The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-05
"Safe and Sane" Fourth Of
July Hits the Vendors of
Cannon Crackers q Hard
Financial Blow.
STOCK OF C0MBUSTIBLES
DRUG ON THE MARKET
Devices to Induce the Public to
Buy Are Not Success
full Except in a Very
Small Measure,
.FIREMEN LOAF ALL THE DAY
- HE effect OF the movement Rdvo-
eating n safe and sane Fourth mas
~ Left n nnd 4mnressiOn on denlerr

" HE effect of the movement ndvo-
eating n safe and sane Fourth has
- left n sad Impression on dealers
I'm fireworks
AT n late hour last night prOprietOrs
of fireworks stands scattered through
the business district OF salt Lake
turned N mOurnfuI look on the remnin-
ing stock
And the ak for n dime or three for
q nickIe game wouldn't work mt the
finish
Practically the only fireworks stand
that was cleaned out OF Its stock was
Handy Kitchen" IS East Second South
street Someone dropped a lighted
cigar in the stand Sunday afternoon
when the proprietor wasn't looking and
five minutes later Fire Chief w. II.
Glore and members Of the headquarters
department became the most intrest-
ed spectators. The stand broke all
records. for in 80 minutes 800 worth
of fireworks we're disposed Of
The slump in the sale OF fireworks
was in turn accompanied by a slump In
the business that had been expected by
surgeons. The Emergency hospital at
police headquarters did not handle a
single accident caused by explosives
and a majority OF physicians pretended
not to know the meaning OF a Fourth
OF July accident when the celebration
had closed last night
Clerks at the fireworks stands Of the
Western Arms company in South Main
street. admitted last night that they
had had a fairly good day. However,
IT was found impossible to dispose of
the stock which il had been expected
would go like hotcakes-
"One thing is certain" said II. Raw
lings, Of the firm OF Erickson & Raw
lings. dealers in fireworks at 221 South
Main street Either this safe and
sane movement or the foreshadow that
Johnson would lick Jeffries had a very
serious effect on the fireworks bust
ness. There has been a fairly good
sale of pin-wheels and paper ballons
/ but a ban seems to have been placed
! on cannon crackers. Some sort Of q
LsOft pedal movement seems to have
| swept down ON the people and I guess
| that they are. no longer DESTROYS OF
making a noise, even on independence
day."
J. A. Craig. who conducted a fire.
works stand at 50 East Second South
was discouraged over the salt Lake
public not wanting to burn powder. II,
admitted last night that the cannon
cracker business had been dull and tina
u people were even skittish about buyinl
sky rockets. Clerks in the stand II
front OF the vacated College inn werl
likewise disheartened. They were Will
Ing to sell cannon crackers for almos
anything last night.
To keep UP even slow sales clerks a
fireworks stands lit cannon cracker
and threw them into the streets. A
they exploded they tried to attract PEG
pie to their stands. but il did not work
4 During canvass of fireworks stand
last night II was found that their pro
prietOrs had been able to sell out les
= than One-half Of their stock At tina
last year.
The fire department had PRACTICAL,
nothing to do yesterday as compare
, with a dozen calls a year ago, when NJ
! one thought of advocating a safe an
! sane Fourth.