St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10


All the stores on Third street and two
on Seventh street have done so during
the last six years. The movement
failed of being general OH account of
the opposition of few firms. Now all
the firms affected but one agree to
close, and special pressure is being
brought to bear to have this one close.
The movement Is becoming general, as
the shoe dealers and grocery nlen are
showing disposition to close. In fact,
the shoe men have done so for two
months. The ladies are taking hold of
the matter, and the following petition
has been widely circulated and signed:
1--WE, the undersigned ladies of st.
Paul, recognizing the fact that in all
cities of any considerable size. the retail
dry goods stores are closed at or $50
O'Clock every evening; that the cOndi-
tiOnS under which 1t was necessary to
keep them open till 9 or 10 O'Clock every
evening have been Outgrown: that our
purchases and the purchases of those
whom we employ can be made as well
in the day time: that it is not just that
employees should work twelve to four
teen hours every day, when the same
work could be done in nine or ten hours;
that a large proportion of our mer-
chants have been closing early for ten
years OF more and are not losers thereby:
believing that neither employers nor
patrons would be injured by such
course, we as patrons respectfully re-
quest all retail dry goods merchants to
close their StOes at $3.50 every evening
except Saturdays, and during fair week
and holiday week, and pledge ourselves
(Other things being equaD to favor such
n n nnrnh1SnS
All the dealers on Seventh and Waba-
sha, with the one exception noted, eX-
press themselves strongly in favor OF
early closing. Following are few of
these expressions:
Leybourne & Craig-We are heartily
in favor of early closing, and think If
all dealers on the principal streets unite
in closing no harm is done our financial
interests. and our employees will be
greatly benefited.
Harrison, Beare s. Co.-The retail
statesmen and saleSladies Of the city are
entitled to the same hours of labor as
never suffered any loss through early
closing.
Frank W. PinSka-The early closing
l find instead of being an injury is Il
benefit to both employers and employees,
and is not in my estimation in any way
detriment to my financial interests.
Lindeku. Laid 81 BruSt-For several
years our store has been closed at $50
p. NJ. and we believe that we receive
better service from our employees by so
doing.
Field, Mailer s. Co.-For the past
seven years we have closed our store
daily at 6 p. IN. We believe this system
has been beneficial to our business, and
not detrimental O,y nm1InynS rn
better able to perform the duties re-
quired OF them on account of the OPP
portunities given for needful rest and
recreation.
Habighorst & Cove take pleasure
in indorsing the retail statesmen and
SaleSladieS movement in regard to clos
ing the stores evenings. The past six
years. experiences have confirmed our
opinion, as we have closed our place OF
business evenings during that time and
feel satisfied it will benefit all in gen
eral way.
Durocher s. Wessel-In regard to the
early closing movement we deem it our
duty to support our salespeople i'll their
efforts, and we think it entirely un-
necessary for any dry goods establish
ment on the main streets of this city to
keep its doors open after $50 p. m.
when the same amount Of work can be
done during the day time and we'll
afford the statesmen and SaleSladieS TO
have few hours each day for them
selves. - &NS
Hale, Thomas & Co., Minneapolis
We believe in early closing, and have
practiced it or several years. We have
found that our employees do better work
and we sell fully as many goods as when
we kept open in the evening.
Segelbaum Bros, William Donaldson
& Co., r. S. Goodfellow & Co., Mime
apolis-We think it decidedly proper
and just to our employees and ourselves
to close our stores not later than 6:15-
p. m. We believe, also, that our Gus
toners interests are better served by
this arrangement, as they are not asked
to purchase goods by gaslight, when
colors cannot be we'll chosen. Aside
from this, clerks feel brighter and more
cheerful while OH duty, when they have
few hours of recreation in the even
ing, which they can only have when re-
lieved at supper time. We think work
in the evening reduces the clerks to the
condition Of slaves.