Show 11 I 1 FOH EARLY CLOSING E at a meeting of the clerks 1 tion last night a it commatee comm itee eft wis WAS al appointed 1 I 1 to wait upon the merchants I 1 with the object of inducing them to close their places of business buei nees at 7 in the evening instead of at 8 as is now the custom we infer that the design la to to talk the matter over 4 pleasantly with the employers not to m make like any peremptory demands nor to precipitate any conflict calculated to e disturb the existing pleasant plea gant relations from a somewhat intimate acquaintance with both these claws of citizens TOE tat ia is confident that z the tile decision whichever way it shall V go will be based upon loi logical and satisfactory grounds and will be cordially 0 acquiesced in that the clerks as a rule work longer hours than almost any other I 1 1 claga class is true that their employment Is very confining though perhaps not so exhausting to mind or muscle as 1 come some others is bell self evident the 1 tendency of the times is toward 4 shorter hours for workingmen and greater intelligence in the performance 11 I 1 forma for mance ace of toe the labors for which I 1 the men are paid but employers I 1 have rights which all honorable employees will recognize ze one of those theme is its that the masters business mast must be to so well cared for that it pays payo otherwise he will discontinue it andt and those bose I 1 who have drawn their wages regularly every week fortnight or month from him will have to seek employment elsewhere As the merchant is in the I 1 ill I 1 I 1 1 akl K j az I 1 11 ff i t I 1 tl r I 1 bu jileau of belling selling he naturally wants to ie be prepared tor or every customer at any reasonable hour the boor hour between seven and eight may be in ha bl is opinion a removable hour and his opinion will depend upon the amount of bis his sales it I 1 the latter litter do not yield him a profit beyond the expenses for an hour the argument need go so no further he will be willing to close as a matter of economy it lie be finds hat particular part of the day busy he should not iw be asked to abaid abandon on it unless he can bo be assured that liia ilia patrons can come an boar hour eulier earlier e u lier the question simmers awn to a matter of hait halit or education oa on thy the part of the community it par chasers chaser swill will do their shopping before 7 in tha the evening the clerks will get their hour tor for rest or recreation in the majority of cases they can do it just as well as not |