The Greeley tribune., 1910-09-08
WANT PROTECTION
FOR LAUNDRIES OF
CITY OF GREELEY
Proposed Ordinance Introduced By
Two LAundries Here Which Will
Tax Outside Agencies-
Rchs,nAn Not In Favor

Tax Outside Agencies-
Scheme Not in Favor
Steps which are believed by GER
tain members of the city council to
be tending toward a combine of the
two steam laundries of Greeley for
the purpose of excluding competition
and which are alleged by those part
fes forwarding 1t as just measures
for the protection of home industry,
have been started. and last night At
torney Charles Southard submitted a
proposed ordinance to the city coun-
Gil. as the representative of the Gree
ley Steam laundry and Mack's laun-
dry.
Mr.. Southard made it very plain
that his clients did not wish in any
way to hamper washwomen in their
work but that they do believe that
all laupdries in this city which do
their work by other power than
hand should be forced to pay a
monthly tax to the city.
This measure would hit the Chin
ese and the negro laundry on the
east side. MIR. Southard admitted
frankly that he believed the Chinese
and negro laurdrfes should go be-
cause OF the fact that their work is
alleged to be ursanitary.
But the real reason for the wish
ing to place the tax on laundries is
to do away with competition from
outside agencies. And leading to
this 1t was asked that every agency
OF foreign laundry that does bust
ness in Greeley be not only taxed
every month with the Greeley laund-
ries but that an additional tax be
levied against them.
1t appears that there is large
Denver laundry. according to the
statement OF Mr.. Southard. which
proposes to bring wagons to Greeley
and to operate an agency here.
Mr.. Southard stated that his
clients needed all the work they can
get and that 1t Is not just for another
laundry to come in and take much
Of the business away from the home
people.
Alderman Hays suggested that If
pete in price with the Denver con-
Germs then let them go out OF busi-
ness. He stated that the same pro-
lection might justly be asked for by
the grocerymen and others to do
away with the agencies from the
east which are operating here.
I. I. Stukey of the Stukey Con-
crete company stated that he would
like to see a high protective tax
placed on foreign corcrete companies
operating in Greeley in the event
the laundrymen were successful.
Mr.. Southard read the proposed
ordinance.
1t was suggested that the Greeley
laundries pay SIS a month and that
all foreign laundries pay in addition
to this a Tee OF $40 month for oper.
ating here.
The council seemed to be OF the
opinion that the game smacked very
strongly of combine hoping to dc
away with competition and refused
to act on the question last night.
Mr.. Southard argues that the two
large laundries in Greeley pay OUT
between $4,000 and 100000 every
year in this city to help and that the
Chinese and negro iaundries pay
nothing. nor, he alleged. do they
help the city
He states that many diseases are
communicated through the medium
OF Chinese and negro laundries.
Mayor Houston stated that there
would be many practical problems tt
be met in the enforcing Of such Law
which can not be seen at distance
and which do not come to the sur
face in theory. He said that 1t woult
be impossible to draw the line.
The ordinance was submitted ant
wfll be acted upon at the next meet
ing OF the council.