The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1918-03-20
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TURN CLOCKBACK
Home Gardeners Will Have More
Time to Hunt for Potato Bugs
and Pull Weeds.

Much has been said Of late about
gaining one hour each day and thereby
save millions Of tons of coal. The
following story printed in the Sun
day Minneapolis Tribune tells the
story better than what we could.
Backward, turn backward, oh time
in thy flight.
Make me a child again, just for
tonight.
So ran two lines of a poem famil-
lar to school boys in the old, conserva-
tive days when 6 a. m. was still 6 a.
NJ. But next summer, after March
81, to be exact, the verses, if they
keep up with the time, will have to
be amended somewhat like this:
Forward, go forward, oh time, in
thy flight,
Add an hour in the morning, sub
tract it at night.
For, under the terms of the daylight
savings bill passed by Congress last
week, all clocks in the United States
will be set forward one hour to a. m.
Sunday, March 81. The clocks will be
set back on October 81.
It took but few minutes yesterday
for Minneapolis railroad executives,
bankers, office managers, and factory
superintendent to figure out what the
new regulation means after they had
read that the bill had passed Con-
gress.
Its Very Simple" He Says.
cts very simple" said George
Webster, the 500 lines secretary, in
explaining how railroads will make the
one-hour jump.
"All trains due to arrive any time
after a. m. on March 81 will be just
one hour late" he said.
Trains will just stop running for
one hour, will they? Ehw
''Then trains won't be late after
all ?" he was asked.
Never he laughed. Its this
way Say, for instance a train was
due at Minneapolis at 1 a. m. 1t ar
rives at that time actually, but the
clocks have been suddenly set forward
and it is 2 o'clock instead Of 1 o'clock"
No they'll get here on time, but
they wol ! be here until an hour later
than usual" he said.
By that time Mr.. Webster had pullel
out his pencil. While scribbling on a
pad he explained there will be no con-
fusion. The 9 a. m. train leaves at
8 a. m. as it always did. Timetables
will not have to be changed. The only
difference is that 9 a. m. which used
to be a. M, will be 9 a. m. then in
Minneapolis, Osseo, Louisiana, every
where.
And so all worked it out yesterday.
Means More Daylight.
1t simply means one more hour of
daylight in which to work and play
every day. The extra hour is snatch
ed from the morning and hitched on in
the late afternoon.
To the wealthy clubman it means
his afternoon game of golf will be one
hour longer. Mr.. Home Gardener,
studying out the plan, finds he will
have an extra hour to hoe the corn
and pick bugs off the spuds. To the
worker turning out rush order of
munitions or airplane parts, it means
he may have one more hour of day
light in which to do a piece of work
which may mean the winning of the
war.
What are the chief arguments adj
vanced for the plan? The National
Daylight Savings congress have set
forth five reasons. In brief they are:
First, economy. Since darkness
would come an hour later each day
an hours gas or electric light will be
saved to every home, factory, shop and
institution in the country.
Secondly, it will mean one hour
more recreation for working people
each day, hence one hour more fresh
air and one hour more recreation each
day.
Hard on The Germs, Too.
Thirdly, it will conserve health since
more sunlight during working hours
means fewer germs.
Fourthly, it will save eyes, since ar
tifcial light destroys vision more
quickly than sunlight.
Filthy, it will put the United States
in proper time relation with ten great
European nations, which have adopted
the scheme for the summer months.
All Minneapolis. by necessity, will
have to abide by the plan, for it be-