The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-04

involving questions of that kind
The least difference it will maxi
will De an hour in all that peeps
do or that happens to them wher
they are near that extraordinary
dangerous, misunderstanding line, 81
supremely ridiculous in this aspect
does this ne w-fangled time, this
STANDARD" time, appear. How
people are to manage under suct
circumstances to maintain the1l
equilibrium and have things happen
| just at tho right time, and not an
hour out of time, and to know that
everything is happening correctly
Is a prodigious puzzle. 1t all de-
ponds upon this breadthless line
whether a nan comes into this
world or goes out of it on time or an
hour before or behind time; wheth'
er just in the nick of time, or an
hour too soon or too late. so you
see what very serious thing this
new time business is going to be,
not only astrologically. but in every
other way nearly for illustrations
Of the awkwardness Of the thing
might be multiplied and amplified
Indefinitely.
I said this new time was no
standard time to Us. Nor is it, one
! bit. It is the standard time Of an
other place or line OF places on an
another line of longitude. It is their
true standard time, and not ours.
The real standard time for any
place is the local, natural true time
of that place, automatically and
mathematically observed, cslcul-
ated and determined with correct
ness. This newspaper time, instead
of being called standard time, and
of necessity falsely so, as regards
all places but those on the IOngitud-
inal line of its initiation, is unnatur a
and artificial time. and should he
so designated and known. For pop
ular use and convenience, and es.
pecialy as it is largely a railroad
conceit, this new time might very
appropriately be known as railroad
time, but confined TO railroad busi>
ness, to which use, so long as the
railroads wanted it, there could be
no serious objections to its use fer
all varieties of local events.
The city clock, being set to the
new time. thus carries a falsehood
on its face all the while, and all
our clocks and watches, SO set
will tell the same falsehood. 30
far as they ale good timers, they
will tell this falsehood and stick to
it, like some stubborn humans of
mendacious disposition. Our ~
O'Clock used to be noon or midnight,
the beginning or the middle of the
day. Now it is neither the one nor
the other. but something incon vens
fently betwiXt and between. Here.
after a man wont know when he
was born. Ask him. sob, was
born at ten minutes after o'clock
in the afternoon" o, fibber, you
were nothing of the kind. You
were born at eighteen minutes be-
fore four. Again, "I was born at
twenty minutes past II o'clock in
the morning Of the first of
January, 1885," o fiber; again,
you were not born at
that hour, nor on that day, nor in
hat month, nor in that year. You
were born eight minutes before
on the last day Of Decem~
Der, 1884. That is where you are
eft by this new standard time, and
80 of every other circumstance.
Who will know what hour, day,
week, month or year, and it might
come to what century or thousand
years, anything happened? Except.
ng the same is scientifically stated
10 to time, and he who knows hu>
nan nature knows that this will not
De done by ordinary people once in a
thousand times.
Thus historically this innovation
will become fearful thing. This
lew tangled time will create in
and indescribable confu.
ion, and cause millions OF errors in
he future records of millions of 6
people and thousands of cities,
owns, and villages, filling history
With fnnumerable falsities.
In every place, then, the true and
orrect and proper standard time for
hat place, and the time to be noted
q the occurrence of all local circum-
tances. in order to secure historical T
ccuracy, is the real local time of
hat place. Let the railroads use G
that time they like. Very properly, 4
he Signal Service Department re. +
ects the new time, and sdheres to +
ne local time. It is also said that
the State Of Maine the sentiment
rows strong in favor of returning 3
local time. Let the local, natural, Il
ne time of the place be used for all :
lrely local GOVERNMENTS. It is 7
le only proper standard for them,
Id therefore how can I do other
ian vote in fay rof J.