The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-02
Delegations State Objections
to Increasing Wide
open Sunday
GRANITE MFRS. ASK
LOWER TAX RATE
Declare That New Law Is
Imposing a Great Hard
ship on Them

When is lunch not lunch? I'm.
der what chance or contingent circum-
stance may plug of Old Honesty or a
brick OF checkerberry ice cream, which
your ordinary citizen purchases on his
way home from church Sunday morn
ing, be properly termed light repastY
Such questions and Others quite as
pertinent and perplexing, confronted
members of the Barre Retail Merchants
association. clergymen, the Board of
Trade, the Retail Clerks association and
the Central Labor union, who appeared
at the regular meeting Of the city coun-
ell last night to protest against the
granting of restaurant licenses for the
sale OF merchandise on the Sabbath
just what is included under the desie
nation luncheon" is still quite as dark
as the age of Ann or the mystery sur
rounding the identity of the man who
struck Billy Patterson, but certain dele
cations representing the organizations
already named surely poured hot shot
into the existing order of Sunday OBJ
servance last evening and had the sat
isfaction of getting the councils prom
lse to exercise greater care in the mat
ter of granting licenses in the future.
The protest meeting brought that to
pass and little more.
Among those who complained that
lunch room licenses were being violated
were w. H. Eager of the Retail Clerks
association, Revs. j. w. Barnett, j. \.
Reardon and George Fl, Holt, represent
ing the clergymen of the city. Charles
H. Wishart and George n Tilden of
the Board of Trade, j. T. Callagh of
the Central Labor union, F. d. Ladd and
w. d. Smith of the Merchants assoca-
tion. Others whose presence lent moral
support to the protest were Silvio Car
di, A. G. Moore, X. j. Maggiani Harley
Houghton and i. G. Rowland The
speechmaking occupied over two hours
and during the program several Of the
city fathers took occasion to air their
views on the subject
The Discussion Started.
Mr.. Eager expressed his regret over
which allowed holders of lunch
room licenses TO parcel out groceries on
the Sabbath. Little children sent to
Sunday school stopped on the way home
to buy loaf of bread or a can of oil
from the SO called lunch rooms. He
said he woulI like to sp the Sunday
observance laws of Vermont enforced.
More than that he was looking to see
.he merchants of the city get square
ieal. Rev. j, w. Barnett said the pro-
.est had its origin among the clerks,
source which he considered commend.
lble i'll the extreme. He thought that
unchroom licenses should be granted for
unch rooms and not for merchants.
Rev. Mr.. Reardon protested against
dissertations of the Sabbath as they are
,eing practieed in Barre He didn't be-
ieve in a monopoly of the Sunday bus
ness and if certain class of open
,laces were to be closed and others be
llowed to remain open, he couldn't sub
cribe to the protest at all. He wished
o learn of the scope of the complaint.
n his opinion drug stores now allowed
o do business on the first day of the
geek sold 81 worth of drugs while they
rere doing twenty-five dollars worth of
usiness in other lines. Any action in
esponse to the protest should mean
lean sweep, he argued. In reply to
he clergyman's interrogation. Mr. Eag.
+ said that the sweep should be clean
nd inclusive, if attempted at all. Ho
as in favor of closing up everything.
Alderman Brown inquired as to
neither the desire was to close the
inch rooms and he was informed by
Tr. Eager that the lunch rooms were
be restricted Alderman Brown said
e had attempted to stop the affic in
ercha ndise three years ago, but had
iiled for lack of support from the pub
e. He thought that citizens enjoyed
he privilege of dropping into lunch
'oms, so called, of a Sunday, and pur-
Iasing groceries, fruit, etc.
What Is a Lunch ?--No Answers.
The sphinx-like question was finally
opounded when Alderman Dawson
ked for definition of the term, lunch.
true description of the nature of the
ord was not at hand, apparently. The
9Th ward member thought the trouble
uld be easry remedied il licenses were
lv granted to those who actually IN
nded to conduct lunch rooms. The ice
cam issue forged rapidly to the front
tills point anu ldtHtE utdNel us
ssion as to the status of the frozen
lieacy ensued II was finally agreed
at ice cream. in all of its ramifica-
ms of favors and consistency. might
a part Of the lnuch, although it could
I be carried away from the dealers
amise. in parcels.
Rev. Mr. Resrdon. having satisfied
nself as to the scope of the protest.
We his hearty sanction TO all that had
IN said. He didn't wish for a revival
the blue laws. a. he was not averse
taking a cold drink himself On q
summer day. lie would even accept
invitation Of one Of his parishione,s
take an auto ride any Sunday after
IN during the motoring season. But
did think that many features uf the
nday observance in Barre were nm
souable. unlawful ard unjust. In his
,erience he had seen the streets lit
ed with paper bags etc. Sundav
hts and he had every reason 20 be-
Is that the contents Of the discard
wrappers were purchased on the DAY
their prou1iscuous discrimination