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EVERYBODY’S COLUMN – MARKET MATTERS
[Welland Tribune, 22 March 1895]
To the Tribune:- MR. EDITOR-Some people seem to think that the council intend to stop the cutting of all meat on the Welland market. Not so. Those who pay a license to do so may continue to cut meat, and already licenses have been taken out for that purpose, so that there will be full competition with the butchers, as before. But, Mr. Editor, is it fair to rent the market building to a butcher at $50 per year, and then let peddling butchers who pay no taxes come out and cut and sell meat right under their nose and not pay a cent for the privilege? It is not the farmer the council is after,-it is the professional butcher who comes under the cloak of farmer, but who lives by butchering. These men should pay a license. They cannot cut and sell in Thorold, Niagara Falls or St. Catharines without a license. Our market does not pay its way here, then why should we not profit by the experience of other successful markets and get what fees we can to assist in reducing the taxes that come out of our pockets to support the market. The market is of mutual benefit to both farmer and citizen, and the load of cost in keeping it up should not wholly be placed on the shoulder of the citizen. We do not believe that one farmer in a dozen desires to cut and saw and chop meat on the market, and those who do want to make a business of it should pay for it, or else rent a shop in town and help pay our taxes. Every one knows that (directly) the market is quite a loss to the town. I think it should be almost self-sustaining. Why, on Monday of this week, the right to collect market fees in Hamilton for the current year was sold for $9,755. Of course there is better accommodation, and I desire to make no comparison, but at the same time I think there should be a little fair-play, and that the burthen should not all fall upon those who buy.
JUSTICE
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