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Show CLOTHIERS ABANDON EARLY CLOSING HOUR Tha following atatementa from Bait Lake City clothing and men'a furnishings merchanla and the clerka' union are aalf explanatory: - To the Public: The nlothlng and men a furnishing goods merchante of thla city, after eighteen montha' trial, have found it Impossible fully to accommodate Uu trade of Saturday evenings, and evenings before holidays, and close their establish ments at o'clock. Thla rule haa forced much of tha business busi-ness belonging to fair dealers, who rigidly observe the closing hours, to tlie unfair merchants wIk disregard all rules governing gov-erning fairness In competition, and who have no Axed houre for cloaing tholr ea-tablishments. ea-tablishments. The merchanta whose algnaturea are attached hereto, deairtng to be fair both to the public and to Their salespeople, met with representatives of the latter and extended the hour of closing on Saturdays Sat-urdays (beginning July 1 and evenings before holidays to 10 o'clock and ( o'clock as before, on all other eveninge. ileapectfttUy submitted. GARDNER ADAMS CO., ROWE A KELLY CO., MERIT HAT CO., SHANNON CO.. SlnXJEL CLOTHING CO.. W. L. NICOL. ALFIIRD BROTHERS CO., FRANKS, CUTLER BROTHERS CO., A. H. CRABBK CO.. MULLET Cl-OTHINO CO., M. H. DESK Y. MADSEN. OWEN, SANDERS CO., ISLAND CO.. BARTON A CO.. THE BARRON CO.. THE BRADFORD SHOP. GRAY BROTHERS & CO.. FROST BROTHERS. The clerks luuioni9uefltlifQll9wJ. ing atatemcnt: The clerks' union, realising the disadvantages dis-advantages to the fair merchanta by requiring re-quiring a fulfillment of their agreement to observe the closing hours which have been In force up to this time, by reason of certain unfair merchanta disregarding thla agreement and having no fixed hours for closing their establishments, hereoy indoipe Ihe recent action on the pait of the Retail Clothiers association to keep their storea open until la o'cl-n-k Satui-dsya Satui-dsya and evenings before holidays and cloaa at 6 o'clock week days. ABE MARTIN. President. E. E. PALMWUIMT. Becrelary. |