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Show MUNICIPAL CONTROL OF MARKET FAVORED Salt Lake, March 10. About 300 persons crowded into the city commission com-mission chamber -last night to take part in the free-for-all discussion of the public-market question. More than two hours of oratory, mostly in favor of the market, was indulged in, after which the commission referred tho market ordinance to the committee commit-tee of the whole. It Is understood it will be passed." The Association of Women's clubs led the argument for the municipally controlled market, whilo a delegation representing the retail merchants and the growers' exchange took up the cudgels against such an Institution. Upward ot a score of speakers arled their views. The commission has before it two propositions, ono for the establishment establish-ment of ono or more municipally controlled con-trolled markets and one for the continuance con-tinuance of tho present arrangements for a public market on Second West street, with the growers' exchango in control. Heber M. Wells, park commissioner, is the author of tho ordinance creating the municipal market, and Richard P. Morris, street commissioner, presented tho motion for the other proposition. Under the terms of the ordinance tho city would establish tho market, under the control of a city market master serving under tho department of food and meat inspection in the health department. Farmers and producers pro-ducers could sell on this market, under un-der the city's regulations, free of any tax or license. Dealers seeking to buy and sell at a profit on the market would have to pay a tax to tho city for the privilege, the idea being to eliminate tho middleman as far as posslblo and bring the producer and consumer Into direct conLict. Opposition to such a market came from tho retail grocers and tho growers' grow-ers' exchange. Representatives ot theso organizations argued that tho present arrangement; for a public market were satisfactory, and that for the city to go into the retnil business any further would be an unfnir encroachment en-croachment upon the rights of the merchants, who pay high rents nnd a special city tax for tho privilege or selling retail goods. C M. Lees ot tho Retail Grocers' association declared de-clared that perfection already v had been reached in the operation of the public market as It is conducted on Second West street. |