PEACE MONDAY.

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13938, 17 July 1919, Page 2

PEACE MONDAY.

To tlie Editor. Sir,—P:-:- medium ot ycui" pv.i,poi, I would lilt- 1j ask. why T.Kii.ic.., shoailtV be the only place where tiie shops aav not clofsing, oia Monday for Peace celeibirations. lib appears to me •mait ithe Thames Chaimiber of Oommercie is all powerful; they oiven-ule tHie Boroxigja Gouaiciil, and, now, aibotve all, are over'-aialing' the Grover'nnnieirit;. Caibinet has gazetted Saturday- s*nu Monday to be the holidays, but tihe Cbjanubef of Oommerce omity give^ us Saiturd&y. To make thirngs w^orse they' even make us" work Friday nfieiht.. Naitiurailly itiheiy haive to ixwike &<m\e excuste 'and •this is tihait tih-ey muiat ■ considerl. the oouinitiry peopile. .Well, I' thffink this is very poor oaonaflou^e,because ag we all kTiow where there h ( businle»B tihefe is always" profit, and ! tihia is aillthey oto worrkiingi a,bouit{We Walk a.botitt the Americani and tlhe j Almigihty Dollar, by.if. we have men i in our midis* equally ac bad, if not worse- During* -the War every busiiin^-.. man- has made excessive prbttts and" yet when :peaci© is signed tfhery will no"* shiut itlhe for a. couple of day® in <x«manieinKW'aitDon. otf ittl,,. (Perhapg they are ■sorry •peace fi«: eiglned!) I am fsune we Ka.v'© had ar gwd example set; us by tihe proprietors .of your, -paper by.''closing 1 on) .Monday, .so I aan in horpe« tJiait befon-ei tho' evA of the week the bußiinessi me,n"of Thkaneis will have changed thenV mind.'', aibonuti keeipd'ng opent on Mom day t and thereby .-show ■< a lititfe bit of p#iriotihm,, -wheirfefiß' at pircsen'i" '"-if 4ihwt'H; aibsolujte selfi^ih.nie^si,' a.rsirl aibrwe a.ll is mostt unpatriotac.—T a.m. etc.. ' ■ „ EMPJ/>YKR.