Not Very Effective

The transient traders' ordinance that was passed with such a flourish of trnmpets by the city council and wbich it was suppossed was going to do so ruuch good in the way of putting a stop to the coming into the city of temporary traders does not eeem to be very efficacions in the oase of Callaban & Co., the Chicago law book publishers, who simi-annnally come into the oity and carry off tbonsands of dollars' worth of trade which rightfully belongs to the business men of Ann Arbor. This iiiru bas been notifled by Marshal Sweet of the ordinance that is in force and the amount tbey must pay per day for their license to sell goods here transientl.. The notice has had no effect on them, however, as they have not stopped selling, neither have they paid the $10 a day license. On the otber hand the enforcement of the ordinant-e by the city anthorities is eqnally vacillating. The ordinance provides for the prosecution of those who refuse to pay the license. Callahan & Co. niay uot have actually said they will not pay the liceuse, bnt they do tacitly say they will not do so, by oontinuing to go on witb the sale and not pntting up their license fee. A few more days and the harvest time for them will be over, then they will "silently fold thfiir tents and steal away" and wheie will those ittle 10 license fees be then. If the ordinance is a good oue it shuuld be enforced and that rigorously, but if it is not good let it be wiped off the slate. Callaban & Co. would be as good a flrm as auy other to try its efficacy on, therefore, why not enforce the ordinance in their 'case, 01 at least make a test case of it.