The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-14
elected business ID az good il not better than
a year ago. &.
On Fourteenth Avenue 81.

S On fOurteo0tn Avenue BE.
Il poll Of this district failed TO re-
veal single Williams "A champion
among the men who sell things at REL
tail In the university section and 4 gen.
eral prosperity and4'.the shd, brings
business are the reasons assigned by
the merchants for their stand on the
mayoralty proposition.
derives nlostIof its trade from neonie,
whose financial status would NOT he
affected by the ulid.,, MANY workinp.
men reside not fargfrom the university
and the merchants Of the district. in
talking Of the 'lid, Z, spoke From their
own personal experience and observa-
ton. tas.5
James Fremous, proprietor Of q GRO.
Gerry and candy store at Fifth street and
Fourteenth. avenue Sc, is q supporter
Of Jones and he sums up the general
sentiment of the business men Of the
southeast section when he said:
Ny business has never been so good as It Ia
that the lid has something to o do ", With i1 ~
Leaving aside other considerations should
support Jones because business is better now
than 1t was before the "lid went on. run
cash business, and don't know whether bills
are better paid than they were before the Sun.
day-closing law was enforced; but do know
that some Of the men who used to spend Sun
day in getting rid Of their weeks pay are
spending their money on their families. These
men are not only buying q better class Of goods
and more Of them but they are treating their
children better. The kids who never knew what
anything but borrowed candy tasted like before
are coming IN mere and buying penny or a
ntckel's worth of candy. They are getting the
little things they didn't get when their fathers
were spending their weekly salaries in saloons
and both the 9workingmen and the merchants
are benefting as result of the Jones policy
+ II More Build Homes.
William Simms, the university hard
ware merchant, says:
You wouldn't think the cid" would affect NV
business much, hut 1t is fact that nv bust
ness has increased Is per cent in the last year
When / figure it QUIT have to admit that the
lid" has had something to do with it., and
this Is where 1t comes in. Men are building
houses with the money they used to spend in
other ways before the "lid' went on There
| apolis today and you will find that men are
buying lots and putting up homes to a greater
extent than ever before. That helps my bust
ness and it helps the builders family That is
my argument for the lid" "G.s z
James Torrans Of the university drug
store favors the "lid'' and says that
business is better while the "lid5' is on
than when it is off. eve feel it in
our business" he said, "and, from
what I can learn, about every business
man in this district is doing more bust
ness now than ever before. Men who
used to ask us to run bills and who
were mighty poor credit propositions.
pay cash now for their medicines and
other supplies. They buy more medi-
families get the benefit. If the lid ;
is better both for the man who buys
and for the merchant, I can t see much
use in taking chances on having it
- No Money Diverted.
A. F. Palmer and II. L. Wilson, two
Of the leading merchants Of the district.
expressed themselves in fercible Ian
fect Of tho hdF0 On eGMaf aneaPgSli sne Nj
Palmer, in the grocery business, and
Mr.. Wilson, proprietor Of the univer-
| sity bookstore, will both back Jones.
and they will do SO because they believe
that the application Of the 'lid'' has
ont only benefited the morals Of Min
| neapolis, but that business has received
an impetus under the administration Of
Mayor Jones' In this opinion they are
backed by practically every business
man in the district. aGry 81
- Nc suggestion tGlaC Cn0 - l1Q, Z d.
verts money from Minneapolis business
houses and Chat the city would be more
prosperity Of tie saloonk eeper were re-
moved is not taken. kindly in the uni
versity section. !. = l-.s ,.,... - H.,
Sentiment Is General.
-, North Minneapolis merchants Of all
! classes have noted an increase in the
amount. of money spent for necessaries
since the Sunday closing order went
reticent on the subject, but none deny
that this has been the effect Of the
new regime. a.
| Since the enforcement Of the Sunday
closing law against the saloons, H. d,
Toy, a grocer doing business at Wash
ington and Eighteenth avenues N, has
noted an increase Of 20 per cent in his
business. "This is new question to
me, - said Mr.. Toy, and I have given
it little thought. The increase is Ger.
tain and it began last November, the
time the Sunday saloons were closed. y
Sunday closing is always a good
thing for everybody said o. N. Mel.
son, a grocer at 308 Twentieth avenue
| N. EI have heard no kicking on It
from anybody about here except per
haps few heavy drinkers. Certainly
it saves the people money!
John Lund, grocer on Washington
avenue N, between Sixteenth and Sew,
enteenth avenues, declared himself as