Evening journal., 1914-04-22
ACTION AGAINST
SATURDAY Circus
Chamber of Commerce Feels
Shows on That Day Harm
Business
MERCHANTS TO ASK
COUNCIL TO ACT

DtICttJtb Ol Aht Onduibti VI OOhl-
merce yesterday afternoon indorsed
the petition mentioned in these
columns on Monday, which has been
circulated among the merchants Of
the city asking City Council to pre-
vent circuses from exhibiting in Will
mingtOn on Saturdays, because of
general harm resulting to business.
The resolution adopted by the Cham
Der of Commerce follows:
April q, 1914.
Whereas. the board of directors Of
the Chamber of Commerce of viii
mington, having learned that the
Barnum and Bailey circus is sched-
uled and advertised to exhibit on
Saturday May Q, and realizing the
fact that a circus will work a hard
ship and an injustice on the merch-
ants and trades people of Whining
ton. and whereas the said board of
directors has been petitioned by a
committee representing the merch-
ants OF the city of Wilmington,
'Be II Resolved. That the board Of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce feels that any issue or granting
of permits or licenses in any form to
any such said circuses or exhibits or
displays of a like character, to be
held on any Saturday are detrimental
to the well-being of Wilmington
merchants and trades people and that
such licenses or permits hereafter be
not granted for exhibitions to take
place upon any date falling upon a
Saturday; and be it further resolved,
THAT this resolution be spread up
on the minutes and that a copy there
of duly attested be transmitted to the
clerk of council, police commission,
and the clerk of the police, together
with a letter upon the subject signed
by the president or general secretary
of the said Chamber of Commerce."
The petitions have been circulated
among the merchants making the re-
quest to City Council, and have been
signed by a large number Of merch-
ants and will be signed by others.
The petition and its signers, up TO
last evening, follow:
Wilmington, Delaware, April 90,
1914.
ITO the Honorable Members of City
Council, Wilmington, Delaware:
Gentlemen We, the undersigned,
most respectfully protest against
| granting permission to the Barnum
& Bailey Company to hold their cir
Gus exhibition in this city on Sat
urday. May 8, 1914 Saturday, as
YOU know, is one of our busiest days
and our experience goes to prove that
these displays very seriously affect
all retail business, and, as residents
] u1~
point some other day for this per-
! formance."
The following signatures are ap-
pended: The Smith-Zollinger Co.
Lippincott & Co.. Inc; Samuel Green
baum, Cohen & F'inkelstein. Louis ia
CODY, Sam Harris. David Roth, James
Morrow & Son, Miller Bro. Co., ia.
cob Berman, l.. M. Oppenhelm, est. OF
Edward II. Brennan, Frank Welsh &
Co., j. Montgomery, M. Roth, Charles
J e. Dubell, H. Frank Finn, John J.
| Gilbride, Frank O'Donnell. S. II
Stats, c. E. Thomas, o. w. Ladd
Larus-Altheimer Co, e. S. r. Butler
& Co., Benjamin Wolfman, M. d. Pc
land.
Alfred ID. Peoples, John +. Jones
Crosby-Hill Company, S. S. Kresg,
Company, G. Edgar Deering. Edward
Pyle and Company, Ross Milliner,
Company, Bendheim Brothers, Walk
over Boot Shop, David Whitaker, W
l.. Douglas Shoe Company, l. Elmel
Perry, United Five and Ten Cen
Stores, inc, Livingston's, BostoI
Cloak Store, Nelson Shoe Company
r. Topkis' Sons, Hurley Powell Com
pany, I. Goldstein Sons, William N
Ennis.
Lawrence Grow, Mcmahon Broth
ers. inc, Jesse H. Horner, Herman
Glandiny, Baer Shoe House, II. Saltz
man, Johnson G. Brother, Jacob Fab
er, George NJ. Dunlap Co., King-Sing
er Co, j. r. Wood, Walter r. Wood
William K. Frank, Wilmington Furni
ture Co., John f. Kelley, William "
Garfinkel, Kinkead & Clark, w. & ]
Lang Co., Joseph W. Kitchen, Beas
ton & Thompson, 70. NJ. Goldberf
Sam Haber, Charles NJ. McKaii
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Foster Shoe Company.
Joseph r. wilhelm, Nathan Gold
stein, David N. Neher, Ben. Mur
derrick. Hiram Yerger, William F
WudINcus =. u OlduuluB, a. >. Ldne
A. Donoho, Gem Grocery Co., J. &
n. Harman Co., Thos.. J. Jacob,
Pres; Reese & Bro, Ogden -Howar
Co., Joseph Litchenbaum, c. D. Ken
ny Co.. Harry S. Pogue, n. Snellen
burg Co.. ID. Snellenburg. Turner
stelle, W. T. Farley, United Ha
Stores.
II. Finerty. manager; Abe Seillerl
$40 Market street; Thomas ]. Law
son & Co., Mutual Tailoring Co, MeI
ton c. Stout & Co.. William Hill, v
Roberts. Philip Slomsky, George v
Gray, T. Hanaway. d. Pizell, J. v
, Deering, Diamond Tea Co.. Thomas
Hart, Isaac Miller. Grand Union TIE
, Co., julius Yalisove, V. p. Windle. {
$. Middleton, Joshua Conner, I
y Ross & Son, inc, R. w. VOTERS. ,
Z f. Hadley.
The Chamber OF Commerce resol,
I ton. adopted at a meeting Of n
I board OF directors yesterday follow.