Evening journal., 1899-03-08
LRTTRRS FROM THE PlOPLE
PROTEST AGAINST STREET MAR
KETS.


To the Editor Of the Evening Journal.
Sir: Representative Rose has intro.
duced several bills in the House 10
raise taxes from The people to meet
expenses Of our city and state. Among
others he has one to regulate the mar
ket stands in the city of Wilmington.
/ protest against Mr.. Roses theory in
using the streets for other purposes
than those for which they were in
tended. nameiy,the sidewalks made for
pedestrians, and the use Of the sretes
for vehicles. The streets are not made
TO sell, as was dcne at the last Legis.a-
ture ty an ambitious senator for his
own personal gain TO the detriment OF
the whole district when the street was
cut off. | compare a street closed up
to a water pipe with no outlet AN the
! filth and SCUM settles around and
makes it an unbearah.e nuisance, We
have three market houses, one at
Eighth and Grange streets, one at
Third and King, and one at Second
ara Market, and there are not enough
people in The three TO fill one of them.
The Jersey truckers ought 10 be made
DO sci, their truck on their landing at
/ Third street bridge. and pay a license
OF $25 year for the privilege Of rob
| tirg our Delaware truckers. That is
what the Jersey law demands Of us
Ter selling on thelr territory The
markets on our streets were only in
tended for The sale OF farm products
1t was never intended for an the rab-
be of the world to sit down on the
street and sel everything salab,e, to
the detniment OF our own citizens, who
support our city and state by taxation,
and the man that says IL is right lies
In his throat. Our own people want
protection in their own homes, which
is just and right. This street market
business has deprecated this last
! twsnty-fve years so It has no sem
tIance OF a nice country peoples mar
1et The stands are stood up against
the building line, which is expressly
forbidden in the city ordinance which
the Police Department from the chief
down, has sworn to carry out to the
better. In place of driving these squat
ters off the streets, If one Of them is
arrested and fined some half-breed
lawyer win take an appeal to court
and the case Is pigeon -hOled and that
SETTLES it. The markets should be over
at O'Clock, but the Police Department
allows the hawlzers TO stand on the
streets until dark and on Saturday to
Sunday with torch Lights, disposing
their tainted meats and stale truck,
and the streets have te be swept and
dirt hauled at midnight in place of at
O'Clock in the afternoon. These are a
few Of the expensive ways the markets
are carried ON In Wilmington.
heartily agree with Mr.. Rose as TO
regulating the renting of the market
stands. The way to regulate them Is
10 fine offenders S. and cost or sixty
days in jail and no appeal. Only far
mers should stand in the streets. Let
huckSto7s SD 10 work or so into stores
the same as other law-abiding citizens
The laws ought to be made for the
masses and not fer the dasses espe-
ciany a thriving class that wants tC
steal the legitimate trede of homes
; taxpayers. II you want to raise tax
Mr.. Rose make a stringent law agains
= these jay hawkers and pedd-ers by
driving them into the idle stores and
] market houses. Then they wiz com,
! in with others, and pay their quota
II the farmers are allowed to stant
K on the curb they shou,h only be allow
ed to sell the products Of their own
farms.
The way Il is now our town is file,
/ with SINNERS, as there is no law car
r ried out to govern them Mr. Rose.
= desire to can your attention to anothe
4 way or raising tax, that is, to put
r tax Of $500 on the department stor
[ wagons coming from another state
e such as John Wanamaker, Glmble Bro
7 theirs. Lit Brothers and Strawbridg
@ & C.othier If they can afford to keel
/. a delivery wagon and driver In on
= clty to deliver goods TO our people
a they can afford to pay for the priv
i. .ege Of using our streets and takinl
cur own peoples trade from them. b
( sure and get a bin to suit this refnel
. way of stealing
I Our legislators made a mistake il
= lowering the tax on the 3. & o. rail
u road, because Levi C. Bird represent
ed it. Bankruptl That is a lame ex
t, cuse. The company is reported to hav
y ordered locomCtives, stee. box cars an
/ new steel rails on its who.e line. to tn
r. amount Of S1OOO00OO. That don't loo
e like bankruptcy to me. Charity be
10 gins az home. The State Of Delawar