The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-26
EASTERN TIME TO
Be Bis ISSUE
IN SPRING
More. Daylight Club Carries on Wig
orous Campaign and Has Pledged
% Aldermen To Resubmit Mat
ter at City Election.
Means Better Health and Smaller
Light Bills" Says DR.. Geo. L.
Renaud, Father of Movement.

7eorge A. Owen, John c.
Lodge, Charles Burton, James
Vernon, Alois A. Deimel, Maurice
J. Heating, David Rosenthal,
John T. Thompson, George 5.
Field, John Grindley, John Harp
fer, Martin j. Ostrowski. Joseph
L. Theisen, r. Nj. Watson, Louis
Brozo, Charles z. McCarty, A. j.
Walsh, Frank ]. Mason, George
III. Ellis, John c. Garvey, Herman
Schultz, Edwin Keusch and VIM.
F. Zoeller.
These % members of next years
council, according to Dr. George L..
Renaud, president and founder of the
More Daylight club, are willing 10
submit to the voters OF Detroit, In
the spring elections. the question OF
adopting Eastern Standard time In
place of that now in vogue, Central
Standard, which is on ehour slower
than Eastern. There are SO men,
bers in the council, and DR.. Renaud
feels certain that more OF the alder
men will be added to the foregoing
list before the time for the submits
sion Of the question comes around.
Thus far he has not heard directly
from the others. but he says he has
good reason to believe that the coun-
Gil will be almost unanimous on the
subject when the time arrives for
action.
The More Daylight club Is becom-
ing more powerful every day said
DR.. Renaud enthusiastically In his Of
fee, Friday afternoon. to The Times.
and We have every reason to feel
that we shall soon have Eastern
Standard time. We shall be able to
vote on the question next April, II
the council allows II to be submitted,
and there IL every indication that 1t
will. We have been carrying on a
syste moi education since the ques.
ton was last submitted and the peo-
pie are now fully aware Of the ad-
vantages of Eastern Standard time
They know that 1t Is going to give
them more daylight for their work
and add more time to their sleeping
hours,
We should have Eastern Standard
time Tor many reasons. In the first
place, 1t makes for better health for
the people, simply because 1t will
give them more time to work by day
light. II will be less severe on the
eyes than Central Standard time, az
much more artificial light is required
in working on the latter time. School
children will benefit largely by the
use of the Eastern time, for the rea-
son that they will then not have to
go to school until 9 o'clock in the
morning, whereas they now have to
start at eight, thus robbing them OF a
lot of good, healthful sleep, which
they certainly require in their grow
ing days. Manufacturers will also
make big gains with Eastern time,
because their light bills will decrease
with the change in time. AS mat
ter of fact, there is 80 much benefit
to be derived from the adoption OF
Eastern Standard time that one won
ders how anyone familiar with the
situation can hesitate for a minutes
to support the agitation for change
Even Chicago, much farther away
from the Eastern time belt than De-
troit, Is talking OF adopting the
Eastern system. In fact. one Chicago
paper has suggested that Eastern
time might be used with success and
advantage clear through TO the
coast
Il feel sure, anyway, that Eastern
time will win at the polls in Detroit.
IL has never received a fair chance
with the electors. When the question
was last voted on, few years ago,
the three times, Central, Eastern and
sun, were before the electors for a
choice. Few knew anything about
Eastern, and the supporters of Cen
trail had more power than those fay-
oring sun, with the result that Cen.
trail won out. Now, however, nearly
every workingman and woman knows
the advantages Of Eastern time, and
| am confident there will be a big
majority recorded for Eastern time
when the question comes up 70 rset-
Element in the spring"
The More Daylight club, which
now has membership of more than
10000, points out, among other
things, in the literature II is send.
ing out, the following:
Everyone appreciates the long
light evenings of midsummer:
everyone regrets their shrinkage
as autumn approaches. and near
ly everyone has given utterance
to a regret that the clear bright
light OF early morning, during
SpTlHS anu summer months, Is
so seldom seen or used Never
theless, during nine or ten
months of the year, the sun
shines upon the city, for from
one to several hours each day.
while we are asleep: and is rap
idly nearing the horizon when
we reach home after the work
of the day is over Now. If some
OF the hours OF wasted sunlight
could be withdrawn from the be!
ginning, and added to tn eend of
the day. how many advantages
would be gained by all. and In
particular by those who spend in
the open air when light permits
them to do SO. whatever time
they have at their command. af-
ter the duties of the day have
been discharged.
KILLS SELF WITH ACID.
PLYMOUTH, Mich, Nov. 26.-At