Show FOR THE GOOD OF THE CLERKS No one denies that the hours of labor for clerks on Saturdays when the stores close at 9 or 10 are arc too long and that some Bome something something thing should be done to relieve the faithful from the long grind of serving customers from early morning until late at night but at present the proposition of continuing to close at 7 p mr m as a measure of relief seems to be impossible or at least to be a source of peril to the future of business in Ogden for Salt Lake merchants have receded from the position they took some time ago in favor of early closing and are again back to the old hours With Salt Lake houses open Saturday night and bidding for Ogden trade Ogden merchants through are driven to the unpleasant situation of being forced to follow Salt Lakes Lukes load lead It has been suggested that the clerks be given a Saturday rest period in the middle of the day in jn the larger establishments half the taking an hour or two off while the other half await their return to enjoy a midday lounge at home Some such arrangement would break the strain of the long hours and prove conductive to a 0 quiet hour or so of real rest I |