The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-11

a QUESTIONABLE to representative
business men all over the country,
to ascertain their views on the
subject. The questions submitted
were:
l.. Do you know of any other
instances where concerns are adj
vising their statesmen to do bust
ness on Sunday?
2. What is your opinion OF the
effect OH society in general OF a
business policy which advocates
or requires Sunday selling of any
kind Do you think Sunday bust
ness pays in the long run?
3. What is your definition OF
necessary business" on Sunday
The Christian sentiment Of the
answers from all sorts of business
men in the United States shows a
decided disapproval Of the sales
managers idea. 1t will be of in
terest to the readers Of The Cath
Ollie Bulletin to know what rep
resentative men Of the Twin Cities
said in their reply:
Il. S. GILLETTE, President, Ply
mouth Investment Company, Min
neapolis, Minnesota.
l. No.
2. Effect on society is bad, and
the habit of making golf bust
ness all day Sunday is bad. Its
effect upon church attendance is
particularly noticeable. Its infu-
ence upon the young is bad. 1t
has resulted in disrespect of the
Sabbath. Unnecessary violation
of the Sabbath cannot be justified.
3. Necessary business on Sun
day may be defined as such as
could not have been done some
time during the preceding week
and cannot be postponed until the
coming week.
w. J. DEAN, Nichols, Dean &
Gregg, Iron, Steel and Hardware,
st. Paul, Minnesota.
| am very much surprised at the
contents Of your letter. | know
Of no business, nor have I any
friends engaged in any business,
the prosperity Of which is DEEPEN
dent on Sunday work.
We employ large number of
statesmen and as far as we are able
to control them do not encourage
any solicitation on Sunday. We
believe the present day indiffer-
ence on the part Of some people
to the observance, at least in some
respects, Of Sunday will result in
the breaking down Of our institu-
lions. We do not believe that
Sunday business pays and if our
prosperity were dependent on
Sunday work we certainly would
| try something else.
| We believe the only necessary
| Sunday business is such work as
is done by the police department
and other public works.
| Of course, in a case Of public
| necessity or anything of that ma
| ture we would be glad to open
our place and put our entire force
to work.
| | have before me copy Of a
| letter written by President George
| B. Stewart, Of the Auburn Theo-
logical Seminary, Auburn, New
York, to the Honorable Bayard
Henry, Philadelphia, relating to
| the railroad strike-the last para
graph Of which reads as follows
"a part Of the Indictment
against the present tendency in
this country is that we are all SO
crazy for peace, international and
industrial peace, that we will sur
render any principle and resort to
any device to secure them. Peace
is not goal in itself. Any or
ganlzatlon, or group, Or country
that seeks peace as an ultimate
goal forgets that peace comes as
a by-product and not as a direct
result. What we must put as our
goal is righteousness and fair
dealing and then if peace comes
we can be grateful, and if it does
not come then let us accept the
consequences without cowardice
or shirking''
If the word Cuisines were
substituted in several places for
the word peace this paragraph
would express our sentiments bet
ter than anything we know.