The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-19
SAVING
BILL IS PASSED
National Chamber Of Commerce
Gives Fiity-tWo Reasons
Why II Should Be Law

w hGI1IINuIONt .MaTCn lO---N AbSOCld-
ted ,Press)--The Daylight Saving Bill
was passed by the house Of representa.
ives yesterday, Previously it had been
passed by. the senate and now goes to
ne President for approval, It is ex
pected he will sign it at an early date.
The bin as IL has passed both houses
tpplies to the United States mainland
tut not TO its Pacific Ocean possessions.
II il to become effective, at two clock
!. m. ON the twentieth day after the
approval Of the act by the President.
It that time the clocks in each time
one Of the country win be set forward
me hour.
Sifty-t two Reasons
Fiftytwo important reasons for the
prompt passing Of the Daylight Saving
Bill were given to congress, In the re
1ort Of the committee on Daylight Saw
ng of the United States Chamber of
Commerce.
Expediting the training of the ma.
tiona1 forces, speeding up the pro,
tuction OF the plants making war ma.
erial, increasing the production of the
ihipbujlhing yards--these are three i'm.
mediate results Of the daylight saving
measure emphasized as most important
from a military point of view.
The substitution Of a work hour Al
he heuinniuV nf the working day for
\ dark hour Of artificial light at the
end Of the day brings advantages that
/ are self-evident in the mere statement.
continues the report. II will relieve
| the strain at the time of greatest fati,
gue. improve working conditions, par
| tieulhrly in industries where accurate
eyesight Is essential, and materially cut
DOWN the number of Industrial aCci.
dents which, as statistics show, have oc-
ourred most frequently in the late af-
'ernOnr. when human efficiency Is at
low ehh: also there j. lessened risk Of
nccideuts in transportation and LOCAL
'rafic handling, by moving the after
noon rush fOr"ard into daylight.
| All along the line daylight saving
means Increased efficiency in the i'm
nrnvement Of the health, morals and
social welfare of the twenty million
workers of the country. Working girls
win go home by daylight. Parents win
nave new hour to spend with their
"hildrpn. Pills for gas and electric
light viii be cut down. and outdoor
"ecreation will he stimulated. Tn"
,nssiftIe increased gardening production
through daylight saving is also con.
'ideration.
Saving Of Light and Heat
Daylight saving means also an i'm.
mediate reduction in the use of light
and heat, with its ate ndRnt cOnserva.
ton of coal, More than 100000 tons
Of coal year is the estimated saving
even if the measure is in effect only
, for the shortest period that has been
suggested; and the saving in fuel oils
is equally impressive. -. 81 .-..'
The savings would occur in both di
rect and indirect ways. The amount
Of coal that will be saved If the clock
is moved ahead one hour would differ
with the method in which daylight
saving is used. Calculations comput
ed for difFereE: periods, based upor
the actual British experience in the
summer of 1916, and modified by allow
"uce for differences in latitude, give the
following savings in coal for the Unit
ed States:
N) Saving Of $50 hours Of a yearly
average of 1870 per year requiring ar
: tifi"ial illumination in the U. s. lie.
| by daylight saving between second Sun
day in April and last Sunday in Sep
! tmber: In electricity for lighting. geo
700 tons: in gas for lighting, l44y00t
tons. Total, SO4 600 tons
(2) Saving of 100 hours from the
yearly average G.e., with clocks
moved ahead one hour between Apri
and November 30l; In electricity
for lighting, $4,000 tons; in GA
T tor lighting, $4,000 tons. Total, l,019,
600 tons.
GU Saving of 1913 hours from thu
4 yearly average (i.e., with clocks AL
vanced one hour throughout Year,: II
1 electricity for lighting, 87l 900 tons
in gas for lighting, 100000 tons. Total
1861 900 tons.
The saving ip coal used for thcs'
purposes could he represented approx
y mately by the following percentages:
Y ~ With saving of $50 hours
E Amount of coal used for lighting
T through gas and electricity, approx
i. mately, l5,750,O0O tons; amount saved
e 100000 tons; percentage saved, per
Y cent.
:. ~ With saving of 100 hours
b Amount Of coal used for lighting
through gas and electricity, approx
/ matelv, l5,750,OOO tons; amount saved
y l,Ol9,OOO tons; percentage saved, g..
z percent.
t CIV With saving of 1913 hours
d Amount of coal used for ightin
. through gas and electricity, approx
p mately, l5,750, 900 tons; amount saved
t l,O6l 900 tons; percentage saved, d.
t percent
A Notable Example
These figures do not include tn
saving which would be obtained at isG
lated plants and Mt electric pOwe
plants which sell power for lighting
To be borne in mind too is the fac
\ that the estimate has been made on
u basis which assumes that the use o
N electric energy and gas for lighting
spread evenly over the country, where
AS as a matter of fact 57,000,0O0 eles
Il trlr lights out of total Of 100000
r in the country are in New England
4 Mi'lhle Atlantic and Northern Centra
Is States, where the advantages of da!
IL light saving will be most striking.
e The saving Of coal through substitr
Il ton Of morning hour of mOderat
q illumination for an evening hour o
maximum use Of electricity aud ga
light saving will do two very impOI
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