Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-08
HOW WILL THE CHANGE IN BUS
NESS HOURS AFFECT YOU?

With their usual good grace IN
Ottawa business men have submltte
TO the ruling of the authorities an
have unhesitatingly accepted the rt
strictiCns put upon hem for the hour
of operating their places of bushes
This time, OF course. it is in the in
terest OF coal cons ervation. Wnicl
means curtailment OF both heat AM
licht. which in turn means shorte
business hours. But these restrir
tons should in no case neces state
less business being done The accept
anCe OF the restrictions means ina
more strenuous conditions than i
things were normal sWifter gait fol
for operating business houses are tn
usual busy hours OF the day, and th-
curtaiment really only means that til.
amount Of business done By the con
siderale early shopper and the eley
enth hour buyer must be added to tn.
regular rush -four trade This will
call iCr more strenuous work for Dol /
merchants and clerks. out any resl
loss OF business Will not necessarily
follow II means more than ever tha
the live merchan., the one who pre-
Lales to meet the altered conditions
and lets the public know he can and
viii care for their wants, will do the
best business.
The hours named seem short to OF
lava people and are quite . chang
from the established order OF things
but really hey are very close to larg,
city hours at that Inc greatest in
convenience to the merchants and tn.
public will probably be with the gro
Gerry stores and meat markets ana
Ision houses generally, where tn.
Old custom of doing the family mar
keting on the way TO from work j,
largely in vogue The result viii
probably be ii livelie. time for the tele
phone clerks and delivery men, a.
well as the seeing OF familiar lace,
at unusual hours. That. however.
don't indicate that anyone is going u
cat any less or that any business Will
be lost We are largely creatures OF
Iabit and inclined to beef" if anv
thing breaks in on he regular routine
nut the change will not cause anyone
TO suffer, much less starve.
one OF the most noticeable differ.
ences is going to be in the saturday
night business. Since the general lis,
OF lhe dutomoble by the farmer tne
Gus! saturday afternoon has largeN
gwen way to he Saturday night rush.
OjlaWas streets on Saturday after.
noon we're formerly filled with peo.
ple IRON the country and tile feed
yards did land Office business; sim,
the lIivNer has replaced old Dobbin
ana the touring car the teams" the
real country business begins late Sal
uida} afternoon and the rush is on
allcf super; and coming in ate.
Inc chores are done" our friends from
the country are in no dash to pc,
nome ana frequently take in d movie
h"Iore they do their trading. A five
or len mile drive in machine afte,
o. ~ O'Clock in the evening is 2
very different matter from drive o,
tual dis ancc behind the old mare %,
even pang up good team, to say
nothing oil The difference between driy.
ing INTO the garage and the takjno
care OF Team when one gets nome
ne clerks will certainly NOT kjck an
~hdi Feature Of the necessity for coal
conservation which will tend to re-
store something like former cond;
tlohs ana give them more busy nft
eihooh with resultant shorter and
Tess strenuous evening.
rue live merchant who prepares fo,
me altered conditions, and has il thor.
ouShly understood that he is ready
ana equipped to care Tor the wants
ID MS patrons in as satisfactory man
"er aS ne was before the restrictions
were accepted by him is the one who
WI leeI The possible i'll effects the
least. H. indeed he does not beneh, n,
the new order of things.