The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-08
SO PEOPLE
MAY KNOW
Why The Sunshine is On
the Unfair List


their own business in just, fair and
and reasonable manner Because they
would not allow few busy bodies who
thought they knew more about their
business than themselves. to run their
business for them and say what time
they must close their doors in the
evening.
The contract was presented to the
Sunshine to be signed and they agreed
to sign, with one exception. They
contract stated they were to close at
6 o'clock every evening and that we
would not agree 10 do,
Nov remember we agreed that our
clerks should go home at o'clock but
the union insisted that we also close
our store
Inquiry has shown that grocery
stores all over the United States, in
towns as large as Chickasha, keep open
from one half TO an hour longer than
other business houses. The Sunshine
has tried to close at 6 O'Clock for three
years and we know chat II is not pracr
tical to good business for many rea-
sons When other business houses
close and the people so home they
want to stop at the grocery store AID
set something for supper and if we
do not open the door for them they
get offended
We tried to close at 6 O'clock and
never week passed but several prom
inent umen pien. among others, would
cause us to open after O'clock.
Farmers who work in the field all
day trying to get even with those ac-
counts they owe. como in about
o'clock and want to be waited on We
have refused them in many cases on
account OF being under contract to
close at 6 and not wanting 10 lay our.
selves liable to a twenty-five dollar
fine. We can give you names Of many
farmers who are going to the sur
rounding towns for their goods as a
| result.
| Chickasha cannot afford to hold one
barrier in front of our good farmers,
and the Sunshine is one firm who will
not Grocery stores in other towns
and cities do not close until o'clock.
Why should Chickasha be an excep-
tion?
VIII some one kindly tell me where
these few busy bodies get their author
ity to tell us when to close as long as
We do not require our clerks to stay
after 6 O'Clock. The law OF the land
did not give them that power; it must
be the unwritten law.
The closing hour is something for
the merchants to decide among them
selves as they do in other cities. This
is case where union has gone too
far They have given us to under
stand that we must let them run our
business for us or they will break us
up
They have put our name on large
sign at the park, saying we are unfair
to organized labor. which is a plain lie,
as they cannot show that we have
been so in a single instance.
Now just a piece Of advice to the
fair-minded reasonable union man
This is that you take these few short
sighted. bull-headed, busy bodies from
control.
Henry Ross and myself have been
together thirteen years aud have not
been unfair to each other and viii not
be unfair to anyone else We came
here three. years ago and have made
good in Chickasha. We have helped in
any way we could to help Chickasha,
have made friends here and want to
keep them But as long as we have TO
nanage TO meet our bills and pay rent
on our store, we win run our own bus
mess
There have been several who came
to us asking that we back up, just for
policy. No, we cannot sign something
we cannot keep and will not back up
one inch
Remember. our store will be open
until o'clock every night and until 10
O'Clock on Saturdays. We have an
auto delivery to deliver our goods and
three phones TO take your order Call
nnone H. Yours for fair deal
THE SUNSHINE.
9-82t by conde Mckinley
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