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Show I CUTTING DOWN DELIVERIES. When W. F. Jcnson, commissioner of commercial economy for Utah, comes to Ogden tomorrow, he will notify no-tify the merchants that the government govern-ment expects them to curtail retail 'lelivories, and he will specifically instruct in-struct them as to what is due in the way of federal control over business. Yesterday Mr. Jensen issued an appeal ap-peal to the women of Utah, urging them to assist in limiting retail deliveries, deliv-eries, and he openly invites them to discriminate against any merchant who makes deliveries more than onoo a day. He estimates that retailers In Utah can release 550 men and boys for other service, if the public will co-op; erate with the stores In eliminating useless deliveries. In a letter made public, Mr. Jensen says: "Our state will furnish not less than 25,000 men as its share for the national army and active support. This vast number of men must be offset here at home in. the actual reduction of service I so thatHessential industry and the pro- ! ; duction of food will not suffer like it f has in Europe. Our state, to do its 1 share, must furnish about $35,000,000 J per annum to finance the war. Here at home, economies and savings must be followed vigorously in order that our state can continue to do its share. "The Commercial Economy board, operating under the National Council o Defense, points out emphatically that retail delivery service must be .curtailed with manpower and money saving. We find that retailers In Utah can release 550 men or bovs for other useful work; and one delivery a day on each route also means a saving in gasoline, horse feed, wear and tear on i trucks and wagons, and the total sav ing by reducing retail deliveries to a point that should satisfy all but where extravagance has been excluded will bo not less than 1,000,000 per annum in this state. "One delivery a day on each route. "Goods should not be sent to homes on approval, subject to being return- |