New Britain herald., 1925-07-09
MERCHANTS FAVOR
 A SUNDAY CLOSING
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NCotnlnueu rom tlIst laBeJ force merchants 10 keep closed at least one day a week. commented another merchant,
 A man from Grove street and an- other from East street stood up and said they favored sunday closing, Two others favored closing on one day week but preferred that mer- chants be given their choice of Sat urday or Sunday out of consideration for the Jewish religion, Sunday is the biggest day on Hartford avenue he said.
 If we open two hours on Sunday morning we will be working all day Just the same, another man said.
 One lone woman who was present said she sold ice cream and soft drinks and newspapers and candy, She did not think she could close up Sunday,
 Puts Responsibility on People
 J. A, Spinetta, Main street mer- chant who was present, was asked his opinion Grocery stores ought to be closed Sundays" he said. If the merchants are afraid Of losing perishable goods, let the people do the thinking the same as we do.'
 A Kelsey etreet man favored clos ing every place but ice cream and soft drink and news stores.
 We must educate the people and the city should have a law to edu- cate us," said another man, Tt shouldn't be necessary 10 work lG hours a day and put 1t on the books
 Says People Can Afford Ice
 q read in the paper that poor people cant afford 10 buy ice to keep things over Saturday night If the poor people would stop letting their children spend 10 times as much for candy and other useless things as the cost of ice, they could have the money the ice is worth.
 If g woman knows she can't buy on Sunday she'll buy on Saturday and she'll buy 15 cents worth Of ice to keep her food '
 u Another man said law should be made to close stores on Sunday and the police should be required to enforce the law.
 Mir. Miller of Miller and Clson said, We come to this country to make q living. Why cant we be la" abiding citizens? We didn't come here to make all the money we can' regardless of how we get 1t and then 20 back to the old country for the rest of our lives,
 "In fairness to this glorious coun- trv to the institutions we have and the good living We are getting le' us abide by the laws, The fact that a man cant compete with another unless he keeps open Sunday should not have any weight
 Many of us are fathers and If we stay home from church on sunday to take in few paltry dollars we won't enjoy them. If you cant make . living in six days you cant make 1t in seven"
 An Oak street meat man said, 'l don't see any wrong being done 10 the people if We close sunday My section is not far from the Hartford ,yenue district where the Je"lsil people are open all the time ! would like 10 see the stores aI closed I'D one day week, even the candy stores
 Reeolutionf or Closing
 The following resolution vas sdopte1 with but two dissenting votes and was added to q petition sent in by Mayor Faonasea with "3 other signatures
 Mayor Angelo M Faonessa,
 New Britain, Conn.
 "My dear Sir.
 Tn a meeting assembled at fA@ Chamber of Commerce on Thursday July 9th. at tQ:oo a. m, repfe- sentative group of merchants met Tor A discussion of your letter under date of June Sth. concerning the closing hours of stores on sundays
 After considerable discussion the following resolution was afopleH signatures or tnOSH III "NTH''-- " herewith attached,
 "Resolved: That ve believe IT the observance Of the sabbath auI that the present methods lndu'ged m are contrary to tho social as well ai the religious dictates of our con science. and we further believe,
 That the recommendation Whlrh YOU have suggested that stores close all day Sunday will work no mus tce providing competitive m'r- chants are obliged Ivy police regu- .lations to do like-w,sa. We there fore desire to go on record as a1. pro,1ng the a'l day Sunday closing of stores
 Further resolved That a copy of these minutes with signatures at tached, he torwar1ed to Ills Hono' Mayor 4. " Taonessa. and that 'hf press he g,von q certified copy o' same"
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