New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-18
THE HALF HOLIDAY on SATURDAY.

MANY FIRMS FALLING INTO LINE-BROoKLYN
HARDWARE MEN GOING FORWARD.
While it is true that the making Of Saturday
afternoon general half holiday depends upon the pub
c 1t is equally true that the first steps In the matter
must be taken by tho business houses has already
done by many OF them The great body OF buyers
heartily in favor OF the movement. but there is
tain minority, Jest numerous enough to prevent the
efforts OF the rightly disposed portion from becoming
entirely eTectual who Will buy so long as the stores
remain This class must be led They cannot be
persuaded to do anything OF a public nature, no
matter how much 1t will benefit others. 1t Is these
that keeping some OF the large establishments from
closing early AT present.
The Wholesale coal merchants have come out strong
for the movement The following firms have agreed
close at o'clock Saturdays during June, July and
August:
IA Potts eco John HeisenbutteI & Son
Whitney e Kemmerer IS Swords q Co
TalDol & Phillips &C Barber n 90
a Plcker * Co George o Newton & Co
, The Lehgh Coal and Nayiga-R II chipman
stlekney conynsbam Co Joseph x Wells. Agent
van Wickle ) out & Co @ 4 Van Allen & CO
RIssn KssaIo WEEK SonSS,pS S pMacM Nxen Co
Coz S'sin "A RocsWei iiipp" beiwaro and Hudson
Penn smith D;lawars La, LsGfswanna and
Maryland Union Coal Co Lehig ami whkcsbarre Coal
swain Brothers
The long hours OF the drug business" said T. W Lin
ton the Union square pharmacist Yesterday. lis what
fairly sickens me OF 1t sometimes why druggist SO
far as being With his family concerned, Is little better
than "A sailor or a soldier From In the morning until
at night sundays well. he must DO at his busi-
ness. He must always be accessible" u" 49,
But do not the clerks got some time on every weekf
| he wits asked.
Yes most OF them get afternoon and evening and
of sunday to themselves but most or them are too
kind Of desirable recreation then
OF shortening the hours OF business ana
be done. To be niling prescriptions
Is great obstacle In the way. but cool deal OF ths
custom OF long hours Of pr ictice Is from habit"
A numb OF the hardware dealers In Brooklyn have
united the earlyclosing movement circular agree
ing to close AT D. Saturday has been signed by S.
q. Burnett, John Bunce John h. Foley James W. Pat
tersOn Aanson Carter, W. b. Dayton Sons. Eugene T.
Hawkins, Jackson * COwenhOyen. George H. Hersey, l.
B. wallis * Bro, Samuel W. Cornell, Z. H. Foster j..
Weisenborn.
The Board Of Managers Of the Produce Exchange yes
terday discussed the Saturday halholay question and
adopted a resolution thar 1t was In sympathy with the
movement, but until the half-hoday Is legalized and
the banks and those having dealings with them are re-
IL thought matter for each firm to regulate for
itself and pcent for the Board to take any action
until earlier hours than fixed by the hoor rules for
closing business the Exchange are desired by the
members.
Holmes Coutts, fancy biscuit and cracker makers
OF Nos BAL 3lJ, 3ij and 3i7 Westinghouse write To
TuF TRIBUNE that they have informed their employees
that the establishment Will be closed as near p H. on
Saturdays as possible.
me Borld published q letter yesterday about early
closing in which the statement made that OF the
sixty employees of the United states Mutual Accident
Association forty read that paper The facts are tha
there nifty employees and that only thirteen OF them
read me World The majority Of the others are Repub