The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-24

the clock ahead an hour dl
This action followed the receipt
of a telegram by Rust from w. H.
Aldridge, a mining man, notifying
him that the bill has been referred
to the senate committee on inter-
state commerce.
City officials of Tacoma are
united in favor of saving daylight
this summer if congress fails to
pass the bill now before 1t.
Mayor Fawcett sent a letter to
Senator Polndeter Tuesday urging
him to support and vote for the
senate bill.
Il believe it is a fine idea,"
said the mayor. ''All of us waste
several hours of morning daylight
in the summer time, because we
sleep until it is nearly time to 60
to work. If we set the clocks
ahead, we would have an hour of
etra daylight in the evening, for
work or recreation. / hope con-
gress passes the bill. If 1t doesn't,
Tacoma might do as some of the
other cities have done and adopt
our own daylight saving idea"
II France, England, Germany,
Holland have adopted the day
light saving plan since the war
started. They needed the day.
light for the things that had to
be done.
Tacoma needs the extra day
light for the things that have to
be done.
The Tacoma war food commits
sion, at its meeting Thursday, will
take up the plan, and probably
will urge It's adoption.
Great Plan.
1T would mean q whole hour
more of daylight in the evening
for the business man to work in
his garden" said County Commits
sioner Slayden, chairman of the
county war food committee. 1T
is an excellent plan"
II am strongly in favor of it,"
said Rev. r. II. McGinnis, chair
man Of publicity for the food COM
mission. Let's get the benefit
and more prosperous. 1t would
mean greater efficiency in the Of
flee. the shop, everywhere. 1t
would provide an additional hour
for making our gardens, for rest
and leisure.
eve could get out and play
golf, too" commented A. V. Love,
tNnA nf In \ NT1p
Monroe Co. ITS good idea"
Early to bed, early to rise,
makes a man healthy, wealthy
and WISE" was the way Mrs. EN-
ma Smith DeVoe expressed her
opinion. THE daylight savings
plan would enable us to make use
of the pleasantest, the most
healthful hours of the day. We
should try it this year, anyway,
and see how it works."
AutOists, Too.
The motorists are strong for
1t. at would be fine" said F. E..
Brokaw, secretary Of the Tacoma
Automobile club. 1t would give
the business man three or four
hours daylight after he finished
his dinner in the evening. He
| could take quite a trip in that
time"
Tacoma jewellers are ready, the
minute the plan is officially adopt
ed, to set all the clocks and
watches, including the big street
clocks, ahead. s. A. Andrews, of
the Andrews Jewelry Co., who is
time inspector for the Northern
. Pacific and Milwaukee railroads
here, said that two time services
undoubtedly could be arranged
with the railroads in case the plan
was not adopted nationally.
Louis Bean, manager Of the T..
r. & p, spoke in favor of the
: plan. "On the face of it, think
: 1t is a good proposition" he said.
II am in favor of any plan that
means economic saving.
by setting the clocks ahead, 1t
will mean that people who are
following the presidents advice
and planting gardens will have
more daylight after working hours
for cultivation of their land said
City Commissioner Atkins.
It's Patriotic.
City Clerk Nickeus declared
that the daylight saving idea is
one of the most patriotic plans
suggested since the war started.
ut gives every patriotic person
an opportunity to give more time
to the work of helping increase
the food supply" said Nickeus.
I'm for 1t, strong. believe 1t is
unusually timely at this period of
national crisis"
Controller Shoemaker believes
that congress should adopt the
law, instead of the city.
"If congress adopts a daylight
scheme, 1t would have greater eff
feet upon the conservative per-
sons who might offer objections"
he said.
81 believe that we should GER
tainly save teh etra hour of day
light, especially this summer. All
European countries are doing it.
Canada adopted the system last
year. II means a great inventive
to the home garden idea.
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