Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-29
Dry Goods, Millinery and Gents Furnishing Stores Will
 Close.
REV. SHIELDS HAS
 BROUGHT IT ABOUT.
Has Been Working With Others to Give EmployeS and En- pIoyerS Rest on Sabbath h. stead of Having to Labor.

Due to the efforts being put forth by Rev. Harvey M. Shields, at the request of those directly concerned, business houses in Bisbee that h6re kept open on Sunday since the in- ception of the city are fast agreeing among themselves to refrain from Go- ing business on Sunday.
 In line with the reform movement that is reaching the dieffrent cen cerns, the dry goods, millinery and geris' furnishing stpres of sbaa and Lowell announced yesterday Il at.
 El ginning next Sunday. their places
 of business will be closed 70 purchas- CTS.
 It is stipulated in an agreement made among the store owners that each can keep open as late Saturday night as he sees fit. no hour for clos iEg being agreed upon. It is .'eli"yed that later some hour will be fixed for
 closing on Saturday evenings. With the closing Of the millinery,
 dry goods and gents furnishing stoves. a small army of clerks and other employees will have the pleasure | Ui .n a.ruay rest on Sunday. Here { tofore they have been keeping open half of the day and some of them all dav.
 Rev. Shields stated last night that he found all of the store owners ready and willing to close on SunoGys. II 1 is needless to say that all of the clerks were heartily in favor of the proposed 1 change and used what influence raey i had on store owners who showed any 1 disposition to keep open. .
 Last Sunday the grocery stores of Bisbee and Lowell fell in line, and after having for several yvuto Upen- ed for business were closed the entire day. not even opening for their best customers. With them the closing was more of loss than to any of the others for the reason that on SaLur- days pCrishable goods are frequently left on hand that can be disposed of Sunday, but which are useless by 1 Monday.
 Four weeks ago the butchers locked their doors on Sunday morning in stead of keeping open until noon, as they had been in the past. 10 ac- commodate the trade they have kept open until later hour on Saturday evenings, as they grocer3 are now do- ing. It should be stated for some Of
 the grocery stores that they had been
 making a practice of closing on Sun
 Gay fO- some time.
 Outside of the saloons about all that remain to close on Sunday are the barber shops. It is believed that within the next few weeks a pEu- Iion will be circulated among tEem 10 close uD on that day. Already the sentiment among the barbers $ strongly in favor of shutting up shop on Sunday, keeping open late enough
 on Saturday evenings to accommodate all who would otherwise have Lhelr
 work done on Sunday morning.
 q have worked with others for Sunday closing" said Rev. Shields
 last night. flor the reason that We l,e-
 lieye the clerks and all employees gre entitled to a rest on Sunday. IL
 means a great deal to have the whole
 day to yourself, to spend it with your
 family, attend religious services or
 to spend in any other healtnful man ner
 No merchant will lose by Sunday
 closing, as long as all of them Go It.
 People will buy more on Saturdays
 and it will be found that the Monday
 business will be better. People h; ye
 to buy just as much, and it makes
 no difference whether they have six days instead of seven in which to do
 their purchasing.
 T am sure that the people will te with us in this move It may prove some little inconvenience at first, hut when the new condition becomes
 krown people will arrange to do the , buying they have done on Sunday either Saturday or Saturday evening" Asked is he will take hold of Sun i day closing for E,he barbers, Rev. { Shields stated that as yet nc request | has been made to him, but that if il l is desired he will gladly assist in l u.h tnuar rnannnr he can