The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-28
Our Street rlarsets- Reforms in the In
terest Of the Masses.

Mr.. EDITOR; me space In your
valuable paper to vent my views ON one Of
the most important subjects In the inter
est OF the masses OF o free people.
As'the market is carried on now in our
city IL Is trayesty on Justice TO our PEG.
pie. there is no regularity system or
order, either for the buyer or seller. The
store-keepers, both In and out OF the mar
ket are ali dissatisfied by baing crowded
out by the army OF foreign hucksters, who
take possession OF every available spot In
the market and offer their stale Philadol-
phia truck In competition with tho fresh
truck raised on Delaware farms by our
I own Taxpayers who support the city and
state government, and our citizens are
ostraczed by the worst element of pecula-
tors, having no other view than their own
private interests.
The same may be said of the SINNERS
who buy old cows and slaughter them
out On the country and bring them into
our city in competition with our OPP
pressed taxpaying butchers, claiming that
they raised them on lot perhaps of about
one acre of ground. when In reality they
only raised them up by the heels to dress
them, and sell them IN competition with
our own oppressed butchers, who either
rent store or stall In our market houses
which at proseht Is not half occupied for
tiers.
The same may also be said by the army
! OF peddlers who take advantage of the
great throng that attends the market to
buy good wholesome food products from
the farmer and who is Intercepted at
every step to buy either out OF basket or
stand on the house side to the detrimunt
OF our legitimate over'oppressed tax payers
who are fast approaching bankruptcy
In haS ariI sf, stg
The same may be said oil the fruit stands,
the candy stands, the bread and cake
stands, the fish stands the match stands,
In fact every conceivable article that is
sold In a store Is offered for sale on the
street or sidewalk to tho detrment Of our
legitimate business men, who are taxed to
pay the officers Of the law to carry CUT the
city ordinances but fail to do so lest it
would hurt their chances Of re. cleo ion.
They take an oath to carry out the laws
rs laid down In the ordinance and cyade
them and utterly ignore them, perjuring
themselves in the interest OF u lot OF tin
Grants, who think Of nothing but fleeing
the good citizens who support our city i'll
paying high rents and high taxes
y The only way to remedy this UBIQUITOUS
evil Is to carry out the city ordinance, and
II the laws are not sufficient in tho inter.
est OF justice to ALL repeal them and make
them better.
What constitutes farmers market? l
answer, it is the product of farm or soil,
butter, eggs, chickens, vegetables, beef,
mutton pork and veal. Our ordinances
are made on the most liberal terms in
favor of the masses, yet there Is not one
word in them in favor OF squatters or
hncksters. There is NO excuse for them
being on the streets, as there are stores for
rent all over the city; our market houses
are not half filled and the business men in
them are not patroniled rs the people are
not inclined to go Into tho buildings.
The soaler of weights and measures
broke up AZ quart measures u few days ago
for not being up to the required standard
or in other words they fell short one quart
In five, maklngt the berries cost the buyers
b per cent more than they were actually
worth or that fair dealing man would
charge; that's where the rub comes in.
Anybody can Uutsell legitimate dealer
by that plan Of jObery. | contend its not
half the crime to charge high price us it
~ to cheat i'll giving short weight and
short measure deceiying the buyer
The party in power has its majority by
q small margin OF one, but seven more
Lvotes would have taken their power ell
ttrely away and given 1T to the other side,
And 1t should be III order to strengthen
the parry by COOL appointments.
u. BARRETT, 1920 Market st.