The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-03-07

In the amount of public business
transacted, the large number of per
sons in attendance and the lively dis
cussion of matter uppermost i'll the
minds of many of the people of
Salisbury Monda! nights meeting
of the City Council was one of more
than ordinary interest and import
ance. 1t was generally known that
the question of raising hogs, under
certain restrictions within the city
limits, would come up for discussion
and it was the interest felt in this
proposition, that caused the attend
ance to be larger than it otherwise
would have been. AT the preceding
meeting, those fayoring the PROPOSE
ton had been given hearing and the
opponents of the measure nad Deeu
granted the privilege of expressing
their views at this meeting. Both
sides however, were heard, the ques-
ton being debated at considerable
length Attorney a. M. jackson was
the chief spokesman for those, who
favored the keeping of hogs within
the city limits, under certain restrlc-
lions and Dr.. L. 0. Tayntor, repres-
enting the State Board OF Health,
took Il prominent part in marShalllng
the arguments for the opposition.
On the one side it was claimed,
that it was a saving proposition; that
it afforded the poor man, living on
the outside of the city, chance 10
raise cheap meat and thus keep down
the price of this product; that If the
ordinance was repeated the hog
owners would have to sell at loss;
that the restriction forbidding the
building of hog-pen within Z yds.
of a dwelling already prevented
about IS per cent of the population
from keeping hogs and limited their
raising to those residing in the out
lying districts. The question was
not, it was eontended, whether it was
more profitable to put money in
the bank or to buy hogs with il, but
whether the raising of hogs within
the city limits was a menace to public
health; that typhoid fever did not
originate from hog-pens; and that
the existing ordinance was sufficient
ly strict for all sanitary purposes;
that the State Board of Health had
placed its stamp of approval upon 1t
and finally. that this ordinance was
for the man who lives on the out
skirts of the city, who works from
the blowing of the whistle, six days
a week and whose wages are not so
good now as when the ordinance was
passed.
On the other hand it was argued,
that cheap meat couldn't be raised in
the city; that the poor man who de-
pended upon hog raising would find
it more profitable to put his money
in the bank; that we don't depend
On the town, but the country for our
meat supply; that the hog cholera,
in the yicurity of Delmar, was direc
tly traceable to hog cholera in the
towns; that the State law does not
permit the burial in the country of
hogs, dying nthe city of hog cholera
and that the back yard is not the
place to bury them. While admit
ing that typhoid fever does not orig
mate in hog-pens, one of the speak
ers said that the hog-penS were not
sanitary and that it was not a good
proposition from a business stand
point to have to tell those, who seek
homes here, that We raise hogs in
the city limits.
President Messick read commun-
ication from the Wicomico Wofnan's
Club protesting against the keeping
of hogs in the city. Before adjourn
ment, the council decided the sques-