Daily Republican., 1884-05-05
Tho Madison Street Market.


The curb stone markets are difficult
things to control to suit all parties con-
Cerned, and no matter what is done
there are those who have grievances and
complaints to bring against them
Some of these complaints are captious
and frivolous. and others have good,
solid ground for a basis. There are two
curb stone markets in Wilmington, one
being on King street and the other on
Madison street. These markets are
regulated by ordinances of the city and
by city officials, whose duty it i, to en-
force them.
We have heard nothing contrary to
the fact that the ordinances are faith
fully enforced, but still there seems to
be trouble, and that trouble arises in
regard to the special privileges permit
ted in the ordinance to the Madison
street market. There always is trouble
where fish is made Of one and flesh of
the other The difficulty now is in re-
gard to the SINNERS " in Madison
street market.
These SINNERS are people who
deal in meat, but are rather out of the
line of the regular butcher, though they
may sell As good meat and give as good
weight as the regulars. But it is not
the meat nor the honesty of the shin
ners that make the trouble. To come
to the point, the trouble is right here ::
The ordinance shuts SINNERS out OF
the King street market, and opens up
Madison street rs free market for
them.
This is the particular phase of it that
the legitimate storekeepers, and large
numbers Of citizens as well, object to-
They complain that the SINNERS" "
like the Pharisees of old, who appropr-
ated the highest seats in the synagogues,
swarm in Madison street and squat
down in the best places on the street,
between Fourth and Fifth principally,
to the exclusion Of the farmers with
their varied country produce, just such
as the citizens want.
Because the " SINNERS" take the best
square, the farmers, it is said, go on pasI
Madison street and hunt place on tht
King street curb, where the pestiferou
simmer is supposed TO be unknown.
this be true, and we have no doubt it is
for some Of the best people along Madi
son street have vOuChed for the truth .
it, we are not surprised that there ar
complaints. There is nothing like hav
ing good meat and plenty Of it, but
surleit of it is not desirable.
Housekeepers want potatoes, cabbage
turnips, carrots, ,parSnip~, celery, greens
butter, eggs poultry. SmcarcaSe and
hundred other little things which tn
frugal farmers and their wives say
from the products of their farms, as we
as sirloinS, porter house steak, roast!
stews, mutton chops aud veal outlets
in fact, variety is she spice of life thel
is nothing like variety. At any rat
the people are surtritrd with meats, an
long for vegetables i'll the market. The
say they cannot have these Az long
the ordinance makes Madison street
free market.
They say that just as tn" pestitero1
little English sparrow has driven off Il
wrens, robins and blue birds, the shi
ners have driven OFT the farmers fro
their market, and they want u chang
They either wantking street to be ma'
a free market, or theMadison street ina
ket to be made like King street, one
the other or both. They say the farme
have so far to come that they cam
enter into pell nell race for the be
positions on the street, while the butte
ers, who live in the vicinity, can ha'
upat any time When the farmers con
they are compelled to take either e
treme end of the market or push on
King street, mostly choosing the latt,
1t looks as if there were real cau>
for these grievances on the part Of Il
Madison street people, and if the
causes operate against the peopl" al
against the building up the new mark
on Madison street, they should be I
moved.