1t would be the
means OF driving out the droverS and
giving the butchers an opportunity
of buy wing from first hands. But
SAYS Reporter the butchers
will be put 10 additional expense going
away from home to buy stock Let Us
see. The profits of the drovcr will vary
from 50 to $40 per head, and sometimes
more, and when they sell stock on COM
mission Cor other parties, ! am informed
they usually get from II 20 to $l"o per
head tor selling. Now, does any butcher,
or even the writer OF the butcher
wrongs. pretend to say that the addition
al expense which would be entnIIed by
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