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Show CLOSING REGULATIONS ARE EFFECTIVE TODAY Retailers in All Sections of State Affected by New Hours. The retail closing regulations recently issued by the commerciaj economy board fur the state became effective today. Several changes In the regulations have been issued and two sections of the questions ques-tions have been temporarily suspended, in order that further investigation of special spe-cial matters may be completed. The regulations provide for the closing of all retail establishments at 9 o'clock on Saturday and preholiday evenings and at 6 o'clock on the first five business days of the week. The stores are to close on Sundays and holidays. The exceptions which have been granted a temporary suspension are the gasoline and auto accessories retailers and the druggists. However, a number of the gasoline dealers have decided to put the regulation in force at once, voluntarily. The matter of the druggists will be determined deter-mined at the annual convention of the Utah organization to be held in Provo next week. Under the regulations, dealers in soft drinks, cigars and tobacco, ice cream, newspapers and periodicals, or stores in which those items form a part of the stock, may, at their option, sell them after the regular hours or on Sundays or holldavs. Likewise, the sale of all perishable perish-able foods, such as. fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh milk, butter and bread, can be made after hours or on Sundays and holidays by stores which deal exclusively ex-clusively or in part in those commodities. commodi-ties. A statement of the commissioner of economy sets forth that the purpose of the regulation is to concentrate business Into fewer hours and to eliminate in manv cases the employment of extra Shifts of sales people, or to shorten the present long hours observed by the proprietors pro-prietors of many mercantile establishments. establish-ments. The statement says that an investigation in-vestigation which has already been conducted con-ducted in many cities shows the successful suc-cessful operation of regular closing hours in all lines of business, the general hour being 6 o'clock each evening. The regulations have had the indorsement indorse-ment of many organizations in this and other cities of the state. For the purpose pur-pose of aiding clerks in the large downtown down-town mercantile establishments and offices, of-fices, where the regular closing hour has for a long time been 6 o'clock in the evening, eve-ning, the closing regulation for stores selling foods has been extended to 6:30 p. m. in the first five business days of the week. .... ... The board asks that violations of the regulations be reported to the offices, room 326 capltol building, telephone Wasatch Wa-satch 530. |