The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26
MERCHANTS WANT
QUICK ACTION
Complain Of Delay in PrOsecu-
ton of Dishonest Peddlers.
MAYOR EXPLAINS HIS VETO
DECLARES IT IS ECONOMY TO
PURCHASE RIG FOR sEALER-

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q See that every merchant ana ?
? peddler with whom you trade uses ?
. 0uly weights and measures bear
. ms the city stamp. AN others
. are Illegal and may be fraudutent- >
. If you see the city seal ls al
. sent. help protect the public Dy
- notifying The Herald Of the viola
= uol OF the ordinance The lnlof-
> nation VIII De transmitted 90 the ?
> proper autaorlties
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Some determined action win be taken
next Monday evening by the GrOcers'
association unless present signs fail
30 bring the matter of giving the city
sealer not only q conveyance but an
assistant before the council fen such
"a way that they win take immediate
action.
The merchants are aroused as they
have never been before over the CUES
ton of honest weight They feel that
they nave reached close TO the limit
OF reasonable endurance.
-'Wuat We want is quick action on
this question said a prominent dealer
yesterday. While / presume the may
or has good reasons for his veto, ]
don't see exactly where we are COM
ing out. The council is going away
for two OF three weeks TO St Louis,
and ir begins 90 look as If il would
DE late in the summer if at ALL be-
fore we would receive any relief from
present conditions
while L believe that the seaIer
should have "a horse and buggy an the
year and that he should have, for a
rev months at least, a good assist
ant, on the other hand believe fn the
principle that IF YOU can't get all you
want take what you can get"
Mayor Morris stated yesterday that
ST this question of honest weights and
measures was TO be thoroughly en-
forced, it was necessary for the sealer
no have q horse and carriage at his
disposal the entire year.
Il do not believe that lt is economy
for the city TO hire horses" he said,
Nwheu we have a city stable and the
cost of keeping is merely nominal
The minute you let up on those
peddlers, they VIII return to their old
methods. and IL is only by constant
watch that YOU can control them. They
operate mostly in the outskirts Of the
city, and unless the sealer has d horse
at his constant disposal he cannot
reach them.
Other Duties For sealer.
"There are other questions besides
weights and measures that Mr.. Rich
ards should look after. The ordinances
forbid more than one man peddling from
one cart. This provision is violated
constantly. i have seen myself sew
eraI instances Of it within two or three
days Another thing they do is to
bring farm produce into the city with
their carts half full They then go TO
commission merchants and 6u up with
any kind OF produce they can purchase
cheap. Under the provision that farm
ers who peddle their own produce shall
pay no license. they constantly evade
the law in this way.
'Mr. Richards as city sealer IS, ex
orHciO, a police officer and il is his
duty not only 90 look after weights
and measures. but also 90 look out for
all arrangements of the law on the
part of peddlers and bring them into
court whenever he sees a fragrant vio-
lation of the law.
Economy the Motive.
81 vetoed this bill simply because /
believed 1T to be a question of economy
FOR the city. The present sealer is do
ing good work and If he was given an
assistant for "a few months he would
bring sufficient revenue 10 COW
CT all expenses, both of the horse and
buggy and assistant. and also bring TO
the city treasury several hundred dol
lars over aud above all additional eZ-
ueuse.
al do not wish to cause any delay in
this matter, but This is not the only
year when the question will De brought
mp and an economical solution of the
question now is very Important