WARE HAWKERS!

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 4

WARE HAWKERS!

"TRICKS THAT ARE DARK" AT, THB "BACK t)OOR. anoibcr thiug I'roui 'a liawker," said'a' promincnt ', citiien'l-to a.DomioK reporter on Satnr- . 'day.y','l. don't like,to condemn-them as' a. .' .class| !, ibut. ,thcrp; are:,some | awfulf.rascals;, : amongst-tham. . OneVvisited'.myi place"the,"-V other .day, /offering' four ■pounds of peas' for; sixpeuce.';'' My ;wifeyasked''me'mouldy,i wei I ,; in: thoaffirmative; saying'atjtlie fellows had to get a living somehow.!l When' he went away. it-' struck'Woto : - weigh r the', peas'. ; ; I^tead^'.of''.fouri , .ithbifl' ' were:.barely:three'poUndsf.weight ;bfrpeas;.' '■■■;. Ko mor'o .hawkers for mo!" . . • .

- 'The'.tnattbr 'seemed pne worth iollbmng; i.; up, arid inquiries' were'-made ; iri-'aiithori-,'-; tativo quarters, with - rather startling- ; results. "Soma., days," - said; an officer; of; ■" th'e'.'ilawV *1 could- pickyou'out : ;twenty.':!; ''. convicted- thieves in .the markete getting; '■ fruit ithree'.to one'icart/ ; vv :■ These' are i.the ;: sort -that: bring ■you:' a j few potatoes in ' tho. hand, or'a. bucset of pcoa\' .. to', your back-door, and'offerjtata'prico - that seems reasonable.'lnvariablytkey 1 !! ' bent you if '^yon;fidon't watch '• • them. •. ;Thore .'are i a 1 few 'decent Wchaps '-.''among' ,i'•. them, and the tricks of • the,' other make : /, it hard 'for them,: : hut the pubUc? should '4-j be. 7, warned'of the ; class".:6f >persoh"rihatV;'y, .prowls round the back-yard to beat you' "y at your door."- vv >•.- ■.v.V .yTho roportet-was ;aaured : that ;hawkers.';'. j'C o'n Hhe.regular. streekstands-. are "pretty right." 'They 'are licensed, and have to • ; taeasure;out. the fruit,"etc., before yoiii'.but.';.:i ;. ;the"slinkoi's" were no', gootl : to;,anyone. • l%e .informant. was masked ;W-])at could \be' done- to;,regulate tlio 'hawking business. ~ Ho. suggested that ■. 'licensed' by'. ahd vthatV' before, a license be. issued, something' apf V, proaching acharacter" shouldr' be : 'produced. If that- were done it .would. b« tlio means of sorting ' out: some'' of tho =most, objectionable ■S mani'p:.who,' fttonglx:. they . might-he <-convicted) thieves,' use a handful-.of potatoes'as apermit fortho ' ; .free inspection;of anyone's; back-premises...