New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
SUNSHINE BY LAW
Parliament Plans to Pafer 1t from
Father Time

II is not intended to steal from Time vantonly or
I'm spirit of malice Science has the frendest teei-
ing for the venerable gentleman, and would not taAs
from him second OF vested rights without e'hl-
pensation. 1t will be a most honest theit' ana
whatever is taken at viii be restored at
another SO that Fathet Time will not be short IN
his accounts at the end Of the year II a week ls
flched in summer. week VIII be restored 20 ms
universal timekeeper during the winter monthS-
More daylight in summer is the arucle "dhlsu-
You might think that the sun was the proper once
TO apply to- but Mr.. Wiilett declares that Time s
the responsible party. We have the daylight. only
our clocks fail to spprise US OF the fact Chaase
the clocks fch few minutes from Father 1ine
in the darkness of the summer night. and the sum
mer day expands like accordion and becomes
long enough for the reading of Winston Churcnl.s
longest novel. If we do not dwell upon the -nofai
aspects of the transaction it is wonderful 10 thnk
of the money there is in an elongated day Hhat
an economy in artificial light, what gain in horse
power and labor power, The yearly saving IN hsht
for England alone IS estimated at Sl25O0oOe
The plan is to set all clocks twenty minutes ahead
between the hours Of and a. m. for four sue
cessfve SUNDAYS in April and let this lensthenins
of the day stand until the month Of September AZ
the end of the month of April the alarm CLOCK
would merrily ring at 4;iO a. n meaning tnat II was
o'clock and time TO hustle for breakfast and the
train to the office The ordinary workingrnan would
rise at the wtching hour OF $40 but ne would
not feel at all sleepy when he found that II was us
regular hour of o'clock Only twenty minutes
stolen from the darkness four times in a month
would bring the daily time theft UP to eighty MIN
utes adding seven days and fifteen hours of day.
light to the summer season Not everybody can
appreciate the advantages Of seven days and II
teen hours added to work time. II would prae-
ticaIlv save employers the expense Of VACATIONS.
The labor unions might object. but they would %
told that the heightened summer day would %
made up by curtaiIed winter days. eighty minutes
gradually added TO the nights from the month Oh
September The farmland Alone, who WORKS II
summer and has no chance of compensation II WIZ
ter would have valid objection to an eighty m"'
ute lengthening Of the golden summer hours
Il is alleged that the plan would cause no JIM
Guilty even with railroad time tables since the s~
ton clocks would be regulated between and
a. m on Sundays in April when there is little tTal.
hc Citizens would presumably set their clocks s1d
watches twenty minutes ahead on four SATURDAY
nights in April
Sir Robert Ball. professor Of astronomy at Jam
bridge University, is quoted as entnusasuc@is -
voring the robbery OF time He thinks there are ~
great difficulties connected with the scheme. &as
sunshine is so extremely cheap that we oughr
have more of It. Apparently Sir Robert believes
would be a fine philanthropy TO hand out elsAS
minutes of sunshine a day the common pe0p~
II would be the same as money. for time IS money.
Each person who received this gift. oy grace o.
mathematics might consider that his wages "ei'
increased about s. l3 a week. OF course TINS u
crease would not be so vulgarly realistic as 10 %
observable in the pay envelope, while the recipsH
Of the time gift could selhshly hoard the ezra
eight hours but would have to enjoy tbem IN IH'
heightened period Of labor.