New-York tribune., 1841-09-09
= c-.,vs-c,o.,sc sroREs, &c.-We had hoped

Clerks and tie advantage 10 ali concerned OF Closing
The store. at an early and Uniform aouz-
But it seems thai mistaken. morning print o:
Yesterday has leading article the subject, which, accord
ing to its habit cosceelirg the deades maeyoence under
specous pretence Of candor and ines assa the CLERKS
and the Reform they have nearly accomplished IN terms winch
we cannot suffer pass unnocad The following sentence
i specimen OF is plausible venom:
If the Merchants are wiling g7e heir Clerks an ad
ditiosa hour each evening we are heartily glad OF H. pro
vided they make good use Of tasr tine.
Gre their Clerks' Who has asked aims, The Clerks
and the community including majority o: the Merchants
believe that the clerk mas labored faithfully from seven
or eight in the morning eight night has dose fiif day
wark-has earned his i've dollars week-and ought
of right 20 be at liberty TO improve III mind recruit MS
weary frame until the ne< morning Gre the Clerks an
hour? They are not beggars. They nothing the
injury of their employers clas--nothng but their just
right. Whv not talk of eiring them the hours between
nidnigh, and six next morning, binding h.n them
properly
The spacious adversary proceeds:
a. between Merchants and Clerks, the hour which
the labor Of the clerk shall ought 10 be e; 70 INST Suc
harg.in as make It ma De FOR the interest
Of one rerchas; cose his al =ix clock OF another
20 keen open till twelve In either they should be per-
ni,ted to hire clerks If they perform such services
- the nature o hs business requires and pay them accord
ngv accordance with Justice the true prin
ciDe of trade 10 force all compliance with one rule
Every merchant should understand h business and be
master OF it. He should tel his clerks waen he hires them
the hours at which his be opened and closed II
they DO ike the hours, they need enter INTO ms en-
poymen, There is conpu-on about 1t, they have as
much right 70 reject his he has reject heirs
We have made this long extract exhibit the deadly hos
tty the hypocrisy Of tbs pretended friend OF the
clerks Every sentiment here expressed leyeled directly
upbiusngv assumed The doctrine clearly makes each ndy
dual merchant an those ae employs II e
pease to keep open till midnight they must stay and work.
be deprived Of employment. The preesce OF RECIPROCITY
is mocl,erv; he can find hu~ded CLERKS in three hours,
y 10 gra,p the hardes; condton while they
must oo< long for new places aad possibly in Equally
dsceittu is the talk about paying according TO work We be-
eve easily de.nonstrabe that those employer: VINO exact
the most work pay the smallest wages The plain doctrine
.: the Sun stripped Gifts DISCUSSES, is l. y B. have pros?
erty and sell goods YOU, c. D. and Z. F. my c'rk'
That store must be kept open just many hou as choose
no mater all other merchants up al dark shall
thus be enabled to clutch something than air share
of custom What that you want time to study to read
to attend ceun or ecurcs Ii you do not choose to work
Just so long as choose regardless custom reason
leave my store Find .or elsewhere, starve Now we
morally wrong aHd djshoucrabc.
In fact this whole ground has been rodden in former
collisions betwcea the employers and ourneyen and labor
ers of this ard other cities. The employers for long time
INSISTED on their right 10 fix the labor precisely
The Sun contends though they claimed ghi to
keep men at work till. midnight; but the abrers insisted
that hours should constitute days work. aad after ma
ny struggles they carried their point Now, wherever this
rule has been established all acquesce ix It's justice and
advantage none war against ii. But the la5orers
we're required TO work many hours the casual caprice
of their employers might dictate they would not have en-
dured his for Il day Frem sun was the extent re-
quired of them and this they would submit They
claimed the right to fix alone the hours OF their labor they
fixed them per day aud 'le employers, after partial
struggle acquieced. And the clerks denied the
right ask general of their labor any time
they work till mdngh unless their employers gracions
gire them some hours The doctrine makes the employer
practically despot and the employed his slaves.
We must no, lose sight that the general interest
Of the merchants clearly promoted by the clerks
cnt there will be iusl many goods sold the aggregate
the stores are closed as if kept open 10; while the
.aving of lights fire. &c, will be very considerable The
merchants have general adverse limitation
rs the employing mechanics had few graspers may pick
ap dollars by keeping open after the rest have
osed but these on abstracted from the trade o: the
day. The public promoted how o:tenis
here any real necessity buying dry goods after o'clock
If keeps open another thu. increasing the expense
# the business and enhancing the consumers-and 70
what good end Can any body tell
Oh yes had oggot,en-it keep tie Clerks ont Of
grog-shops. rsmjne-touses and 6rofheLs The charity,
the philanthropy the snteresied beneyoence Of the Nine
,eenth Century he illustrated by keeping at work
ill 10 o'clock night preserve them from dissipation
VINO have patience with such bareaced hypocrsy-uch
oapabe hunbug This last invention for promoting morality
worthy of the whence and the half
oumn of wreiched which is devoted it Is it posi-
lie that the Clerks much dcPravod than their
ellow-czen that they must be kcp work ill bedtime
preserve them from debauchery Is possible that one
human b.ing sre.ezxea-.o. no-Lhat human