Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
PASS DAYLIGHT
SAVING BILL;
AWAITS WILSON
Clocks All Over Country Will
Be Turned Ahead
One Hour

Washington, Mar. 16-The House
of Representatives, by 252 to 40. yes
terday passed the Senate daylight
saving bill, under the terms of
which. when it receives the sigma
ture of President Wilson, it will be
required that all the clocks in the
United States be turned ahead one
hour at 2 q. m. on Sunday, March
81, and remain advanced one hour
until a. m. on the last Sunday in
October.
Under the bill passed by the
Senate the limit was fixed as the
last Sunday in September. The
House amendment extending the
daylight saving one month was
adopted upon representations by
Fuel Administrator Garfield that a
great amount of fuel would be con-
served thereby. 1t is expected that
the Senate will concur in the amend
ment tomorrow.
Five standard time zones for the
United States will be fixed by the
Government, according to the bill.
and it is made mandatory upon the
railroads to follow the standard
time.
By the passage of the bill, the
United States joins with England,
France. Switzerland, Portugal and
the three Scandinavian countries in
adopting a method of economy and
efficiency first taken by Germany
during the early days of the war.
Millions of tons of coal have been
saved in these countries, it was
stated 10 the House to-day by the
supporters of the measure, by the
simple means of turning the clock
ahead over a period of five or six
months year.
England reports a saving of 49,
100000 tons up to date. Several
Representatives who espoused the
bill admitted that when it was first
proposed they considered it silly.
But, they said. when they came to
examine its virtues they fell enthu-
siastically behind it.
Provided the President signs 1t,
and there is little doubt that he will
do so quickly, the daylight saving
bill Will have the effect of turning
us all out of bed an hour earlier
than we have been accustomed to
arise and of sending us back again
accordingly. The use of fuel at
night will be conserved by the clos
ing of establishments at II o'clock
which ordinarily do business until
IL o'clock. By the clock on the wall
it will still be IL o'clock, but by
the moral conviction it will be II.
Officials of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Bourse, two of the
many local organizations which car
ried the fight for the daylight-sav-
ing bill into the very halls of Con-
sress, were jubilant on receipt OF
the news that the legislation was
so near. Ernest T. Trigg, president
| of the Chamber of Commerce, said:
This is very gratifying to us. BY
readjusting of working hours the
war industries will be speeded up
| materially and more time for the
cultivation of war gardens will re-
suit"
Emil P. Albrecht. president of the
Bourse, said:
This legislation will enable work
ers to get better results out of their
daily efforts, as they will be in bet
ter tune for speeding up operations
in the early daylight hours of the
summer months. In such a large
| manufacturing center as Philadel-
phia the gain in efficiency in the
various war work lines will be tre-
mendous. Only on Monday last the
dNectors of the Bourse urged upon
Congress for the second time within
two months the necessity for this
change"