Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-29


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merchants is MT quite 90 fortunate Ne
some that might lie made on the rub.
jgca Tho customers, aud there arc
very many OF them. of tho hucksters
aud peIdIors can say at once that 10 the
objection of the merchants is that they
orc unIeisold, then tho customer lots
the advantage Of tine cheaper price,
lcuus tho hurks,or ayaom is a public
b.ucna Again, these merchants nak
a 500 license Tor prdllors,OncH more rl-
vraiing au unfortunate Inconsistency,
since a merchant license is rom S-j
up, aud TO pay the Same license
a. a merchant with the same valuation
Ui capital stock would require only
one.tourlh OF what the petition asks
ahouli bo required. The bold lujusticu
oi the terms Of the request must mill.
tate strongly against H., as at present
made.
Yet the merchnn,s have a grievance
which should bo removed. They are
required to contribute TO the city rove.
nue. by license on their business; and
II Is very oaoy thing 10 see that they
are unjustly dealt with Ia being 10.
qulrUd to meet that OBLIGATION while
another merchant who chooses 10 do
business In wagon moving from
house 10 house escapes % altogether
as do huosslors, or pays n
very email license, ~ is the osso
with peddlers. 10 u merchant doing
busincss at fixed place has TO take cut
q licorne, then the peiipate,lo vendor
who does an equal amount OF business
ON tho streets should 10 treated like.
wise; and tho latter class certainly
give as much occasion Tor expense 10
municipal regulation W. do the u.
ccnsed merchants. II one class is re-
lloved from paying into the city cofisfs
Tor the privilege Of doing business, the
other should bo also.
Another good cause Of complaint for
the rulail fruit merchants who do
business IN stores Is the corner fruit.
vendoT-wo mean particularly the
man who hawks his wares from
tho tail ,nd OF q wagon.
To DO plain, this buiiness is
nothing less than an outrage on tue
regular merchant. The corner dealer
taxes Gu. q peddls,'s license al one.
third or less thai which tho NOR.
chant has to pay, aud gets a stand
on the street ~ very little cost, where
hu docs n merchants business. Just
why tbs city should give this class OF
dualera rent room iTue 70 NOT quite
clear. Certainly the noise sud clam3r
Of their opportunities for trade arc
vastly more Ia need Of police regula.
ton than tho way the regular mcr-
chant docs business. Except Ia special
cases where phyalcal disability or
ether misfortune makes the Uxerclso OF
charitable power necessary, every
corner fruit.vendor ought TO be retired
from The streets or pay rent as does the
merchant for the grounI he oocuples
Notwithstanding objections which
may bn urged 10 the particular request
OF the petition referred to, the uJnjeot
Is ons that nocdn action by the
City Council. There should bu such
revision OF tbs ordnance or Of
ia enforcement rs will place al msr.
chants on the same basis, proporllona,e
to their trade. Tho regular dealer
ehould bo protected ia his Rights, and
the other. should not be- oppressed GU
Of businos.; but none should eschpo a
requirement made Of the others. with
this matter regulated, the consumer
would not complain, since there would
DO no monopoly created TO raise prices
on him, anu tho city would be- better
OIL. AT proI0nt the regular merchant
10 getting decidedly tho worst Of g.,
ana theovll should DO romsdied tg give
bin fair show.