, 1877-05-23
BERRIES.
How the Council Ordinances Regulating
the Measure Strikes the
Trade.
Several Interviews with the
South.Water Street Fruit.
Dealers.

They Want No Changes This Year,
but Will Make Them
Next.
The Way the Scalpers and Shut
ners Do Business.
In Boston, Baltimore, md other large cities,
fruits and berries arc *nld by the quart, peck,
lsusl,ol. md 40 ut., instead Of, as lii this city
heretofore, by the package. Tho Aldermen, in
their wisdom, last Monday adopted mi ordinance
which provides that no fruits Or berries shall
hereafter be sold except by peck Or bushcl, dry
ineaa1rc, or some altQuot part. Tho ordinance
further provides that fruit shall Le good under
as well as on top Of n package, and imposes
ilno Of from q to sa5 for violation Of tho law,
onc~liAlf to go to the intorfner. The great
curse OF Chicago and several other largp
cities is tho pcddlcrs, who remcnsurc
anu robox old fruit, and "1x" Il for tle mar
kct. Then there arc the " fraud commissions
mem the crb-stonc brokers, etc., who lave IT,
orally run tho fruit business In Chicago into the
ground. Year by year packages holding fruit
hayo grown smaller and smaller, and the con-
sumer is a'ways tllo sufferer. siany Of tile
"tnnoccht tn Changers hare grown wfso beyond
their time. md materially assisted In dclroud-
Ing the consumcr. Tho grocer and butcher
have not boon prescriptions, AMI they, lou,
do reboxlng, and cheat tlcir bost customers. This
matter Of fruit consumption comes horne to creFv
family. In Its scason, fruit 10 healthy. The
luscious and Inviting strawberry Ia not alone
beautiful to look upon, but Is l'calt-3lvIng,
anu Is tohle ID It's properties anu oxrel'ent Tor
biIousnesa. SO With b'aekberrics and raspbor-
rics in tlleir season. Thcy ward oil summer
a.scascs u =, eaten wnen I,ps App'es' peael.es'
per'on tuys WHIT hs i,ae'u's to 1e peek 1t is
mn N nntnn eup.rpn
,,nnt ~ ,or 49, con, ~ r W. s,nh :. IL, I'm. 4, .
Aoou' ~ pol 'e.r, ~, 4e1 e1s" 10 lug ."et !" q
N1eat hcas"1e. AAo why Ills 10 a|u Has bee'l
done - ny selling irusts ny tic packnRe; and
selling by tic packarc, us II has been carried on
T, ~ .a,o se laea asaua acus.o. a"a snafe.
LUG oasSen 81 peae'ee or peafe h.e tenpt'nsly
covered with piece oi rcl tarIatau, under
which lie. a'lur1ng to tho eye, splendid. luscious
-, c1.o mai, mi tns,nn,ocart tr,,;. Tht.
dodge has been daily prnct'ccd BY extensive
fruit firms, nnd any quantity OF curb-stouc
mE8t1.
Vat n T. r1.otinr av1 t,nro,f,or ,ho
s,ss s,,. mn, r., "'u !. ....,. .'uu
e.ty 'n"s W." "e''A ~ nucnt
tho ordinance Is only enforced md
CONSUMERS nsBerr their rights. Tho Watcr
strces peop,e. "a a class, do not like the on1i-
~ nm =, ~, ncd ~ ~ tho.o o,,.,.tnno ~
t"s ns"se ~ ~, 49,. m. so ~ o.o.o ".. ~
70
eycr that meant Tho milking Of asnidcn
parknrcs l,ns grown 10 IN intucnso extent IL a1l
i'm f,,,,t.rrnwtno acttfou. in th. s,atc md
,tt.,,asn ~ n,ss,1 n",,as sa,,,,s ~ s.ss,a"m a
1llc"'Ea"' a. u'a.u NaP'us Fot''u s"luo''
quarts are made, buy they arc looked upon as
faulty, because they have no ventilation SPACES
in tEctn, Thcn tl,cre il factory at saunatuch.
Mci, and ouc nj Cairo md one ut Aiton n, ti,is
Btatc'
Tho traffic In thnse tl1lct measures, for t},ey
really ara i1ifcit, il something enormous. Tbu
neart.Iaskcts run about stx tr q Jittla more to
tho busi,ul, when they slloulI, unJor tho mrs
cut orjjnatco. hold either q buehcl, pcck, or
aliquot part thereof.
THESE nAsxRrs
look tefnpttnp when hcuncI IN With fruit and
covered will red cauxe. Thcy arc like tic