The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-25
1t is growing.

1t is growing.
Not Ike the mushroom that comes nm in
night and is killed by few hours sun.
nor yet with the slowness of the century
plant or the competing overland railroad.
IT'S Just moving right along, growing
steadily and vigorously-that list of EN-
ployers who are going to give their en-
ployes an extra holiday on the Monday
preceding the Fourth of July.
Opposition to it is waning-growing less
and less. In truth, there has been no
positive opposition to the movement from
the start. Only few business men and
employers who had made arrangements tn
do certain work on that day and had over
looked its close proximity to the national
holiday.
Even these men say now ;hat if their
keeping open is going to prevent Others
from enjoying the extra holiday they will
close.
That is the right kind of spirit, and be-
cause there is so much of this kind of
spirit being manifested in this agitation if
is going to win.
4 ne latter IS foregone conclusion. AL
ready the larger part of the membership of
the Board of Trade has signed the agree
ment TO close that has been circulated by
that institution. and yet all its members
have not been given a chance to signit.
Then, too. the few firms who did refuse
TO sign when the agreement was presented
to them held back their signatures not be-
cause of opposition to the movement, but
because they wanted to see how things
were going before they aggressiyely in
dOrsed it.
Well, these men and firms will now sign.
for already the list is SO large that there
can be no doubt but that very large
number of houses will close their doors on
Monday, July 8.
Then there are the firms who have no
connection with the Board of Trade. Only
very few of them, comparatively speak
ing, have been broached on the subject by
THE CALL reporters, but those so
preached very readily gave their consent
to have their names published on the list
of cosers
hundreds outside of the Eoard of Trade
have yet to be heard from and visited. In
the nature of things all of them cannot be
visited before the proposed extra holiday,
and those of them who desire not to be
missed should send in their names for pub
lication. whole lot have come in this
way within the past few days. A whole
lot more are wanted.
Let US make it unanimous II will not
take many more of the large employers to
do this, and they are bound to come The
movement is too big now for really impor-
tant firms to stay en- the outside.
And if the movement is big it is like
wise young Only since Monday las THE
CALL taken up the agitation for the extra
holiday and already 10000 clerks and en-
MIR IF hnlo 10
turing firms are assured three full days in
which to run out of town and celebrate
the GLORIOUS Fourth as it ought,to be ceIe-
brated.
And the latter is point that is worth
considering. There ought to be green hills
and woods and fresh salt or mountain air
in a proper celebration of the Fourth of
July. The fresh air buoys one up and makes
him feel as though there were something
else 10 live for besides the drudgery of
daily existence. 1t gives one proper sort
of Fourth Of July feeling and makes the
celebration a natural ana a healthy one
And so that extra holiday has got to come.
1t is needed for proper celebration of the
nations birthday. Don't be afraid that
there will not be enough people left In the
city to do full justice to the big parade that
is going to take place.
From the nature of their work in life
there are thousands of people who find it
Impossible to get out of town on holiday.
In themselves these will be all sufficient
to do foil honor to General Dickinson's
men and the naval reserve forces.
But they are not all the spectators the
processionists may safely count on. There
are the thousands of Out-of-town people
who will come to San francisco to spend
their two, three or four days vacation, as
the case may be.
To people who live in the country and
Ia the country towns, where they see ma
lures beautiful green things every day in
the year, short holiday in the city is the
proper thing. The excitement of city life
gives them the same kind OF buoyant feel
ing that the green hills and fresh air give
to the tired, indoor clerk and empoye or
business man.
SO it is fair exchange and San Fran
cisco herself will loose nothing by the
general holiday on the Sd.
a great deal depends upon the Southern
Pacifc's freight sheds being closed on the
third. If they close it will be useless for
many business houses that would other
wise be inclined to keep open to refuse to
join the general movement for the extra
holiday.
good deal of moral pressure is being
brought to bear upon the men who man
age the destinies of those freight sheds,
and the chances are now greatly in favor
of their-that is. the sheds-going into a
state Of coma on Saturday afternoon and
remaining dead to the world till the last
sKy-rocket has been fired.