Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-16
CRUSADE IN
NEW YORK CITY
VS.. HUCkSTERS
The Goods Which They Sell
Are UnSanitary and Impure
and Police Commissioner
Bingham Opposes Them.

NEW YORK, AUs. I5.-Srange char
actcrs are those who have come to
the fore in the last few weeks in con.
lection with the anti-nOise crusade in
%eE York City, all protesting that they
Iche the right TO make nigaJ and day
hideous with. heir cries because they
are useful members OF society and the
ul,y cauACt east without what they
Ouy and sell.
Probably the most blatant and az.
gressive OF all this company are tbs
LdcksteFS Of fruits and vegetables
There are some OF them who are rep.
u,abie, and strangely enough, their
reputation for fair dealing is in exact
proportion To the absence of noise
The average vender IS merely a scav.
enger OF the wholesale markets. whu
usually buys what all well established
dealers nave rejected as unfit for their
trade, and ne hopes 10 sell his ques.
tionabis merchandise by making a
large noise and pretending to let Il go
sJ a small price.
Dead Sea fruit indeed is that which
the average huckster sells. There is
a hidden defect in practically every.
thing in mis- wagon. and by shrewd
practices and by tue prompt use OF
the whip upon the sorry steed he
drives he manages to keep away from
the condemnation OF the law.
No matter what the state OF the
wholesale markets tae buckster always
buys the worst. He delights in poor
quality and begrudges giving his Gus
toner value even when the glut OF
really choice fruits and vegetables al
most forces him to do so. An Ishmae
lite in every sense Is this freebooteI
of the produce trade. He is always
on the alert for merchandise which
within few hours is likely to be
seized by the Board of Health anl
dumped into the sea. II he can SNUG
gle this out through the city before
its oyeITipeness is suspected he !.
only too happy.
How Stock is Acquired
Cleaning the market" is a tern
which is applied to the process use,
lby the hucksters in acquiring thei
stock in trade. Conditions are con
stantly varying in the great center
where fruits OF the earth are sold
and al four O'Clock In the afternoon
when the buyers for the large hotel
and restaurants, the merchants WIZ
have a high class trade, the butcaer
and the grocers and the smaller MAJ
ketmen and the keepers Of small ffui
stands have picked over the fruits an
the vegetables in the produce dist.fc
the hueksters arrive in their broker
| down carts looking for bargains. Tn
thirds, fourths and fifths" of III,
trade they seek, and they bargain an,
barter until they have obtained tn
lowest prices, quality being a matte
~hich is not in the reckoning.
There was a high giut recently il
the watermelon trade, and the rail
roads. knowing that they had loni
lines Of fruit In tae yards, declared a.
embargo or refused 10 accept anl
more. The dealers we're at their wits
ends to move the melons and ths
hucksters were able TO obtain them a
practically their own prices. The in
ferior ones they got foT almost moth
ing. TREY ~vfo-imperfect Of shape
with large dsDressions in the sides
I caused BY their lying on stone Il
the patch. Il takes shrewe man q
| ltell a good watermelon and a huck
ster never falls to buy bad one.
Pineapples are p deiicacy highly es
teened as commodities by the auck
s;ers, for no matter how bad their cor
dition. the unpracticed eye of the lay
man will not be able TO detect Il