The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-15
Butte Department.
FOR AND AGAINST IT
Expression of Views on the 3 o'ClOck
Store Closing Movement
BOTH SIDES ARE HEARD
The Pawn Brokers VIII fetitioh
the Council Not to Pass an Or
dinance to Shut their shops
Before II O'Clock

Most<of the aldermen who have ex-
pressed themselves in regard to the or
dinance. now under consideration, pro-
viding for the closing Of stores at o
o'clock. express themselves as not IA
vorable to the ordinance If the business
men are opposed to it. Some OF them
who think ii would be a good idea for
all stores to close at that hour say that
the business men, as well as the clerks,
should express themselves In FAVOR OF
it, or they will not vote for II. Ihey
think that as the o'clock closing sys-
tenn resulted from mutual agreement
of clerks and proprietors, so a mutual
agreement should be arrived at IN re-
spect to o'clock closing.
The business men have not yet eX-
pressed themselves on the question
publicly at least, and no communica-
ton has yet been received by the COM
mittee in whose hands the petition OF
the clerks now is The committee Will
report on the proposition at the coun-
| ell meeting next Wednesday night.
NJ ]. Geiger, one of the leading mem
| bers of the Clerks assembly, said yes
| terday.
I'VE have sounded the business men
| pretty thoroughly on this proposition
and we find that IS per cent. of them
/ are IN laNOI Oh ClOSlilS dil V " NiCNN" -
| does not seem to me that the clerks
| and three fourths of the business men
| should suffer because one-fOurth of the
! business men are not in favor of early
! closing. All the grocerymen are in Ia
| vor of closing at o'clock. But we DO
not wish to confine the movement 10
| groceries alone Some of the dry goods
houses are in favor of the movement
| and some are not. 1t is a good move
| ment and there is not business house
in town that can lose by II. The people
| will get in the habit of trading earlier
In the day and there is bound TO be the
same amount of business done"
| Some of the business men deny that
| 75 per cent. of their number are IN IA
| vor of closing at o'clock. They argue
| that to close at that hour wou.1 lie an
| inconvenience to miners and other Ia
boring men who get through work at
o'clock. If they want 10 buy any
thing they must entrust he purNhase
to their wives or to some friends. or
wait until Saturday night or lose an
hours time by quitting york at D
O'Clock instead of 6. With he stores
open until o'clock each evening they
can do their shopping after supper IN
the evening.
There is also much agitation of the
proposition, now embodied in an o1dl-
nance TO close the pawnbroking shops
at 8 o'clock. This ordinance was in
troduced at the sugga slion of the 10
| lice department who have found by
practical experience that most Of the
Illicit pawning is done late i'm the e., n
ing. and they consi1er that 4 ueTson
who wants TO pawn an article III a
legitimate manner can do so during
the day time or up to , o'clock IN thc
evening. Later than that those who
have things to pawn are usual lily
drunken people who want 20 pawn 81 IT,
,I1 to nj n 4 n
bling and are Temporarily ut f theii
senses through their losses, or petit
| larceny thieves.
The pawnbrokers are objecting
strongly to this ordinance. They have
| prepared this protest which will b'
read to the council at the next meet
ing:
1--WE, your petitioners, a majority o
the pawnbrokers doing business in thu
city of Butte, would respectfully am
most earnestly protest against tn
passage of the proposed amendment o
the ordinance governing pawnshops
5 whereby the time for closing all pawn
:, shops is proposed to be changed from
II o'clock p. m. to p. M: and pra,
your honorable body to give due weigh
I and consideration to the following rea
I sons we urge in support of our pro
test:
0 First a majority of the pawnbrok
= earlier closing hour than IL o'cloc
and have signed this protest as evi
dence of their wishes in the matter.
e Second, there are but few classes {
n business is this city that pay highe
license than we now pay; at presen
q our city and county license aggregat
q 1891 per year and we urge that "
y should not be Handicapped further b
limiting our business hours
?. Third, a great part of our bushes
is done during the evening hours b'
fore IL O'Clock: our clerks are willin
and are paid for services up to tina
hour and do not protest against worl
ing until that time.
I'VE are heartily in favor, howeve
of the passage of an amendment to u
- present ordinance whereby pawnshoI
= Will be required 10 be closed on SUI
days and legal holidays, and heret
petition that pou pass such an amen'
ment."
This protest is signed by f. d. RIOS
Abe Itkin, NJ. Linz. Jake Pincus ar
the Capital Loan office.
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