The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-27
TWELVE STORES FOLLOW EXAM
PIE OF DEPARTMENT AND
MEMS CLOTHING STORES.
ENDORSED BY LABOR


During the months Of July and
August there wlll he early closing by
practically all the leading retail tnsi
ness establishments ~ Richmond.
TT Try r11lia houses and department
stores example, followed in short
order by the mems clothing ana FUR
nlshine stores. hes been taken ~ bY
tho better shoe stores and last night
WIS announced. almost simultaneous
ly with the endorsement bv the Gem
gral Trades and Labor council ~. the
ear}N closing movement the fact that
da1N of the shoe houses VIII adopt
early closing hours.
During tine sWeltering hot DAYS II
tho TWO hottest summer months the
CLERKS employed IN the stores suffer
much from the heat That thcy f1.ght
have an opportunity 10 get cut into the
.air i'm the late hours Of the day. they
Appealed Ia their employers, and 10
The employers Of other clerks, 20 close
earlier They appealed also 10 tbe
public 10 shop earlier IN the day. that
their employers might not lose bush
ness through carly closing The en-
ploYore and tire shoppers have re-
spouded srleudldit, and within tbs
next week OF ton days, 1t is believed,
early closing win he general III oil
lines Of rctaA business.
Central Council Acts.
At the regular semi monthly meet
ing the Central Trades and Labor
council, held last night In Labor
temple at Fifth and Marshall streets,
the body gave its endorsement to the
early closing movement by adopting
resolutions These resolutions not oniy
.express appreciation that business
men Of Richmond have decided rs
close early during August and sep
tom er. but pied&e the support OF
the ahor organizations Of the city to
those houses which Will close early.
The resolutions also eall upon every
member Of Organized labor in Rich
mond Ia urge upon his friends the
necessity for early shopping. that en-
ployers may find they lose nothing IN
CLOSING early.
Shorter business hours during the
summer months have been adopted
by the following named shoe stores. it
was announced last night; f. W. Dab
neg q Company, Specially Shoe com
panv. Hofheimer Brothers company
& + Cross Shoe company. Walden q
Carney, Moses May, Nhlk-0vcr Shoe
shop. The Hanover Shoe company.
The Ralston Boot shop, sample shoe
store. and Regal Shoe company
Five O'Clock Except Saturday.
Each Of these shoe stores VIII close
every afternoon. EXCEPT Saturday, dur
ing July and August at 5 o'clock.
i The clothing ana mems furnishing
/ stores. who have agreed to close at
: O'Clock every Saturday night dur
I ing the next two months are O. II
! Berry & Company. which VIII close
at G o'clock and these, closing at Z.
/ Jacobs & Levy. l<ahns', Woodau &
! Quar1es. Kirk Parrish. Cfreentree' S.
/ Horace s Wright Julien w Tyler.
Hub. y. May Il Company, Burk X
+ Company, NJ II. Garnett Gans-Rady,
and Globe Clothing company. The
/ Ave remaining retail clothing and
mems furnishings stores Will sign. up
/ within the next few DAYS, it Is he
lieved.
Strength was given the early tclos
ing movement by tho city's central
labor body in its action last night
endorsing the proposition and prom
iEinE its support 70 the merchants
who will close early. The central
body viii inaugurate a car1pafgn OF
education among the buyers, looking
20 early shopping generally