The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-26
NOT SATURDAY, BUT MONDAY.
tFtOa the Chicago Post

tFton the Chicago POST
1t Is not often that d religious body deal.
senslbly with q practical question. The
Congregational Convention II the Stall
o. New York, which met last week IL
Rochester, exhibited o better understand.
Ing Of human affairs, a clearer head ID
tracing causes and armer hand In apply,
lug remedies, than any similar body which
has attempted 10 hasten any measure Of
popular reform. The following resOlu-
ton, which came before the convention
explains itself: ?
Whereas, Tho experience OF mauuiac-
turers and other employers, both In Eu-
rope and America, proves that the pay
ment OF employees on Monday, instead oil
Saturday, results In better observance
OF the Sabbath, less intemperance, and O
marked moral, physical, and financial
Improvement both Of establishments and
localities where 1t Is practiced: \
AeSo!red, That the subject Is worthy OF
the careful consideration Of patriots and
Christian people.
The number Of evils which reform OF
this character would Immediately ObViate
can best be judged by those who known
the working Of the Saturday pay system
among the middle and poorer classes,
The blessings to belnstantly conferred by
transferring pay day from Saturday 10
Monday; can be conceived better now here
than in Chicago.
The business Of the saloons on Saturday
night, on Sunday and Sunday night, de-
ponds wholly on the money paid as wages
ON Saturday. II this money were paid
Monday instead OF Saturday, the saloon
business would DO seized with decline,
and tho enforcement Of a Sunday liquor
law would become a'matter Of eight mo.
ment. The money now paid on Saturday
and spent In saloons on Sunday
would BIZ devoted il paid on Modday,
to It's legitimate object, the sup
port Of the laborer's family. The
man who is paid on Saturday, III be at
all disposed to drink, goes home drunk
on Saturday night, and squanderS one half
or the whole ofthe pittance which should
be expended for his support during the
following week. He gets drunk on Satur.
day night for two reasons; he has the
money, and he has Sunday night to become
sobered in, in order 10 resume work on
Monday. II he were not paid on Saturday
he would not go to the saloons. II he
were paid on Monday, he would not dare
get drunk Monday night, since his place
would be filed by another on Tuesday
His family and himself would be- the
gamers.
The interest of all classes, conspicuousy
ly the working classes, is immediatel
concerned in transferring pay day from
Saturday to Monday. A few confirmed
drunkards and lOaIers, beyond hope Of re.
form, may object But the great mass of
workingmen would rejoice In time II the
to extravaganza and debauc-
cry were removed from their path, even
against their mOmentary will. Their
wives and children demand the change.
The Saturday night marketing is the most
expensive Of the week; the marketing on
Monday night is the cheapest. The vel.
fare Of society demands the change; cap
ital has no right TO iDjure labor by thrust
ing its stipend into the hands Of saloon
keepers and cormOranls, rObbing the
workman himself and detraudlng bis little
ones Let Monday be made payday in
stead Of Saturday. The savings banks
will feel the effect in a month.