Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-27
Daylight Saving Bill Being Pushed Through Congress
Juggling With Clocks Will Help Conservation of Fuel

WASHtNGTON. Jan 20 Tho ways
are all being creased In both houses
Of congress 10 slide through M the
earliest conveniouc, the measure
which win result In the snving " an
hour ~ daylight day in the lnltad
States FOR five months every year
The fnth.r of the bul Senator
William NJ calder OF New York, ls
I'm charge OF the forces which are
worrying for ". passage iu tho senate
and Congressman William T.. Bord-
man In at the helm steering for II In
the lower house.
The bin provides that at "A, m, on
the last Sunday ~ April each year
the clocks Of the nation shal be I'D
Vpnccd one hour. That means sim
ply that the hands OF the clocks viii
he moved forward 10 o'clock Then
on the last sunday of September
each year the hands Of the clocks
viii he turnr1 back one hour At
~ ~,
''rhe purpose ~ 10 m6yo the day
ru" hour earlier during the summer
months, thereby making use OF an
hdur of daylight ordinarily wasted
In the early morning, Hald Senator
calder Something Ike 90 per cent
of the adult population of The United
state. rises In daylight uud rctlrcs
In darkness during the summon II
t,ls measure h. put into cffcr there
win be- one honl moro Uf daylight
white We are awake aud one hour
Less If darkness
see. No itc-nlling Confusion.
There is nothing intricate about
the proposition railroads VIII move
ON the same schedules aud the Hamo
clock time ana engagements viii hc
kept without any confusion Wht'Hu
ever. II ls not difiicult 10 realize
that "A vast amount ut artificial a.
Elimination would he saved hy the
elimination of one hours lighting
every day for ave months iu every
home, Ia all the stores. IN street cars.
factories worked at night aud hun.
drcd other plHceB'
iorland points 20 tho great saving
which would be effected la fuel which
goes into lighting and powor produc-
ton ana lays especial stress on the
effect the daylight saving bii would
have on The health Of che nation. Civ
Ing men, women ana children nu OK
ira hour after their daily tasks for
play. exercise or garden work
ct will result iu an enlarged op-
purtunity for athletics. home garden
Ing, Walking. driving. motoring mili-
tary training und eNry sort OF whole
some outdoor recreation" said Bur-
land. Some Old fashioned peOs'r
may regard the hands Of the clock
too sacred TO be tAmpered with ard
Win say that II ~ II fiction to say
that. II Ii O'Clock when oit is not
really 8 o'clock. To these objections
the answer IN that we do not now
have true time IN Il single community
In the United States The standard
oe time ~ which We now govern our
comings Snd goinRs iH railroad set
time adopted by the rest OF the nation
Tor convenience
Railroads WIN Not Oppose.
Tho railroads we're lookcdt upon az
the chief stones Ia the road when the
bil was Introduced bat the fact that
the government IL now running the
roads eliminates their objection, no
doubt. since President Wilson has
urged upon congressman that the
daylight savings hill he passed as
soon NJ possible 80 that Il may be
effective this summer, The railroads
had ohteftcd on the score that Il
would he very costly tn discard all
their time tables aud other literature
for revision twice a year
Figures complied 10y tho United
states chamber of commerce shows
that the coal saving In one year under
tho daylight saving contemplated by