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Show line of goods, to the detriment of the interests of the merchants who carry a similar line. The practice of granting a free licence li-cence to transient peddlers, is neither fair nor just to our home merchants who are compelled to either pay a high licence li-cence or go out of business. The legitimate merchant, when starting start-ing in business, takes out a licence and puts up hard cash for it, and besides, he has his rent and taxes to pay, and when a peddler comes along, obtains a free licence, and takes the trade that he, the merchant, is making a legitimate effort to obtain, it naturally causes htm to be" come righteously indignant. The people of Manti mav permit, possibly sanction, but they will never approve of such action, even though the applicant for a free licence be a poor, persecuted Israelite. UNFAIR It will be seen by reading the report re-port oi the meeting of the City Council, which appears in another column that that body granted R. Lichtenstein a Iree licence to peddle notions, Gents' furnishings, etc., in our city. While we have no parti.-ular "kick" coming, we cannot say that we approve oi the policy of granting free licences to transient venders, and hope that our City Council does not intend to make a practice of it. A transient who comes into town and obtains permission to dispose of his goods without a licence, is a menace to our merchants. Having no licence to pay. he, of course, can afford to sell his goods cheaper than the home merchants, and consequently injures their business. He stays in town a few days, and supplies everyone with his |
