Show 11 A 8 S 0 NS AUTHENTIC STATEMENT special to TIM till rr W baboon wb I 1 BADSON DISCUSSES SUNDAY SELLING pank MASS ri rauie lilt la is ono one who wallis to lo we a annerl ali Ai nerl licila than I 1 do 1 hut it t alio llio ll 11 e only 11 V lub tuf 1 way to moio inot e business in e s s Is I 1 s to 0 convert sunday into jit al work day then am aill i licit Is in III folb shape than I 1 luul bad thought though tl our sunday sales sale problem people lit in puritanical new li angland ahel e only I 1 percent pr cent 0 of f tile the supermarkets are arc open opell on oil sundays ate aie ly lv unaware that 7 78 percent ot 1 I chesl markets tire arc oil open it sundays in tile the mountain and ard pacific states in 11 california stores of all kinds never close L ahe 1 I he real reason for this Is s competition for the eve everlasting r sales dollar there are a number of causes for the inroads tile the merchant erchant tin is making on the sabbath 1 the long term pattern of business from 0 to 5 rave gave way to wartime needs when stores in certain manufacturing areas remained open evenings to cater to bound I 1 the clock defense workers 2 the mass move merit to suburbia following the war radt radically cally changed consumers buying habits it was much mole moie coave convenient 11 lent to stay at home and shop in suburbia especially if the stores there remained open nights 1 3 when for foi consumer dollars stiffened c d it was but i a short step into sunday from saturday oft afternoon er particularly lit in those parts of our where bunday blue lawa either cither ate aie weak or receive only bokil tokil vii enforcement f or cement jc Is sunday selling good for merchants that depends on oil who und and you on am ah die e now famous case of lies droth broth nias largest department tore store points up one answer to this clu question estion last october a la large rye dib discount count house rw awo 0 guys itom harrison inc ilc hagan drawing di awing away the iless bales volume iless brothers finally threatened to keep it doors open on sunday too I 1 liess less threat caused a pen district attorney not only to fine tile the owners ol of two guys from ilardi boll 1011 inc but also to fin fine each of the or so BO employees of the discount house for violation pt of a year old pennsylvania sunday sta tute this is one side of a typical problem confronting many communities today another look however re that more and more merchants remaining open on sundays count on their sunday sales to make the difference between the weeks continued on page 12 babson continued turn fim page 0 9 profit and loss these mer chants argue that times change and with changing times must come changing merchandising techniques in short sunday selling they say has become a matter of economic survival the case against sunday selling the very fact that so many favor sunday selling is a reasonably good index of how biow materialistic aur our culture has become the paths of history are strewn with the wreckage of cultures that neglect ed their spiritual development tile the plate place for our fa milies on sunday is in gods house not lr ii a discount house surety surely in a country when tile the work week be conics comes constantly shorter nad nic leisure ever greater we ought to be alile able to find a little 1111 time du irig ing the week lor for reflect reflection iou and spiritual regeneration parents law enforcement officials educators all who work with young people are concerned with the many of maladjustment juvenile delinquency divorce cheating etc but these are indications of a deeper problem lack of adequate stand and values detter homes needed we parents ned to bring into much sharper focus tl ua standards of right and arr and we need a philosophy ot ol life much lass ego centered and a lot more others center ed dire dare I 1 say that most of cur youth are arc what our homes have made them this Is the church comes in where if not in the church and in the church oriented loine I 1 one is tile the everaro e youth going goin to develop sound moral tind and spiritual fabre fibre As a businessman I 1 be live the business community weg owes more to its constituents thon than just making it aisy for people to buy what they want when they want it tile the bal ance sliest must be scrutinized for spiritual losses that may do far greater harm lit in the long run than the immediate material gains we may need a bu business depression to bring lib to our senses and m something more inore serious |