The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-04


OF business begins this morning in st.
Louis. The citizen who saIutes the morning
by exploding a giant cracker is not alone
| celebrating the anniversary OF the signing
of the Declaration OF Independence. but IS
also ushering IN with eciat an unusually
long respite from work.
Because OF the necessities OF many busi-
nssses ard because Of legal restrictions
which prevent public offices and public
service corporations from closing. the holi-
day cannot be general. But in comparison
! with the normal. the amount Of business
transacted in the three days ending Mon
day morning will be very small.
Tne law allows the Fourth OF July. and.
/ of course. Sunday. as absolute holidays In
the City Hall and the courts. On Saturday.
| however. the Offices will be open 10 the few
| who have business there. The workers in
! the various departments Will find Little TO
do. and. beyond the formality of keeping
the Offices open the required time. the
! clerks and officials will have nothing to
worry them. Likewise IN the Circuit and
, Federal courts.
/ In al public institutions the three days
Will be practically a vacation.
| The Offices in the Federal building Will be
only nominally open tomorrow. excepting
the Post Office. which must operate all de-
partments. To-day the working force at
the Post Office will be much reduced. and
there will be but one mail delivery. From
/ the main Office, annex. produce. CuppleS
Block City Hall and Terminal stations the
/ delivery will start at $50 a. m. and from
| other stations soon as routed CoHec-
/ tions will be the same on Sunday
Down in the financial center OF the city
near Broadway and Fourth and Olive
\ vii he gfrnilar air
OF relaxation. yet with the formality OF
| open doors' maintained. The banks and
trust companies found It impossible to al
| low the full seventy-two hours. But Sat
urday will be light day" As the Mer-
chants Exchange and Clearing house Will
J be absolutely closed. and since to-day is
general holiday. many avenues Of trade
will be shut of tomorrow and the press Of
business greatly reduced Clerks and other
employees will be compelled 10 work in the
morning Twelve o'clock is the usual Sat
urday closing hour. and the employees will
be at liberty very soon after this time.
The markets will be practically shut
down. In addition 10 the exchange. the ST.
Louis Stock Exchange has announced a
formal closing. The cattle markets will
remain open. and also a produce market,
and curb market will be operated at the
Merchants Exchange but here also II is
! expected that little business will be
| transacted, and that the Fourth of July
vacation will virtually continue the full
time
Washington avenue practically will pre-
sent to-day and tomorrow its deserted
Sunday appearance The majority Of the
wholesale Dry goods and shoe houses have
decided either TO close entirely or TO MAIN
tain greatly reduced working force. Many
found II incOnyenient 10 close all depart
hrf no al
most without exception, will be smut down.
In the offices and Jobbing department some
| firms consider 1t necessary to examine mails
and attend TO orders Tne latter duties, IT
was said, would require but portion OF a
| fuii work DAY, ana that, consequently, It
| would be necessary to work only In the
morning hours.
The larger retail storec WILL with few
| exceptions, be closed. All the dry goods
and department stores agreed to give their
| hundreds Of employees the needed rest, and
the lady who wishes TO shop tomorrow Will
be compelled to wait until Monday morning.
The period Of recreation will doubtless be
the greatest blessing TO the thousands CT
| workers employed in such mammoth fac
tories as are operated by the Continental
| Tobacco Company and wRere work will lie
suspended. In many OF these no wheel Will
| turn. OJt at the Fair site also, where
several thousand men labor daily, arrange
ment has been made TO allow the tempo
rary relief. BY special plan yesterday was
pay day and the men whose physical
strength is building the Fair will have lei
| sure and the money with which to enjoy IL.
Among the railroads also effort has ben
made to give the workers as much freedom
as possible. No relaxation, OF course. IS
possible In the operating departments--even
an increase in the work required Is necesS4-
tated because of the Fourth OF July excur-
sions. But IN the general and commercial
ofices the working force will be cut down
to the minimum The commercial offices
will be closed on the Fourth altogether. A
very few OF the clerks must work part of
the day on the Fourth in the general Of
nces. Likewise tomorrow.
Additions 10 the already long list of firms
| anc corporations to close during the three
DAYS we're received yesterday. The new
| names to be appended are as follows:
K!eekamp Bros Piano Company
Thiebes-stierlin Music Company
Henry Bromschwig Co, tailors-
Purina Mills, office and factory.
ozark Home Company.
Fairbanks. Morse 4 Co.
IudIow-Saylor Wire Company.
A A Aal Cloak Company.
Rosenheim Millinery Company.
Olian Brothers.
SchaPer Bros. dry goods.
w. +. Mueller. jevelry.
NJ +. Edwards, jewelry.
Atkins Bros, jewelry.
H. 81. Blossom & Co, insurance
Samuel @. Kennedy & Co, insurance
Roeslein & Robyn, insurance
Yeckel & Reinhardt, insurance.
Bartlett & Miller, insurance.
c l. Thompson & Son. Insurance
Edgar NJ. Davis. insurance.
Ferd Racks & Son, insurance.
William Bersch & Sons, insurance.
Franklin Life Insurance Company.
American Radiator Company.
Front Rank Steel Furnace Company.
tl3ackus Heater and Furniture Company.
William s. Frye Manufacturing Company
Wagner Electric Manufacturing Com
pany.
seiIner Gas and Electric Fixture Com
pany.
United States Incandescent I-an,n Com
pauy.
s. Louis Car Company.
VerSteeg Shoe Company.
Newman & Biehle. taiors.
L. E. Green & Sons, millinery.
Noonan & KociRn. art dealers.
st Louis Granule Company.
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