Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15
Worlds Most Famous Market
Private Property Of Duke

IN ms peaceful possession. ina rot;.,,
that ne should be called upon ia ,,,stnrn
~ Tue community at large some of th..
i.lol'srty Wrested in the early DAYS from
- iislitlui owners who only give, mn
70 MS ancestor when. as Burke saya
ne giDpet stood at their doors seams
eitteIi! pfeposterous to the present hold
er Of these lands.
/ THEN THE DUKE cor BT1sY
What makes the london nr,nar, !.
owned by the Duke of Bedford -
Val,labie Is the fact that under bis
carly Title deeds he possess rights lvhicl
enable him to WELD a yeritabIe dos
10y over his tenants. Some time AFRO
.'i1 i,otldon county council tried to CON,
PEI the duke 10 render an ACCOUNTING
| OF ms receipts from Covent Garden =
MS lnposts on fruits and vegeta blrs
| were SO high that the council pronossI
10 start an opposition market Of their
own SO that the poor of London cou,d
BUY their fruit and yegeta l,les : a 49,,
cheaper price. The duke not on1v va
FUSED to give any accounting, but even
succeeded in getting an iniunc+;or
against the county council restra inins.
them IRON building an opposition mar.
A. se,, "liilih seven miles Of fCovent Gar
His landed interests give him an ~
elusive monopoly over the market nro-
duce OF London Not only does he
"lela despot1c sway over the market
itseii. nut ievles toll on all vshicLes
prinsl'iG pfoduce to the market which
come to rest in any street within y
Quarter of a mile OF the market. In
the early morning, nearly every street
coilVergms on the market is Ifterall,t
5piocked with carts, wagons, batTows
ana steam lori'ies bringing truck from
the country. Every one OF these vehi-
els has TO pay a. toll to the duke f,r
standing in the streets, while. waiting
70 be unloaded; ana the consignees
also have TO pay an additional tax Der
pound on the produce itself.
HAS ABSOLUTE POWER.
The power possessed by the Duke az
Ecdford Is little realized by the general
public. In England for many years
the house Of lords as We'll as that ar
the commons was filed with landlords
VINO made laws 10 suit their own sweet
Mills. Today. much is said and writ
ten concerning the ''Englishlnan's
Home, but mental reservation should
always be made ON behalf OF the, su
perior landlord, for without his consent,
no Engiislnan would possess II homo
which he could call his own For in,
stance, the system under which leases
aIe granted on the Duke of Bedford's
London property gives tie duke alb
soiute power over his tenants. Tho
custom is for the duke to grant Il
itasS lpt a. term OF years to q tenant
who. IN turn, leases again to another
tenant The first tenant looks upon the
duke as the ground landlord Now.
the ground landlord in England has re-
powers. Should his ground
rent not be paid at any time; he NAV
invade the premises and seize the goods,
even of the second tenant whose rem
may be fully paid to the first tenant.
) case Illustrating this point came up
.Wo years ago when the pictures be-
onging to the United Arts club. found
a by J. I'ierpont Morgan LAFAYETTE
peFfies, and other Americans wers
eized by the ground landlord. though
he club had fully paid its rent TO the
andlord holding lease from the
rround lord, But, as the ground rent
rad not been paid by the first lessor.
he ground lord walked into Che United
Arts club and put sheriff in posses
ion Though the Arts club showed its
eceipts and proved that its rent had
cen paid in fun to the landlord hold
ag under the ground lord, the courts
ecided that The goods belonging TO the
Tub could be seized by the ground
,rd Morgan and others were so in
ignant at this decision that they car
ed the matter tothe house of lords;
Ut lost their case, though the judge eX-
ressed his deep sympathy with the
ub: and regretted the condition of the
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