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Show STORES TO CLOSE ' EARLHBNIGO! The early closing movement starl-ed starl-ed bv tho merchants of this city a few weeks ago becomes effective tonight. to-night. AH of tho clothing stores will close their doois at S p, m whil9 the dry goods storps will close one hour earlier. Th's arrangement, which la mutual among the merchants, will bo .observed by practically every business busi-ness man In tho city, only one or two proprietors lefuslng to bo a party to the new plan A total of more than fifty merchants of the city have agreed to comply with the new order. or-der. A feat rp of the early closing movement In Ogden ia the fact that It Is being supported by tho stores having the most to"1 lose -if the now plan should prove a losing proposition. proposi-tion. If tho plan Is unanimously observed ob-served it Is Impossible for any one store to lose trndc as a result of early ear-ly closing Tho merchants have found that if they obe" the nine-hour law they must divide their forces Jn such a manner as to cripple the service during dur-ing at least n portion of the day. By the now plan It will be possible for the entire force to bo on hand all day, thus affording better service. Under tho present arrangement of late closing the merchants claim that the nine-hour law Is not effective, while the seven o'clock closing will make of It what the promoters Intended In-tended Several prominent merchants behind the movement will call upon the ladles' clubs to take up this matter mat-ter and not abandon the project entirely en-tirely after having secured the pass-ago pass-ago of the nine-hour law in this state. In pushing the movement for early closing tho merchants lmo pointed out that in all progressive eastern cities the stores close at 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon and that the business bus-iness has not decreased as a result of this A commltteeiof the local merchants Is making an effort to enlist en-list the support of the labor organizations organiza-tions of the city In the new plan. Housewives and dthors should not overlook the fact that the new order goes into effect this evening With slight revision the "Do your Christmas Christ-mas shopping early" slogan will apply ap-ply tho year around when made to read, "Do Your Saturday Shopping Early." oo |