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Seattle Wash
Jany 13th 1891

To The Hon Mayor & City Council

Gentlemen,

We the undersigned
your petitioners being engaged in
the wholesale and retail fruit and
vegetable business in this city
respectfully ask your honorable
body to take immediate action
in reference to street peddlers.
As the matter now stands
the retail fruit dealers cannot
compete with the fruit street vendors
for the reason that street vendors
have very little expense. They move
from one corner to another selecting
the most frequented thoroughfares,
they pay no rent, their license is
nominal, and experience demonstrates
that they can call at a profit which
to the retailer would be runinous.
We believe it is the policy for
the city government to guard and
protect the interests of all legitim-
ate businesses that contribute to the