The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-20

to the extra holiday. but lreally wanted it.
ut will do them all good" he said, "and
l hope the movement will be general
throughout the city,"
1t is safe to say that nearly every real
estate Office in the city will give its en-
plOyes the extra holiday. About dozen
of them were visited by THE CALL re-
porter yesterday and all expressed them
selves as favoring the plan.
At Bovee, Toy & Co.'s, for instance. the
answer was. certainly. We all need the
holiday, and you can be sure that the real
estate men will join in the movement
heartily"
Mr.. Lang of Mertens & Lang said he
looked upon 1t as matter of patriotism
more than anything else. 81 don't think
you'll find much opposition to it." he
added. I'VE surely ought to be patriotic
enough to celebrate our great national
birthday in good style. and we ought to
have time enough granted in which to do
it properly. OF course. more people will
go out of town over the Fourth if this
extra holiday be granted, but tho day will
oe celebrated, no matter where they go.
If they don't have to work they won't for
get why they are given the holiday, and
the frecrackers will boom as loudly on
Monday as on Tuesday, and as loudly in
the mountains or woods as in the town."
And Mr.. Lang is right about the lack of
opposition to the Monday holiday. Very
few people really oppose it. and almost all
of the employers favor it and hope that it
will be a general movement.
One jobber on Sansome street explained
the position of his own house and that of
a good many others. He said:
II want to get off tile worst kind of
way. and so do all our employees, but COM
petition is strong In our line and we don't
dare to give anybody the better of us by
single inch. We don't want the advantage
over anybody else in this matter, but we
can't afford to give them an advantage
over US, as they would have in case we
closed on Monday and they kept open.
THE CALL is going at it in the right
way. and if it succeeds in making the move
general one, or even nearly so, we will
be only too glad to join the procession.
PERSONALLY l hope THE CALL will sue
coed. We all need the holiday and it
won't hurt US to celebrate Fourth of July
for two consecutive days"
But THE CALL can tsucceed in the work
without the aid Of those most interested,
who are, of course. the employees.
Hundreds of them 10 all parts of the city
have doubtless determined to give their
employees an extra holiday. and it is not
probable in the nature of things that all
these people can be seen and talked to
about the matter. So, in order to show
that the movement is general they ought
to send in their names and let other people
know about their intentions. 1t will help
along the cause, for good many business
people are of necessity governed by what
their neighb0 or other business people do.
And those who are willing to close If
other houses in the same line will close
should also express their intentions. They
can 60 on the conditional list, and the
larger the list is the more chance there
will be for general holiday. It's neither
the long pull. nor the strong pull that
always wins. but the poll all together.
That's a combination that always wins.
The officers and men of the militia, as
we'll as those Of the naval reserve, all
favor the Monday holiday. Company B
of the First Regiment are going to take 1t.
no matter what The others do. They will
start for camp on Saturday afternoon, July
8. up near Stockton. in the woods. They
won't be back till Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning. and they mean to
have glorious time.
The other companies will turn out in the
Fourth of July parade, and as that means
a day of work and hard tramping on Tues
day they are devoutly praying that Mon
day will be given them in which to cele-
brate the signing of the Declaration of
Independence in the capacity of private
citizens.
General Dickinson said yesterday he
hoped the extra holiday movement would
be general. His men, he thought, would
march with all the more sprightlness for
having had the previous holiday.
Mayor Ebert favors the Monday holi-
day. He said no doubt all the city offices
would be closed on the Sd, and he hoped
the wholesalers and the banks and insur-
ance houses would be able to see their way
clear to giving their employees the much
needed extra day in which to celebrate the
| glorious Fourth.