The daily gazette., 1883-01-19
A BLrenrrD rNDUsrRY.
Lsgsslation Urged for the Bensat OF ths
BrandywIno Coopers.


To THE EDITOR OF THE dAzETTE -
Would It not be proper 10 ask this Legisla-
ture TO consider well the condition OF the
large numberDf persons who, for want q
proper legislation, are declared from earning
their livelihood afthelr legitimate busineas !,
namely, the Brandywine coupersl Surely
they are, or at least ought % be, entitled to
rs much consideration at the hands Of our
legislators as the local monopoly which, for
the last twenty years, has thFottled the life
out Of the trade on the Brandywino
by collecting In other States where
for sanitary reasons, rtpacking Is
strictly prohibited, and bringing 70 tho
Brandywine all barrels eecond-handed,
necessary for their business, unless II be the
few made by the half Dozen or 80 of old
eoopers still changing on the ragged edge"
Some four years ago there was an unsuc-
cessful effort made to procure q Legislative
enactment prohibiting the repairing OF
secondhand barrels made outside Of the
State.
The eoopers declared that If passed 1t
would reanimate and restore their trade to
It's original vigor on the Brandywine, and
thus regain 10 our citizens most flourish.
ing business, of which they are upjustly de-
prived for want of legislation, the local
monopoly and not tbs people being bene>
utcQ tnrEtul. ~ Aul kneuOA3 SELVES tuS
right the opposition 10 the above mentioned
enactment was that, II passed, Il would
necessarily Increase the cost Of the barrel
Of -four to our home consumers. /
say local, for outside of our State, the re-
packing of barrels being prohibited they
lose their, to US, supposed local value aNc
are rated as firewood, unless they are col
lected by barrel gatherers and sold 10 our
home monopoly, which in turn places them
on the market at new barrel prices. In my
Judgment the opposition 70 the enactment
on the above assumption was q mere blind,
as I think we all know that Brand
wine -four Is sold end delivered
in other markets at home prices, drawbacks
for barrels included, II not lees. This being
admittedly so, where is the advantage to the
consumer in receiving his -four IN second
hand barrels. However we may differ on
this point there Is one fact beyond dispute,
namely an enactment absolutely prohibiting
the repacking OF barrels in this State, could
and would give constant and remunerative
employment TO large number of men who,
In youth, fitted themselves for this business
By serving an apprenticeship at it. II was
then, and will now be If properly cared for
by our legislature, lucrative business,
which these same men will be only too glad
to resume and make room for others to I'LL
| the piaces they now occupy in the various
industrial institutions.
Aside from these reasons sanitary eonsid-
erations ought To recommend the enact
ment of the law speak of, as contagious
and noxious diseases can be transmitted as
well by flour barrels as by any other means,
and go important and neces ssry an article
as Rour ought not to be served In any kind
of second hand receptacle. hope some
friend OF the coopers will move in the mat
ter and press 1t upon the attention Of tho
Legislature. CITIZEN.