The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-19
GOLD STORAGE
Law IS TABLED II: Il:
Subcommittee Will NNrestle With.
Problem Of 11igl, Cost Of
Living.
DRESSED FOWLS UP AGAIN
.Hirscllbcrg Makes Sharp Attack
OIL Motives Of Council
man Richards.

man +I\lClldIuS. 3t VII &c.
From S o'clock until nearly mid
night last night the Committee on Or
dinances. Charter and Reform wrcstlcd
with the entanglemcntsg OF ordinances
offered by Councilman IIirchbcrg.
ma king it unlawful to keep in cold
storage for longer period than SIX
months meats or other food products.
and prohibiting the sale on this mar
kct of undressed fowls. After hearing
a full discussion from both sides, the
committee adjourned without taking
any definite action on either subject.
Tho audience, consisting almost en-
t,rely of those Interested directly in
the massage or defeat Of the ordi-
nanccs. was large and vastly moro In
tcrested than members of the commit
! tee. who became weary as tile hours
wore on. Subcommittees Will be APP
pointed by Chairman Umlauf to make
further Investigations and report to q
| future meeting OF the committee.
The cold storage proposition was the
i first taken up. attorney Louis We'll
4 denburr represented tho opposition on
\ this question, and gave the commute, ,
i heart 10 heart talk about eggs, IN
i .uh.tors and chicken raising In gem
eral. ~.
affirmation OF cold storage in this
! citv would not protect tho people OF
. Richmond from It's evil effects. II any
that Baltimore ana oiner cues wo, ME,
\ shin here the same or maybe older
i goods than arc now being sold from
/ the local houses
/ - throttle Local Industry.
4 He thought the measure would
throttle local industries and give the
] citv,s trade over TO foreign people
samuel Eichel. L. A. Stumpf and 9. u.
| sydnor said they thought the passa go
+ Of the measure would not accompany
!! the result desired, and severely crlPPie
| the city's commerce.
4. S. Herbert, secretary OF the Mer,
| chants Cold Storage Company, said
| that instead Of decreasing the cost
OF living, the ordlnanee %oul hat maze nae
! tional legislation was the only way
| ~ solve the problem, and stated that
neople engaged in the business We're
doing all in their power TO ala the
In reply to these arguments. ME.
IIirschbers started by explaining that
his motives in offering the ordinance
were pure: that he offered It as
solution OF the high cost OF l'vlns, be-
were designed to corner the market
and thereby strap the poor man. lie
! submitted many newspaper CLIPPINGS
and other data bearing on the question
! for tho consideration OF tho COMMIT
suggestion leing that poultry and
meats be Inspected before being placed
| in cold storage. On motion OF Coun-
| Gilman Cutchins the ordinance was
| tabled.
Question OF Fowls.
Then the fowl question which tool.
Judge Geo. L. Christian as the first
i speaker He suggested us a solution
1, OF the matter that fowls be shlpped
hero as tho dealers saw ~ 70 &oruer
| placed on the market, thus not ancGt-
ing shippers. lie was followed by MT.
! FiirschberS, who said that certain
al interest in the produce business was e. $
/ opposing hts ordinance. not with IN 9
Il question of the. peoples welfare IN
4 view. but for the good OF ms nv !. !, y !
1 business. It was we'll understood athLt
4 his references were to Councilman mar, =;
Il L.. Richard a member OF the Arm q
4 f. w. Evans & Co.. and later IN MS
speech the name was called.
1 h
teo to note that while q rcpresenntia.-
tive OF the people Of Richmond, !, y ! {
/, Richards, actuated by purely selhs 5 u
motives. had fought tho ord nance !, n n
Z commission people. He also asserted
that his ordinance had been .dcIeated
tbefore the Committee on Markets pc.
! cause Mr.. Richards had.systema,tlca,lii,y
!, lobbicd among the members aE;tlnst ~,
Heading them to believe that the Guys
commerce would be seriously dnmaEed.
II This was not brought out unllt atleI
Councllman Wise asked the cause Of
Its defeat.
Mr. Richards frankly a. adm nion h, MS
n eeo and de MIa III thai the city I'D
lossos from 100000 to sss,ooo.ooo year
lyif the ordinance, was, passeo Tic
did not 80 Mt, the IL > question 4 from any
: 4 but a health viewpoint. ana SAD y , lnat
as far as he had beenBable to llnd !, on u
'if fowls were properly marKe1 at1d the IS
, Tar as the Health Departing mt was con-
II cerned 81
!. At this pont-it was after II o'clock
MIR. Wise offered a resolution, Willy.
a was passed. that the matter be reler.
l3rcd to a subcommittee to look into the
various phases OF the question AM an
& make a report.
Alderman Elicit offered a. reso y ~ ~,
: amending tho present ord nance re.
} curing automobiles not TO u exceed
speed limit OF eight miles per hour
r increasing tho limit to fifteen mile:
per hour. Chairman Umlauf ruled Z q
motion out on the grounds thai ac'
! cordins to tho rules of tbs! Councli suc ~
an amendment could not be offered e
an old ordinance In the committee.
& Tho resolution offered by pr: Reads
that a school nurse for ohm Marshal
!, High School boz appointed and pal Z
3540 for the session. was unanimously
n passed. 81
The Committee also recommended
that the salaries OF tho ianitors In the
City Hall DO Increased TO $65 pei
month.
TWENTY-SEvEN FINED