The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-09
THE MERCHANTS FAVOR IT.
The Early Closing Movement Very
Generally Endorsed

The Early Closing Movement Very
Generally Endorsed
Interest will be directed to-day to see
what action the clergy will take to aid the
early closing movement, as committees Of
the Retail Dry Goods Salesmen's Associa-
| ton have asked the ministers to say a kind
word for the statesmen and salesladies.
The movement seems 70 be quite popular
with the merchants themselves.
Mr.. Leopold Adler, of Altmayer g. Co.,
says: THE early closing movement has
my most sincere sympathy, and 1 shall do
all in my power to lessen the hours of labor
Of the salespeOple Of Savannah. OF course,
we are public servants, and desire to please
our customers in every respect, and we can
not dictate to the shopping public what
hours they shall do their trading in; still, if
the public show US that they are in sympa-
thy with the clerks, and desire that they
should have shorter hours, for our part we
will be willing to close our store all the
year round at 6 o'clock, Saturdays liz
cluded.n
Mr.. j. p Germaine says: 'T heartily
favor the early closing movement, and
wish that the closing hour was o'clock
p. m, instead of $3.50 o'clock"
Mr. John F. Crohan, of Crohan &
Dooner, says: my ideas are that if shorter
employer, employe and the shopping public
generally. Clerks will be more anxious to
do their work faithfully and the customers
Will really be better served. / consider
that the hours for business, as they are
now, are altogether too long"
Mr. +. Gutman says: II am in favor
of early closing all the year round. The
days are long enough, and the work
is hard enough. II the hours for
work can be lessened, you can say that /
am heartily in favor Of it."
Mr. Joseph W. Jackson. Of L Dasher &
Co., says: Il am heartily in favor Of early
closing. sincerely wish that the Ameri-
can people would not be compelled to work
such long hours. Every dry goods store in
Savannah should open at s o'clock a. m.
and close at o'clock p. m. l will gladly
sign such an agreement, for believe that
1t would be great benefit to every oue.n
Mr.. @. P. Gray of Christopher Gray g.
Son says: "We have store in Augusta
that closes at 6 O'clock p. m. sharp. / can
not believe that the shopping public of
Savannah is less pilanthropic than that of
Augusta. Yes, am in favor of early
closing and would greatly prefer that the
hour should be o'clock p. m. instead Of
Mr.. P. j. Foye of Morrison, Foye e. Co
says: "This firm warmly indorses any
movement that will tend to lessen the
working hours of the salespeople of
Savannah"
Mr.. r. NJ. Perry, manager of Gustave
Eckstein & Co.'S. store, says: eve are
earnest supporters of the early closing
movement. We don't wait for others to
close up Of evenings. AS soon as trade
Stacks we close our store, which is usually
from o'clock to $50 o'clock p. IN. We are
pioneers in early closing and of course
heartily indorse the movement"
Mr.. ID. Hogansays: early closing M eets
with my hearty approval"
Mr.. s. Krouskoff says: "You can say
that this firm is hearty in its favor of any
movement that will lessen the hours of
labor"
Mr. Brooks Brown says: II am earnestly
IN favor of early closing. If the Salesmen,s
Association can get the hours of business
from o'clock, a. M, to o'clock, D. m.
Saturdays included, decided and universal
agreement, they will have accomplished a
great act Of charity toward the salesladies.n