CITY COUNCIL AS "TRADER."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 7

CITY COUNCIL AS "TRADER."

'■ ' :■! ELECTRICALFIfiMS; OBJECT. ■A comolaint was,made to the City Council • last evening-by a-deputation representative of : city; felcotrical firms, who feel that the mum- 1 c pipal authority should not compete with them , 1 by stocking and selling electrical gpode. Pryori whowas spokesman, said that the elpctrioal'traders viewed with alaim tho action of the : council. - The electrical I department bought and sold "Hot-point" irons, - and proposed > extend their businees in this 1 direction,, Quantities of metallic filament lamps t were also on order. AH the, electrical supplies ro--1 quired by tho public were stocked by the local l traders, and they urged the coun<u to withs draw from the competition. : ; s . "The electrical - ; business .throughont tho , Domiuioh,' continued Mr. Pryor, "is in as bad ' a state as it could possibly be. Prices aro - cut to tho lowest possible payable limit, and ■ if this additional epmpptition goes on, tho -. business will be somethiuj? worth keeping out Of. If. those engaged in tho business wore not y propared to stock tbd lrftea refluirod bj Wol- . Kngton poople, the flrn\s would Oh eorfully re- . cbgniSo ■»« the■ counoll was dbititt a public t eorvico/ That is not the case, hovroverj■■ tho traders: stock all the goods; and'look for d , reasonable profit.. Tlioy consider that they have a good case;, and ask tho connoil not to 'pre- ! judico the traders In thoir legitimate business." The council took no imraodiato action.