Evening journal., 1918-03-18
DAYLIGHT SAVING
BEGINS March 81
Bill Passes Senate On SAT-
urday; President Will
Sign Measure
INDUSTRIES TO SAVE
MILLIONS BY CHANGE

WASHINGTON. March is.-Daylieht
saving now waits only President viii
sons approval
House amendments to Che Daylight
Saving bill, requiring all timepieces to
be advanced one hour, beginning the last
Sunday in March, werl accepted yester-
day by the Senate.
Action by the House was taken FRI
day The measure originally passed
the Senate last June.
The change in time win remain in ef-
feet until the last Sunday IN October
when clocks win be turned back again.
Millions OF dollars annually viii be
saved TO the country by putting the plan
into effect according TO its supporters.
Approximately S40O0J,UOO alone will be
saved in the nations lighting bill, 1t is
said
The bill provides that at a. m. OF the
last Sunday Of March Of each year the
standard time In each of the five zones IN
the United States shall be advanced one
hour. and alto a. m. of the last Sunday
In October tho standard time Of each
zone shall be set back an hour. The ef-
feet of this is to start and close all bust
ness activities an hour earlier than at
present This viii give opportunity for
recreation and outdoor work and activi-
ties long before sunset after the close Of
business
While the strong argument advanced
Tor the step was the Saving of fuel con-
sumed for illuminating purposes, agri-
cultural experts and conservationists as
serted that men employed in offices ana
factories would have plenty OF time,
through the earlier closing Of places Of
employment, 70 work their gardens and
thereby contribute to the food supply Of
the nation.
The new daylight saving system win
work out in practice as follows: The
man who leaves his home az S o'clock in
the morning win still leave at by the
clock, but at Z by sun time; but when
the man goes home az o'clock In the
afternoon bv the clock ne viii be going
home at o'clock sun time, and those
people who work until O'Clock through
out the country win be going home at
o'clock sun time, but IL viii still be o
O'Clock by the clock.
no timetables will be changed only
The clocks will be changed. No engage
ments will be changed. Banks and other
institutions which opened at 10 a. IN,
viii continue to use the same time, but
their opening and closing win be an hour
in advance OF the sun time. The nation
viii be an hour ahead by the sun time
IN the running Of trains and business.
BENJAMIN Franklin tried TO get the
parisians out OF bed with the sun away
back In i7si. when he was representing
ihe United states in France. He out
lined what Is virtually the program t.
which the world has come, but even
Franklin could not change q nauona
custom without national law 20 en-
force 80. Neither could the EPglisl
builder WIlletf. who in the early year
of This century had a daylight savinl
bin introduced in every session OF Par
Iament and also wrote a book, "Th'
Waste Of Daylight" Willett was toll
Grated by his friends as a wen mean
Ing crank and rejoiced over by writers
for the funny papers as a rare source
Of Amusement He died without having
obtain much recognition-but toda,
Great Britain lives according 30 thi
Winet schedule.
Those Germans adopted daylight saw
Ing in 1915 for the sake OF their wa
manufaciurs. The Allies and q gooi
mmy neutrals followed suit-Englanl
ln May. 1916 France In June. Th
countries that have beaten The Unite
States te the actual fact OF dayligh
saving are Germany. England. France
italy. Portugal. Holland Denmark, Nor
'Nay sweden. Austria. Australia, Bel
fium and parts Of Canada.
In England the plan worked SO we
economically that 20 was again put int
effect last summer and viii be thI
summer. 10 made such q hit ln fac
that letters such as this were sent {
newspapers
why stop daylight saving? Wh
wants long dreary winter evening
when we might have short ones? It
IN winter we want 90 save dayligf
more than in summer
Getting up earlier has hardened u
and 10 is necessary to keep this up II
the sake Of discipline, health and wor
The saving Of coal and gas, too, wou
be considerable and WORTH while"
In,this country the campaign was b
gun in January. 1917. with q nation
daylight saving convention at the Hot
Astor. As President Wilson sent q ls
ter indorsing the movement and Pre-
Harold Jacoby. the Columbia Unive
6ity astronomer placed his scientii
%. K. upon it and business men rapid
fen into line 10 might be supposed th
The running was smooth thereafter. b
IN the House Of Representatives the
nre many dark sidetracks, and dayligl
saving was pushed of on one Of ther
However the House recently dragged
: back into daylight, and SO we're goir
90 have this summer what we ought
have had long ago.
What Daylight Saving VIII Save.
The expected benefits Of the dayligl