Show from the anly 71 A question which principally concerns alie merchant of city and employees ia just now being ait AleJ with more or less warmth anil the liaa been earnestly invited to uke a liand in bringing it to a decision wo refer to the matter 0 early closing is loth to interfere in disputes which do not concern it or do not alleca except indirectly the general public at the baroo time it agrees with the clerks that hours of labor are longer and alie nature of their employment more tedious than choso of almost any oilier class oa the oilier hand it does not think any dictatorial dicato rial measures will brine the change but fears aliat any combination tending to force the issue will end disastrously to elioso who havo alio roost to lose alie employers ire not men guided by mercenary motives and alio love of lucre and the employees are usually men who seek the and success of those who pay them for their services there is good reason to believe therefore eliat if the question were brought up for arbitration it would be agreeably disposed of the beneral class of purchasers would cu recent it as an injury they be informed that the would close at 7 or 7 SO in hie evening after a day or two people would become accustomed to it and would expect nothing else the clerks could get an hour or two of daylight or recreation and alie merchants would not suffer in to make the change thoroughly successful of course there mould have to be a union of method but even if a few persisted in their opposition gain would probably be woith acsa than alio good feeling and gratitude earned by those who yielded to their employees wishes thero is attle enough of pleasure and more than enough of toil and trouble in this oven at the best and while tholo who provide employment are benefactors of their race those aho vho live by it are human beings like themselves the of honor fairness and humanity ought to be able to solve every dispute of this kind without any difficulty if aliey are given a chance we have no fears for the result |