The Penn's Grove record., 1893-04-21
rrzr sew a x BILL.

The following 10 the Iuli text OF Col
oneI Martins new market hill which he
is endeayoring to have enacted by the
Delaware Legislature at the instance
Of the commission men ~ Wilmington.
for whom he is acting IS attorney:
Section /. That no person or persons,
NOT being citizens Of this State, firm,
company or corporation shall, within
the limits OF the city of Wilmington or
elsewhere in this State, be engaged in,
prosecute, follow or carry on the bust
ness of selling country produce of per.
jsbable character, ualess such persons
shall have actually grown said produce
and shall expose the same for sale from
their own wagons or vehicles.
Sec. 2. That any other person Or per.
q n than those named In the first sec
tion OF this act, bringing for sale cOun-
try produce Of perishable character TO
the city of Wilmington or elsewhere in
this State, shall sell the same at the
wharf where landed, when brought by
water. or at the railroad station, when
brought in cars, and 1t shall not be law.
full for any such person or persons, firm,
company or corporation, to expose their
country produce OF ~perishable charac-
ter for sale on any of the pavements,
sidewalks, or cuIbs In the said city OF
wilmington; that any person or persons,
firm, company or corporation, violating
the provisions of the two fist sections
of this act shall be guilty of a misde.
meanor, and up0A conviction thereof
shall he filed the sum of $50 and the
cost of prosecution.
Sec. 8. If any commission merchant
OF person receiving produce for sale on
commission shall sell the same and shall
fail to return TO the c0nsignor the pro
ceeds Of such sale, after ~deducting the
usual charges, he shall be guilty of q
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be compelled to make re.
stitution Of the amount SO withheld and
shall further pay the costs of prusecu-
ton, shall be fined 500 and be impris.
oned in the county jail for a term not
less than six months nor more than one
year.
The first section 1t will be seen pro-
hibits u farmer or trucker from Mary
land, Pennsylvania or any state from
bringing a few pounds Of butter or doz.
en- Of eggs to this market to accommod-
ate a neighbor. and would If enacted be
the cause of stopping many persons
from coming here altogether.
The second section Is wen worse and
aims to break up the street market al
together, as 1t is a well.known factthat
at least m half Of those who attend
the curb stone market come here from
Pennsy lvania and Maryland. 1t is also
intended by this section to break up the
Jersey market on Fourth street alto
gether, as it prohibits anyone bringing
produce here from another state to sell
or offer TO sell, ut anywhere else than
at the wharf where it is landed when
brought by water, or mt the railroad
station when brought by rail. 1t also
prohibits all such persons from offering
country produce for sale on any of the
pavements, sidewalks OF curbs in the
city, under a penalty Of $50 and costs.
This is one Of the most contemplate
and outrageous bills vel introduced
into any Legislature. 1t was framed at
the instance of a few men in Whining.
ton who wish to have control of and
charge what they please for the nec-
essaries of life. These very men who
employed Colonel Martin to frame the
bill and, If possible. lobby it through
the General Assembly, are ashamed to
he seen or have their names known in
connection with this scandalous at.
tempt to rob the w%orkingmen and 9th.
era of this city. Last fall some Of these
very men bought sweet potatoes at 80
cents a basket. and then when the river
was closed with lee during the winter
and the Jerseymen could not compete
with them, made the people pay from
81 TO 81 20 a basket for these same po-
tatOes.
The only section that Is deserving of
any attention by the Legislative COM
mittee to whom the bill has been re-
ferred, Is the third and last section.
This however wss only tackled on as a
bait to secure the votes of the members
from the lower counties, some of whose
constituents have been shametully
swindled In the past by dishonest com.
mission men Of Wilmington, of whom
there is not thought to be u single one
ut present.
There are two protests, numerously
signed, now IN Dover. against the bill,
but the citizens should write to Mr..
Spi uance. chairman of the committee,
aud also enter their personal protest
against any action beng taken.-W VII
mington Republican.