The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-19
SUNDAY CLOSING FAILS.
Merchants Protective As
ISOLATION Cannot Arbi-
trarily Control
Trade.
HARVEST FOR STORES.
Soap and Condensed Milk Cause
Trlbulation--c,l lapse Of tho
Hoboken Blacklislers.

The Merchants Protective Association,
OF Hudson County, met last evening in
the Avenue House. The failure IF the
move 10 bring about a general clos ng of
tie grocery stores throughout the county
OIL Sundays was warmly and ~variously
discussed /, and the fact that The
names of some half dozen of the members
Of the Association hal appeared upon The
recent supplement- to the black list was
sprung upon the meeting. These will be
hauled up before the association.
Tow.srds the close of the meeting the
Sunday closing movement was discussed.
Mr.. James i. Cough, as u representative
of the downtown section, declared III t
30 far us Grove and Erie streets were Coz
cern-d, the movement WAS n failure. No
one but himself a III William h. howeih,
of Erie size t, had closed. While he far-
ored the movement, he thought it u hard
shin to close his own store, and then
walk cut Sund y morning and watch his
rival scooplng IN his Trade. MIR. Cough
gave The association TO understand that
he'll "Le open'' mex Sunday.
Elk. President Henry Hoersch. repre-
sentirg the west end, reported That the
stores in his section we're generally
Clu~tu. uOIt u Ol1 hACD OtAClO tIth
do" he said, II shall never open again on
Sunday"
Mr.. Banks could scarcely conceal his
DISGUST at the tendency of the members
to yie!d. He said:-''Wherever the Sec
ton has been thoroughly canyassed, it has
proven Il success. ] feel that we have ac-
complished u great deai. The trouble
seems to lie with t ie smaller stores, whose
pruprietors live over them. These people
say they keep open in order to catch the
trade which consumers forgott to order at
the larger stores during tue week days"
PEDDLING NEAT.
The Association is determined to back,
with counsel, u member who proposes to
have u certain we lthy butcher Oh the
Hill arrested for peddling meat without a
license, in order to make IL test case. Mr..
j. Lyman of N~elsouavenue md Stagg
street said he had inquired OF City Clerk
Scott II licenses To peddls meats We're
issued, and was told there wal no such
licenses. 1t was not right, he thought,
that men must tale u licenses TO peddle
all other goods but meats. boiled ham,
bologne and cheese. Mr.. Lyman said he
hal time and again called the attention of
pole men 10 the matter, but they would
tell him they had orders from the Police
Captain so let EN- alone"
The report from the Hoboken branch of
the association WAS not very favorable.
Rel resen' aiives Won Claim and Hugh
81 aw declared the branch Was only vast
ing mo ~.
MIR. Vol G ahn reported that no salts
factory information could be obtainei
Ehont the sale of the ASS ciation's special
lrand of soap by "a staten I>ltnd grocer.
CONDENSED MILK.
At n former meeting OF The Association,
a committee. was al p linted TO see ii ar
raugemeats could not lie made with
manufacturers whereby the members of
the Hudson County Association should
lie uisiSe sally furnished with a particular
brand OF Condensed mi k of a standard
quality. Copden ell milk has become a
lea:iiug article in the grocery trade. but
prices have been cut by the sale of IN
ferior grades until there is no longer a
margin of profit. The regular price used
to e len cents per an. Inferior grades
ATE selling at nine cents. The report OF
the committee was n II gratifying.
The new membeiS eli cted last night
were J. Roberts, No. GIT Newark avenue;
George Dompierre. No. IS Newa k ave-
nu-: Drew Brothers, No. 1874 Newark
aveuue; Arthur l.. Houston, No. 17e
Newark avenue: q. H. Ackerman, No.
1871 Newark aveaue; w. Ii. Edwards, No.
14z Ocean avenue. The Association new
numbers 406 members. Messrs. Roberts,
Dompierre II Charles Smith were liz
itiated last night.
The Committee of Eleven appointed to
attend tine State Convention of the Re
tail Dealers Association of this State
which opens in Atlantic City tomorrow,
were all present and c.ived their Gre
dentials. The committee " composed oil
Messrs. George Lahey, w. R. Sitnonson,
Jsmes L. Gibbons, Henry Hoerscti, WILL
ian Howeth, James E. Banks, J. J.
Wittpen. J. J. Won Claim, H. N. Carver
James 7. Cough and J. Wesley Beach.
The receipts for Initiation and dues a.
last nights meeting amounted to SIS.