The Morning herald., 1877-04-06
ONE CENT
COsssssssssst stc0ted.

u Communicated,
Mr.. ED1ToR:-I have read your editori-
sls in your issues of the 2nd and Sd insts.,
10 reference to hucksters, and from your ar
ticles haye concluded that you include
in your list farmers, for you say, "The
great bulk of this goes to New Jersey and
Maryland" You might as well include
the farmers Of Delaware In your list; you
make no distinction between farmers and
hucksters. and class them all together. The
question arises which are the most inde-
pendent parts the farmers or the citizens
OF Wilmington The farmer can stay at
home and send hisjproducts to Philadelphia,
Chester, New York, or Baltimore, and get
just as much money for their products as
they can get in Wilmington, and let allthe
farmers who are now supplying the city Of
Wilmington, just send their products to
some other market for month, who will
be the party m6st to suffers My own opinion
Is that in such case the verdict of the cit
izens would be that the views of the HER.
AID were wrong. The supplies Of which
you are complaining are mostly furnished
by farmers, and your citizens cannot get
along without them. Therefore, If you
will only get your Councils to enact an or
dinance (and you can get them no doubt to
do this, and many much more foolish
thing) prohibiting farmers from disposing
of their products in the street-markets Of
Wilmington; and you are going to establish
your two hundred stores, to supply your
800 families, who according to your own
figures will regain $40 900 wsrth each week,
this class of men have noticed do not work
without profit, and upon an average, 20 per
cent will be added to the cost of the weekly
supplies, or, $4,000 per week added to the
weekly expences of tie. citizens of Whining
ton, as our farmers can find other equally
as good markets as Wilmington. You did
not, think, take into consideration that
these hucksters as you call them, or, as we
country people cal; them farmers, leave q
great portion of the money received for their
produce among the stores of Wilmington,
and profit to the keepers of them on an
average of Is per cent, as your article says,
'Keep it before the people, that Whining
ton cannot prosper while hucksters, shin
pers and unlicensed peddlers carry OF
enough to keep 200 good stores. The pres
ent absurd strict market system, enables
combination to be made to raise the price Of
provisions above that Of any adjacent city.
1 think can tell you one Of the reasons
why your people are paying more than
other cities, If such is fact, your Councils
passed an ordinance waich will not allow
farmer to sell his rrsat and Vegetables out of
the same wae>n; now we must sell our
sheep, lamb, calves, &C., to your butchers,
and the must double their money or they
are 1T satisfied. 1t cannot be expected that
t,e butchers who only stand in the market
probably two days in the week, could make
living unless they double their money
'pon their purchases. They do all live,
ieep horses and Wagons to ride over the
ountry, and if we may Judge by the cor
ulent appearance presented by many of
hem, they not only live, but live we'll. My
lea of business has always been that bus
hess to continue and be remunerative,
,e interests must be mutual between the
arties transacting it. We claim ours to be
free country but where is the freedom
hen farmer is prohibited of dlsposing of
Is products, as they are at this time, under
e ordinance enacted by your city fathers.
have heard of dark ages, and think one
the dark clouds of these times must
We settled over the city of Wilmington,
d still appears to hang there. Ifyou want
get cheap supplies, make trade as free 40
ssible, then the parties who can furnish
cheapest will get the trade, and If you
mt to benefit the human family, give us
e trade not only for farmers In the city
but for all throughout the
rid. Respectfully, WIN. DEAN.
Curb.btt 0a Working Horses.
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