Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
DAYLIGHT SAVING
 BEING AG!TA1ED
 IN UNITED STATES
Proponents Declare Moving Hands of Clock Up Will
 Mean More Work Done.

Washington, July 19.-There api
 pears to be>a strong probability that
 the United States may soon adopt the
 daylight saving plan as war meas ure. The Calder bill, authorizing the
 setting ahead of the clock one hour
 in summer, has already passed the
 senate. This bill provides that, after January 1, next year, the standard time of each zone shall each year be advanced one hour, between the last
 Sunday in April and the last Sunday ir September. In the house of repre- sentatives two bills for similar pur- pose have been introduced, one by Representative Carlin of West Vir- gnia and the other by Representative Borland of Missouri.
 i The adoption of the day light saving plan is urged by the United States chamber of commerce on the ground that it will contribute immensely to national efficiency and economy. More than dozen European nations have found the plan highly beneficial in practice, and many leading business men and commercial and trade organ izations in the United States have ex- pressed the belief that the same ad- vantages would be gained here.
 As a war measure the daylight sav- ing plan has been adopted in Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Austria, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Australia and Iceland. In England a committee of the house of commons, which made a preliminary study of the question for two years, reported that it would have many advantages. Chief of these, the report stated, would be the promotion of the greater use of day light for recreation purposes, lessen ing the nse of holses licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors, facilita- tion of the training in the territorial force reduction of industrial. commer- cial and domestic expenditures for ar tificial lighting and the advancement of the general welfare of all classes of the community.
 Accordingly the committee recom- mended that an alteration of the clock of one hour in April and similar al- iteration of one hour in September be made. The central committee for the disposal of coal unanimously passed a resolution urging the government to adopt a daylight saving plan in or der to conserve the coal resources of the nation. It was estimated that the savings in the use of artificial light and fuel, for the summer months only, in England, would be as high as $2,- 5OO0O0.
 In France the adoption of the day. light saving plan was estimated to reduce the amount spent for coal by gas and electric light undertakings by at least $3,0O0,000 for the summer months. In Germany great reduc- ton in the amount of gas consumed has been recorded. Russia has put the plan into effect only within the past few weeks, so reports on the re- suits in that country have not been re- ceived.
 For the United States, daylight sav- ing would mean saving of $40,000,- 900 annually in coal bills alone, ac- cording to reliable estimates. A spe- cial committee appointed by the Bos- ton chamber of commerce to inxesti- gate the subject places the total say ing for tn, nation as high as $100,- O00,000 year. These estimates are not mere guesswork. They are basod largely on tho indisputable fact that the city of Cleveland, where the day light saving plan has been in success tul operation for several years, saved $200,000 in the first six months opera tion of the plan.
 In it's effect upon the food problem, the daylight saving plan, it was point ed out, would allow 20,000.000 work CTS in trade, transportation and cth- CT pursuits outside the field of agri- culture to use an extra hour of day light for work in gardens and fields. The National Emergency Food com mission is inspiring and aiding tho planting of 1,00O,O00 food gardens in cities, towns and villages. Daylight saving would mean tremendous im- petus to this movement. In the sum- r,er cool hour of the morning will be substituted for warm one of the afternoon, in industry. which will con- tribute to efficiency Workers will b, able to spend more time out of doors after the workday is over, and this will mean better use of recreational fa- cilities, as we'll as more work in gar dens.