Merchants' Association review . ormerearly vacations interfered somewhat with sum-mer business. A prominent wholesale mer-chant informs the Keview that last years ex-perience of late vacations has proved effectivelythat they mean late business to all retail dealers,and, in consequence, to everyone who does busi-ness with them. Early vacations start peopleout of town before the summer business isfairly under way, and, in consequence, therewas comparatively little summer business donein San Francisco. It is also his opinion thatthe late vacations will prove a boon to thechildren of the poor, who
Merchants' Association review . ormerearly vacations interfered somewhat with sum-mer business. A prominent wholesale mer-chant informs the Keview that last years ex-perience of late vacations has proved effectivelythat they mean late business to all retail dealers,and, in consequence, to everyone who does busi-ness with them. Early vacations start peopleout of town before the summer business isfairly under way, and, in consequence, therewas comparatively little summer business donein San Francisco. It is also his opinion thatthe late vacations will prove a boon to thechildren of the poor, who will have a betterchance at fruit picking. EVERY WAGON MUST HAVE TWO LICENSE PLATES The License Department of the Tax Collec-tors office is particularly engaged in collect-ing wagon licenses under the new ordinancewhich became fully operative January 1, new law calls for duplicate number plates,one on each side of every wagon in the city,and the absence of the numl)er plates makes theowner or driver subject to Proposed Electroliers for Union Square. SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS A LARGER MUSEUM Building More Bepresentative of tbe Modern City Would Invite Gifts of Rare and Beautiful Collections By JAMES E. ROGERS. San Francisco is in need of a new ParkMuseum that would do honor and credit to thecitys name. A great deal has been done to make ourGolden Gate Park attractive, and a place ofinterest. It is the peoples summer Falls, the Spreckels Music Stand,the Japanese Tea Gardens, have done much toattract tourists and to give pleasure to ourown citizens. Our Memorial Museum has beena very valuable institution, but how much morewould it mean to our city if the building inwhich it is housed could fittingly represent thegrowth, the generosity and the spirit of ourpeople! For we all must agree that our mus-eum building does not express the importanceand energy of San Francisco at the presenttime, but of a city with a population of 100,000rather than of one ne
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