Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-08-11 | Page 2 | Auction Law Plan Rapped

AUCTION J PLAN RAPP RAPPED Chamber of Commerce to Fight Lowering of City Fee The rho question of ot auctioneers 11 li Ii licenses cena censes came cam before the tho meeting of the directors of the th Ogden cham cham- chambel chamber bee ber of or commerce today The Th retail merchants commit commit- committee te tee was Instructed to go o i-o before betor the city commissioners at their mee mcc Ing on Wednesday August 13 1 ani enter a protest against changing the present ordinance rill ro- ro ro Quiring a fee tes te of S1 00 daily The Tho reasons reason cited against the tho pro pro- proposed proposed pro proposed I posed letting down of ot the bars bar to toI I all aU was wt w that It ISI is reported there are large lare stocks of second hand furniture d In neighboring states particularly Idaho where people hav have move l I away and persons are ro seeking to dump this thi furniture on the market at Ogden 0 den I When the th present ordinance was WILS created several lear 5 oars ears a ago ogo o It Was stated staLed there had been a a lot lotof ot of auctioneers auctioneer brae bric a selling chino china and gifts girts gift They had conic come Into Into- the city In December and se- se secured se secured cured a location on ton Wa where here they thy opened open d up a astore attore store In log the local established tax taxpaying merchants or of their regular trade trad which they had prepared for prior to the th holidays holiday In many cases the tho public was duped and paid e prices to I o small articles In iii the heat hat of bid bid- bidding bidding bid ding paying paying- out several evral times their alue It Is to protect the public that tho the present ordinance was passed and In the ests of the people that the th chamber of commerce took the stand It did at toda's meeting the tho directors saidu said sold I u