Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-25
The Early-clOsinS Movement.
CLERKS AND MERCHANTS TALK TOGETHER 4

The Early.clOsinS Movement.
CLERKS AND MERCHANTS TALK TOGETHER AT
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.
sit is useless to appeal to the public. They
are as soulless as the most soulless monopoly"
remarked one of the merchants who had been
invited to meet the members of the Clerks
Early Closing association at Cosmopolitan hall
last evening. Only three or four merchants
were present, but there was large attendance
of clerks, and great interest manifested. Mr..
e. B. Hay, VINO acted as spokesman of the
association, said that the members were more
determined than ever to adhere to their orig
inal proposition, "Don't shop after o'clock
He believed, judging from the encouragement
received, that they would be successful. The
appeal had been made to the public with, he
thought, good results. Then MIR. Wild, the 7th
street music dealer, made the remark quoted
above, and added that he believed the only way
to keep people from shopping was to close the
act together in this matter If the movement
was properly started. The only sufferer from
the early-closing, he thought, would be the Gas
Nj. W. Il. Dalton, of the firm of Dalton &
Strickland, said that he was in favor of sending
secure this result Mr.. Joseph M. Grady, man.
ager of the Golden Eagle Clothing Co., made an
effective speech, in which he said that he was
in favor of this movement, and thought that it
was entirely q matter Of education Of the people,
and that If they knew that the stores would be
closed at a certain hour they could arrange their
shopping Just as they did their business with
the banks, which closed at three o'clock. Mr.
Rohr, of the Bon Marche, said that he had
closed his establishment at six o'clock since
January LIST, and proposed to continue to do SO.
The chair read communications from Guinnip
& Co., Eiseman Bros, Timers Assembly, Brick
layers Onion, Columbia Typographical Union,
and Kit Carson Post, No. 2, 6. A. R, expressing
their sympathy with the movement. A letter
of similar import from c. Wilmer Il Co. was
read, and the announcement of the Enclosure of
a check for $40 was received with great
applause.
A committee was appointed. representing the
various classes of business, to wait upon the
merchants and learn their views regarding the
following questions: Are you in favor OF the
early closing movement? VIII you close at g
O'Clock? What is the earliest hour that you
Will Close? The committee was constituted as
follows: Books-Messrs. Nicholas and Swayze.
Shoes-Messrs Hall and Snyder. Clothing and
neutrality-suspicious.. Jacobs and Hubbel. Dry
goods-Messrs. Hodges and Hawley. Furniture
-Messrs. Vowles and Wilson. Furnishing
Messrs. Perry and Dougherty. Groceries and
teas-Messrs Arnold and Stearn. Jewellers
Messrs. Spier and Alburgen A board OF direc-
tors was appointed as follows Messrs. Daniel
Chapman, Hodges, Hall, Nichols, Arnold,
Harding. Dougherty and spier.
REAL ESTATE SALES. - G. B. Towles and
Henry o. Towies have sold to Zacharfah T. Car
penter, tor 80, 1000, the property formerly used
side OF Massachusetts, avenue, between 9th and
10th streets, containing 3,317 square feet.
Thos. b. Higgins has sold 70 Geo. r. Goldsb0r-
ough, for 91,362.77. . lot 20.76x87.5O on the
south side Of Corcoran street. between 18th
sherman, Of O1tn, trustee, hes sold 70 Annie u.
Smith, for 42,711.26, the lot at the eOufheuun8
corner Of Yale and 18th streets (Colnmhle
Heighnh containing Is 80 sQuare fset.