Evening journal., 1892-12-09

of the Buyers and Consumers Commend
1t and Hope That No Time VIII BE
Lost-President Frazer Thinks That 1t
Means Now Or Never.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CAsTLE, Dec. 9.-Business men
and buyers all over town are congratu-
lating themselves in anticipation of the
fact that New Castle will have a spacious
market house. 1t is considered by far
the most important move that City
Council ever made and will have the
effect of bringing business in this city
out of disorganized and worthless con-
dition into systematic, fourishing and
profitable shape
"Why, sir, ," said a prominent Market
street business man last night, you
cannot imagine what effect it would have
on the quality, as well as the quantity,
of goods sold here. Imagine a row of
ten spacious stalls, all occupied by
butchers. Why will not they vie with
each other until we have the finest grade
of meat at the lowest cash pricesY
Why it will be so far ahead of present
condition that we will kick ourselves
that we have been asleep so long.
William b. Mccoy, a well-known
farmer, said: "Why / have seen the
time when this town was filled with
farmers on market days, but that time
has passed and they all go to Whining
ton. This is because they cannot COM
pete with hawkers and vendors who
bring shipped goods here and go from
door to door with them two or three
times a day. No market can exist as
long as this is the state of affairs.
President Frazer Of City Council said
owe mean business about this matter
1t has been in statu quo for so long that
the point is just here-if we do not
assume the responsibility and act in the
matter at once nothing will ever be
done. believe that the business men
of the city would now contribute
enough in one day to build the market
house.
Postmaster Robert c. Gordon said last
night that he remembered the time when
New Castle had fourishing market
where a basket could be filed with the
choicest produce Of the season in few
minutes and there was so much competi-
tion that everything had to be of the
very best. In those times Tuesdays and
Fridays, market days were the busiest
time of the week
The following letter from citizen who
perhaps does not understand all the
facts was handed to the correspondent
this morning:
EVENING JOURNAL: In the New
Castle letter in your issue of December
z, among the dOings of City Council,
appears the following: 'Messrs Eckles
aud Frazer were chosen as a committee
to draw up an ordinance prohibiting
huckstering or peddling in any shape oI
form, with or without a license, after
two months notice. = Now, sir do you
not think our city fathers are assuming
too much2 for one am opposed to any
such measure, and / know of a great
many others, who are of my way OF
thinking. even going so far as to sug
gest calling a meeting to demonstrate
against the measure, as il amounts t'
nothing more or less than this, you mus
buy of me, pay me my price, or do with
out"
There is great deal Of fault found
by some of our storekeepers, with peo
pie in our town, on account of their go
ing to Wilmington and making pur
chases, but about the best way TO stol
this, aud notthink of passing such an ob
noxious measure. would be, | think. 70
them to sell their goods at Wilmington
prices, dhQ w tlldb ultduh luuuNt leopA
to leave their cash at home which III
doubt, they ali would do. Fair play is d
Jewel, and If hucksters can come fron
Wilmington and undersell them, the
should get a leaf from their book T.
learn the secret, besides the poor huck
sters have to forfeit whatever he ma
have paid for his license, be it much O
little. Now hope that the people O
this town, who favor the huckster vii
put both feet down on the measure, ant
let our city fathers see that they are nc
to be forced by other people. what an
from whom they are to buy"
MORE ANON.
The people who favor establishin
a curbstone market and prohibiting ped
ding, as a paving stone TO the new cit
market, would be pleased to have jus
such meeting as is above referred I
called. If that is done. they think, the
can not only knock out peddling in OF
blow, by popular sentiment, but ca
subscribe shares enough. then al
there TO build the new market house.