, 1877-05-31

Il hWEAttIEe aIu6t G1lnLA41o All H4lVu Ok pNh VI
hushe1. The eommiss[on.mon were in no de-
Ercc responsible for. this state Of things, tho
fruttgrowcrs being entirely to blame.
ycar'a berry crop would be marketed
as TINT Of last year was, for ait the boxes
needed had been purchased By the shippers, and
could not be. replaced. 4 rigid enforcement Of
The ordinance would mean The ,eonnscat!onp 2 oi
% ner cent OF tho shipinents. Hc INJURED NC
OF the leading frutt-denlers, to prepare stnte.
n>ent Of the facts In the casc for the press. Let
them Inform the newspapers TINT INC tfauc ialaY
appreciated the fact tl,nt faErant ahuses c1tstGd.
but that tho trndc wns not ansWerablc. lhe
packers and tho small dealers who repackcd
into ANAL boxes and faced poor fruit with good
were to blame, anil this should be understood.
49, The molten prevailed and Messrs. a: =: T.
Charlcs Stewart, r. tIexter,, c. +. Dexter, A.
| Albro, n. q. Good, and ". sptcswcro appointed
Air Wagner believed It would be good thing
cit ani city Attofncyand sce what was Intended
in relation to enforcing tho ordinance.
Mr.. Dexter said IL would be better to
! SET TIE TnApz RIGHT nEPoRE TIE PUBLIC
tito Mayor whether he Intended 10 enforce the
law wien that officer had already fAsucd proc
1amation 10 tic effect that ho would do 50.
Mr. Sharp believed tl,at Tue appointment, Of
o COHlt]jtkEu W4& q NCOA OHE4 Lev tHEtU 1T d
temperate way represent tha matter to tho
press, which would without doubt do them JUS
tsre+ The public Should be Informed that tic
scalpers were to blame, and not the regular
dealers.
Mr. Wagncs's impression was that Tho Coun-
did not understand the facts In tic ease % tho
trnLo did. The press would Do then, it1sttcc,
and state tho matter clearly. Every receiver Of
fruit would prefer sauare packages. lie favored
tho apponiinent Of ano.ller committee 70 walt
on the Council and represent things 10 them In
q proper tight.
Mr. Il. Albro thought that all packages con-
taIning less than d. quart should bc chilled
"pints.n Tho buyer know what f,G was getting,
and Il didn't matter what tho boxes were called:
There wcro lots Of men who {lxcd up 'snilc y
packages, and they did not nll live III Chicago;
Michigan and Southern Illinois wcro full Of
them.
Mr. nexscr agreed with the last speaker aud
considered
THE MOTIVE or THE onpisANoR As GOOD.
1lc did mol bcltcyc It waa intended to Interfere
with respectable dealers who sold by the easo
oFdinauco wa directed to tho punishment Of
those who packed condemned and unsound
fruit. Tho trouble arosu FROM tho operations Of
the street scalpers. Gentlemen on thcir, way
homp bought what seemed to be nice packaGe,
paying fancy ptco for It, and found out when
too late that tllcyhn been swindlc1. This sort
Of thing should 10 stopped, ,eand tho commission.
men should, In n,l cuscs wherc they received
Cd.
Mr.. John TAFT said that tho public knew very
we'll that the merchants Ind nothing To do with
tho packing. II Was the business uf tho Cout.
ell to protect tho consumer. aud lte respected
them for their attcmpt to do 10. But the or
Llnanco was defective, and ha hoped comnlit-
tee woull 10 appointed to prepare and present
an amendment which should remove tho obicc-
Mr. &. r. ilowell believed that tho idea Of
t1lo framcr OF tho ordinancn WIS 10 reach dis
honest shippers anu tho packers of "snitic u
packages faecd with good lFuit and rotten
lower down. :,
MR.. DEXTER
again took tho floor and explained that pack
ages containing nyc.scvcnths Of a uuart we're
irregular and Within tho 1cope Of tic ordinance.
But tho trouble was that tho fruit-Rrowcrs mad
bought all their boxes for tlje vear md would
be entirely unabto to replace item. 'rho ques-
tton was Whothor they would comply With tho
spirit OF tho ordinance and light Il on The Letter,
or MAKE proper representations to tho public.
Mr. Tucker lid not object to the ordinance,
but tho strawberry crop wns now coming Ia.
and all ttla boxes had been bought. People In
the outside districts would purchase packares
of pcdiIiure and then prosecute thcm. and ttIo
dealers would have to protect thelr customers.
Another speaker pointed out that berries rap.
idly grew soft. especially when handled or NOV
cd about, and would not hold out in tho mcas-
urc.
Mr.. Tucker saiu that what was wanted was
| that the enforcement Of the ordinance should
| bo postponed auth next rear. The old boxes
| would then bc used up, aud shippers would