Evening journal., 1908-06-06
FARMERS AFTER
THE HUCKSTERS
Complain That They Occupy
Their Stands in the
Market Streets
PREPARE APPEAL
TO COUNCIL

The agitation started by farmers some
time ago to oust hucksters who It is al
legged illegally occupy the stands Of farm
ors on market streets. has been given an
impetus by the appointment OF a com
mittee by the County Grange 10 request
City Council to direct the clerk Of the
market to enforce the laws applying . the
occupancy OF stands on market streets.
The committee is preparing interesting
data to show the irregularity with which
the market laws are observed. and no
riatter Of so much interest TO farmers
who come to the city markets has been
brought up for a long time, Farmers,
and especially grangers, are determined
that the complaint shall not be passed
over without action. The incursions of
hucksters into streets that have been
especially reserved by law for farmers and
truckers, affects not alone the farmer
and trucker himself. but the hundreds OF
housekepers who use the market, and,
who. II is asserted, often do no better by
coming at a distance to a market than II
they had gone 10 their corner grocery
The peculiar offense which the Changers
have determined to make away with the
farmers declare. could easily be prevented
IL the clerk of the market were TO re-
linquish the course which has prevailed
among clerks of the market for years.
The law provides that King and Madison
streets shall be reserved for farmers and
L -uckers. who grow their own provisions,
while Fourth street around King and
French streets is reserved for hucksters.
The penchant Of the housewife for fresh
country provisions has awakened the
greed Of the hucksters, It is asserted. and
With eatables that have been secured
they purloin the stands of farmers who
naN not be able to attend on market days,
pay the Is cents collected by the clerk OF
the market, and then palm themselves on
as farmers selling eatables generally by
no means fresh, in competition with the
flesh country provisions Of the farmers.
This graft on the part Of hucksteri
has become well-known TO many market
ere. and the shrewd make It a point tc
uatronize only those in the market whom
they are sure are farmers. There are those
who are not so wise. however and IN
many instances a housewife who hai
taken a long trolley ride to the market
finds when she gets home that she had
purchased supposedly fresh eatables that
she could have obtained at the corner
grocery with as much satisfaction and less
trouble
The fact that hucksters were taking
pcssession of farmers stands came TO
light through the fact that when one
farmer could not attend on certain market
day he would give a farmer with an ad-
Joining stand the right to use the unused
stand When the latter would prepare to
use the stand for the day he would end
II in the possession of some hucks.er
This morning several hucksters were
found in farmers places on King street
end would not leave until the proprietor
himself appeared One farmer this morn
irz declared that he had known one
huokster to have two stands, while two
farmers were obliged TO use one stand
ALcther told of a woman who walked
eight squares to market in search OF
fresh country eggs, only to fall into the
hands of a huckster and TO buy crate
eggs at fresh egg prices.
Grangers declare that this graft
could be easily detected by the clerk OF
the market. On his rounds the clerk col
lects Is cents from each farmer, and they
declare that he is now sufficiently ac
cuainted with the genuine farmers tc
know when some huckster has taSer
their stand when they are not able to at
tend.
Farmers are also questioning the legal
/ ity Of the collection Of Is cents every mar
ket day by the clerk OF the market. The,
receive no receipt for the payment an'
they have no means Of proving that the,
have paid the money should there be anl
dispute.