Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-10
BO.us Farmers.


To the Editor Of The veninz STAR:
Thursday. April 10. the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia gave hearing 70 the
farmers and others in regard to the occupancy
of tie south side of b street for market pur-
poses. Gen. Birney, the attorney for the raar-
kei company. said that the Commissioners
have no clear power 20 tax the farmers for
cleaning up after them TEe space near the mar
ket. the expense sho1ld be paid for oat of the
appropriation Cor stree: cleaning But il is
the interest of the farmers to la ve the exclusive
space assigned TO them for the sale o. their pro-
duce. They should be protected against the
Entertainments of hucksIers, jayhawkers and
produce brokers. who should do business in
shops and other places" Mr. Davis, the attor-
ney for the other side. said that street priv
ileg6s cannot be granted to one class and denied
another. The Commissioners had no more
power to keep the huchsters. jayhawkers and
produce brokers from going there with their
goods and selling them the farmers do than
they had TO say who shall travel the streets :"
MIR. Lloyd. the attorney for the farmers. said
THAT he thought that there could be some ar
rsngement made through the police laws bv
which farmers could be protected from huck-
sters, jay hawkers and produce brokers going
there and squattinG down among them and sell
ing their old stale goods that they would not
sell at their place of business for fea:
that they would get bad reputa-
uon, and thereby lose custom, but
they get some one who is dressed like farmer
(mCstly colored mem to take it to the b street
market and sell it as fresh from the country
representing themselves as farmers, and the
real producers thereby injure all the farmers
that go there with their pro duce to SELL" There
IS law that requires ali persons who sell oeo-
margarine to mark it in plain letters so tina.
persons may know wha. it is and not think it is
butter. And there is law prohibiting
Migrants. tramps and thieves from walking the
streets if they in iure Others or if there is a
probability of their doing so. Now these
hucksters. jayhawkers and produce brokers
do the farmers more injury by going there with
their old stale. rotten things and mixing uo
with and representing them selves as farmers
and the real producers than all the tramps
Migrants and thieves combined, and If there is
no law to prevent them from going there 20 sell
their things then space should be marked off
for them and they should be made to go there
and not mix up with the farmers, that people
may know from whom thevare dealing. II any
one will go along the d stree: market early in
the morning before the farmers come he will
see boxes. barrels and other things placed
along the side of the street, in different places
put there during the night to hold the stand.
and in the morning YOU will see them bring
their old stale. topped of and mixed up things
to sell. injuring the sale OF the farmers pro-
duce and giving them reputation for selling
stale. rotten goods. heard green grocer say
that he always kept up the price OF his goods
at the store and when they became too stale to
sell at the store he sent them to the market
and sold them for what they would bring, and
made money by doing SO. FARMER.