The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-14


heartily ia. favor Of the Sunday clos
ing movement. He added that he
thought it left the average working
man with more cash in his pocket Mon
q day morning 8 than did the Sunday
Patrons Arc Prosperous.
Henry w. Preston, grocer at l40l
Washington avenue N, said that there
had been an appreciaDle increase in
the prosperityno his patrons since the
s sdde S d the no appy n ri Rs he
the ease with which liquor could be pro.
cured outside the city limits made it
easy for the heavy drinker to spend
his money. The light and occasional
drinker was, he said, greatly helped
and had more money for the wants Of
his family.
J.. Reid, grocer and tobacconist, at
224 Plymouth avenue, said that the
district about his store had never been
50 quiet and orderly as it had been
H. J. Dahn, a grocer at Sig Plym-
BUSY Busy to talk politics saI s This wa Was the the
case with many other merchants in
both the plymouth and Twentieth ave-
nue. districts. One came out frankly
and said that no man who took any in
terest in his own business was going to
say anything which would knock an
other mans business. Another said
that, while he considered that the clos
ing Of the. Sunday saloon has greatly
increased his business and had been
conducive to general prosperity, he did
not care to 60 on record to the effect
for fear of hurting the feelings Of
some Of his customers.
Then and Now. #
"Before the first of last November
not Monday morning passed without
several customers coming to me and
asking credit till the following Satur-
day for their household supplies, or else
that I trust them for a weeks supply
Of snuff and tobacco. Since the first
Of November I have not been asked to
give credit on Monday. Sometimes the
they asked me to wait till Saturday,
but since the closing of the Sunday
saloon none of my customers have been
broke on Monday' This was the
statement made by man with a pros
porous grocery business, after exacting
a promise that his name would not be
published with the statement. s+, .t
49, Eighth Ward Reports.
Eighth ward business men in the
neighborhood Of Twenty-sixth street
and Nicollet avenue, and Lake and
Nicollet, while they have strong lean
passive interest in the business phase
Of the Sunday lid Almost inveria.
have lille IS te
see the effect of the lid from the
standpoint of dollars and cents, because
there are no saloons in the, ward, and
little drinking by the people Of the
lectlons have been better and that
trade has increased. At Nicollet juno
ton large proportion Of the trade of
| the stores and restaurants is from street
| railway men, who are almost invariably
| straight in the matter Of drinking,
| and who are therefore not influenced in
their habits by the lid. ' -. ~. w. =.
What They Say -
3. r. Holmes, 2s37 Nicollet avenue, groceries
|-Of course the 'lid has helped my business
People have more money to spend, and 1 an
! sure that every business man, and woman fol-
that matter, wants the saloon closed on Sun
day. gt...-.-s- n.. ~: -. a. e-s- ~
O. N. Datlbey. 4 West Lake street, shoes
| never was much Of temperance crank.
| don't drink any, but certainly think that the
| closing of the saloons Sundays is the best thing
| that ever happened to Minneapolis. My bust
! ness has been better than last year. / dom
know whether to lay it to the 'lid' or not
! E. G.. Falk, 8 East Lake street, harness.
don't know that the "nd'' has helped my bust
ness at all. Taking the subject up quickly,
I should say that think it is a good thing. Il
leaves, men with money to spend Monday
morning than when they spend Saturday nigh
and Sunday in saloons. Some of my customer.
have been doing better and presume Sunday
| closing helps my business some ->"
F. H. Gobel, 20 East Twenty-sixth street, shos
dealer-I don't think Sunday closing of saloon.
makes any difference in my business. This ii
a temperance ward. .g ....-
| H. H. Wasem, East Twenty sixth street. dry
goods-You tell The rnal for me We
the "lid'' on. I don't know as it MAKES AM
difference with me. We have no saloons In tn,
eighth ward. e.
= F. N. Palmgren, Twenty-sixth and Nicollet
groceries-Our collections are better than las
year., and I presume the lid has somethin.
to do with it.
! w. L. Gardner, East Lake street, hardwar,
Indeed 1t has. Customers are better pay ant
have more money to spend in my business
| w. T. Benson, 9O41 Nicollet avenue haber
Enthusiastically, I'd rather see the lid on
but I think there is probably less money in cir
culattOn and that It drives money out Of the
city. It does not affect my business, think
| O.. p. Borgan, BOO Nicollet, groceries-Mos
J Of my customers are streetcar men, and the,
| have to keep pretty straight anyhow. This 4
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