The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-05
1t Will Be Necessary for This
Undesirable Class of Mer-
chant to Pay More During
His Stay in the City.
is CONSIDERED MERELY
A CATCHER OF SUCKERS.
There Was Also a Revision of
The Rates That Affect Le-
gitimate PeddIing- Differ
ence of Opinion Found.

A peddlers' ordinance was introduc-
ed at council Monday evening TO super
cede the peddlers' ordinance now on
the statute books, which ordinance
has since its passage. met with the OPP
position of the local peddlers. who
claim that the license fees ar exorbi-
tant. The new ordinance modifies
considerably these rates. but on the
other hand. without discrimination.
Increases the license fees for foreign
peddlers, hawkers. auctioneers and
medicasters. The ordinance was pass
ed after a few amendments had been
made to it, and at the next council
meeting it will undoubtedly be passed.
1t is thought that the new ordinance
will meet with the approval of all the
local people affected.
Section l provides that il will be un-
lawful for any person to pursue the
business of a peddler without a license
for which he must pay the following
prices: $40 a month and 81 additional
for each additional month. No Ii
cense shall be issued for less than a
month or for more than a year. In
this section the term "peddler" does
not apply to any ordinary commercial
traveller. groceryman, butcher. green
grocer, wood or coal merchant. nor
any person taking orders for house,
hold supplies or selling fruits. yegeta-
bles or any other farm produce.
The original draft of this ordinance
provided that no license be issued for
make the annual license fee $40 This
was amended to make the maximum
limit for issuing license one year.
reducing the annual fee to So. For
eign peddlers under the present stat
ute come here and pay 81 for three
days license. They rarely stay longer
than three days. Under the new or.
dinance they will have to take out 2
license for an entire month which will
cost them $40. 1t will be seen that
this increases their license fee with
out discriminating against them. I'm
der the old ordinance the annual Ii
cense fee for local peddlers was SI2.
Section provides that the fee for
hawkers. men who sell various kind
of devices on street corners. shall pay
a license fee of IS per day.
Section > provides tnat medicasters
patent medicine fakirs. who hold forth
on street corners and catch the easy
money of the unsophisticated. shall
pay license fee of $S per day.
Favored an Increase.
The original draft of the ordinance
provided that hawkers and medicas
ters pay a fee of 50 per day. Coun
Gilman Brown thought this rate toe
low and stated that in his opinion II
should be increased to SO or even S2t
per day. These hawkers and medi
cine fakirs. he stated, are undesirable
as they virtually robbed the people
who allowed themselves to be made
suckers" Councilman Won Pein de
Tended the 81 rate He said that IT
his mind majority of the people ia
vored these street fakirs. This elias!
of people. he said. were bound TO b.
made suckers of and that they woulC
resent the driving out of the street ia
kris. A motion made to increase th'
fees of street hawkers and medicastert
to SO per day. was lost by vote of I
/ TO >. Councilman EnSlebert theI
stated that he would not take 500 fo
the reprimanding the c0uncilmen wh'
lad voted against the amendmen
would receive. This brought on fur
ther debate and it was finally decided
to increase the 81 rate for hawkeTl
and medicasters to IS. Under the ex
isting license the fee for hawkers an,
medicasters is 81 per day. SS for thre'
days and S12 per week.
Section provides that the fee TO
auctioneer license shall be 50 per day
In this section the class of auctioneerl
referred to are the owners or agent
of merchndise or personal propert!
who sell their goods at auction at pub
! lie sale.
| No license shall be assignable O
transferable and the ordinance pro
yides a fine OF not less than 81 no
more than SO for violation of this or
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