Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-24
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Q DIT ;ch Delegates TO London Con-
gress to Urge Innovation.
Claim is Made That It Would Greatly
Simplify Wage and interest Cal.
Nculations-PIan Is Of Swiss
Origin


The Hague, Ho.land.-At the inter.
slnerce and industrial societies. which
Is TO take pace in London in 1910, the
Dutch Society. OF Industry will pro
rose to simplify the calendar accord
i,ig to the method of the Swiss pro-
lessor. Grosdande The Gregorian cal
e,fdar which was great step in ad
vance OF the time Of its introduction,
still contains many elements of diff.
culty tor modern trade and industry.
Perhaps the worst of them is the un.
Nforrainty OF Easter day and conse-
1nently Whitsunday H. -. -.
: Like Christmas day and New Years
day. Easter is an important date with
"::ny nations. In many branches of
.ndustry Easter is the time of greatest
.,crivity. For these industries it
would be great boon If Easter day
could be given fixed date, or ap-
proxin,ately so, for now the time
often varies as much as IS days.
The shortness of the month of Feb
rs,ary is the one difficulty to be sur
mounted. The inequality of length
If The months gives a great deal of
trouble In the calculation of wages
and nj interest that go by the month,
and which do not now coincide with
one-t~ elfth of year. Between the
first auL second half of the year there
is alan a difference of three days
In all business houses and large con-
:,erns shere the wage payment to
Vorke"s Is large factor. it would
greatl.. simplify matters in making up
accounts Of profit and loss If every
rear ways had 50 equal wage weeks
Hollands delegates to the London
conference will propose that the CAL
'ndar wear shall consist of New
Years day and further of IL mouths
OF 50 weeks, the weeks to be divided
into four quarters or terms, each Of
l3 weeks Of 81 days, the quarters to
re divided into three months of re-
:pectively 80 and 81 days.
If the introduction of the new cal
andar Is postponed until 1912 the LIST
Of January, which will be the day
after New Years day marked o.,
will fall on Monday. This will give
The advantage that the thirty-flrst day
VI the months of March, June, Sep
'ember and December will be Sun
lays, so that all the months of 81 days
lave one Sunday more than the
.;,.onths OF 80 days, but the same num-
aer OF work days. This will sim
nifty. all business calculations.
Leap year would Je inserted be.
Hween Sunday, June 81, and Monday.
July l, so that in leap year the extra
lay would be exactly in the middle of
he year and have the same function
IS New Years; day, being similarly
marked with an (cipher).
In this way Cd all the terms or
quarters of year would be of equal
length; (2) each month should have
an equal number OF work days; 90
the first and fifteenth days of every
month, which play such an important
part, in business. would never fall on
Sunday; "a all Sundays would be
easily determined, because the thirty
first day, with which every term
closes. always falls on a Sunday; 50
every year would be divided in the
same way; co Easter day would fab
ON the 7th of April, the first Sunday
Of the second quarter.
If this proposal of Holland IS accept.
ed the calendar for the first quarter
Ct the year 1912 would look like this:
January. February. March
Few Year aFt /