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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 o'clock, are too long and that something some-thing should be done to relieve the faithful employes 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. 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 hour3. With Salt Lake houses open Saturday night and bidding for Ogden trade, Ogden merchants, through self-preservation, are driven to the unpleasant situation of being forced to follow Salt Lake's lead. It has been suggested that the clerks be given a Saturday rest period in the middle of the day, in the larger establishments half the employes 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 hour3 and prove conductive to a quiet hour or so of real rest. |