Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1909 — HELP THE POOR CLERK. [ARTICLE]

HELP THE POOR CLERK.

As the holidays are over and business is likely to be a little dull during the balance of the winter, why not as citizens of this little city lend our influence to the clerks by helping persuade the proprietors of stores to adopt early closing? Rensselaer claims to be an up-to-date little city in almost everything, but when it comes to early closing of the stores we are far behind times. If I am not misln<Q*sned almost every town in this vicinity has adopted the plan of early closing. Under the present plan ft is very much of a worry and hardship on the proprietor and clerks if they have to stay from morning till 8 or 9 o'clock at night. In my judgment a proprietor who woulcf rather stay in his place of business, year after year until 9 o’clock at night, than be at home, doesn’t think as much of his family as his business. At the present time, there is a revival going on in our city and I know personally that several es the clerks would attend if they could get out of the places where they,are employed in time.\ You may say, “Clerks find something else to do.’’ That is easier said than done.—A Citizen of Rensselaer.