The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-01
THURSDAY, JUNE /, 1916.
turning Night Time Into Day Time.


In these days Of the new prosperity
when the maximum Of production is
able to meet only the minimum of de-
mand, the cry for Zone hundred per
cent efficiency" is bending out toward
the conservation of day light.
Turning night time into day time is
not a new cry AS far back as record
ed history goes there was a certain ele-
ment which insisted on turning night
time into day time, but they always
took the route which led through the
{" Fellowship of cheer' and the trouble
with the turning was that the conserv-
ing Of the day time usually resulted in
the dissipation Of the conservation
agents. The time is coming when the
schedule Of human activities, be they
work or be they play, should be revis-
ed in order to give man chance to
get the greatest possible good out Of
the God given day light. Men who look
things square in the face know that at
the present time we are wasting lot
of these glorious times of the long
days and the short nights. Some years
ago Kenosha men got little ahead of
the world in this section--a habit Of
Kenosha men-and they suggested that
the clock be turned forward an hour
Somehow, the plan never worked out.
Now lot of more people are talking
about putting the hands of the clock
ahead. What we want is to utilize the
precious hours of day light to the best
advantage. This is not new plan.
Since the first farm was titled the
farmer has utilized the day light to
his best advantage. The hour for the
whistle to blow on the farm is not
bound by fixed rules any more than
the growing of the cock in the morning
or the evening song Of the nightingale.
The animal kingdom knows how to
regulate its life. Why not the man?
A lot Of people seem to think that
Kenosha is so tied up with the rest of
the world that to set the clock ahead
a couple of hours here would put Ke-
nosha out of tune with the rest of the
world. Let Kenosha try it on and it
will be only a short time before the
rest of the world sets it's clock by
Kenosha Not that Kenosha will work
this change, but because the demand
for hundred per cent efficiency is going
to bring the world to see the neces-
sity of getting all there is out of
the day light.
We are creatures of habit. We 90
to bed by the clock and get up by the
clock. If we change the clock it will
be an easy matter to change the habits
OF the people. The splendid air of the
early morning is worth while. The
man will feel an energy to do better
work and more work. In a week after
the change is made he will know a.
new clock and new method of life.
The day would Of course, start lust
about an hour after the sun comes up.
but be it remembered that the working
day would stop just two hours earlier
before the sun goes down. The work
ing day would not be longer, but would
be better. There would be no need of
eye racking strains in the late after
noon at work and the man who works
be it with head or hand, would know
that he was going to have long hours
OF day light after his work in the reg
ular channels was over.
The change is going to bring some
new phases into life. 1t is going to
give better time for work and more
time for play. Possibly the time will
come when national legislation will
make the day light disable by setting
proper schedules for clocks, but why
wait for national legislation? Let
Kenosha take the initiative. Let Ke-
nosha be jus5 a little different than
the rest of her neighbors and show that
she is real leader in the movement to
get the greatest efficiency out of the
Working day. We are inclined to be-
lieve that Kenosha will be in
telligent enough to adjust herself to
new conditions even though the rest
OF theN world about her insists on in
efficient day light service for a few
years longer. There may be some peo-
pie who will miss trains, some who will
be confused over time schedules, but
this will be for only little while.
The habit will soon be formed. Keno
sha people will learn that Kenosha is
as it should be couple of hours ahead
OF its neighbors and the people Of the
city will govern themselves according
~ Utilizing the day light is going to
mean lot to every one. 1t is going
to give more time for the workman to
spend with his family in hours when
the family viii be glad to have him
with them. Tt is going to give him
more time to make his home neat and |
keep it neat and clean. He is not 90
ing to be longer denied the chance to
play little, for the new time schedule
will give him time to play In short |
It is going to mean lot to every |
one concerned.
The way to Get this change i for |