Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-29
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Washington might do some good in more ways than one.
GAINS FROM DAYLIGHT
 SAVING.

IlSiC saving law, WHICH IS tO COIIlc lHLO operation throughout the United States at midnight next Sunday
 night, is now a subject of interested discussion in all quarters. Business men, manufacturers and workers ap- pear to be unanimous in the belief that benefits will accrue to individuals and the nation alike. Among public men in Washington the belief pre- vails that the change will contribute imnl .nsely to national efficiency and economy. Twelve of the European nations have found the plan highly beneficial in practice, and leading business men in the United States are of the opinion that the same advan- tages will be gained here.
 As wartime measure the day. light saving plan has been adopted by Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and Iceland.
 In England committee of the house of commons, which made pre- liminary study of the question for two years, reported that it would have many advantages. Chief of those, the report stated, would be promotion of the greater use of daylight for recre- ation purposes, lessening of the use of houses licensed for the sale of intox- icating liquors, facilitation of the training in the territoral force, re- ducton of industrial, commercial and domestic expenditures for artificial light and advancement of the general welfare of all classes of the ccmmun- ity. The Central Committee for the Disposal of Coal unanimously passed a resolution urging the British gov crnment to adopt the daylight saving plan in order to conserve the coal re- sources of the nation. It was estimat- ed that the savings in the use of ar tificial light and fuel, for the sum- mer months only, in England, would DC as nlgn as SZ,5OO,OOO.
 In France the adoption of the day. light saving plan was estimated to re- duce the amount spent for coal by gas and electric light undertakings by at least $3,OOO,OOO for the summer months. In Germany a great reduc- tion in the amount of gas consumed has been recorded.
 For the United States, daylight saving as a war measure will mean a saving of $4o,o0O,ooO annually in coal bills alone, according to official es- inmates. A special committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, which made all exhaustive investigation of the subject when the Calder bill was first introduced in the senate, report ed that in it's estimate the country
 would save $100,OOO,OOO annually in the use of artificial light. Cleveland save $200,0OO in the first six months operation of the plan.
 In it's effect upon the food problem,
 the daylight saving plan, it is point
 ed out, will allow 20,OOO,OO0 workers in trade, transportation and other pur suits outside the field of agriculture .. to use an extra hour of daylight for
 work in gardens and fields.
 Professor T. N. Carver of Har- yard university and former chief of the Rural Organization Service of the United States government, says:
 "An hours work day in a garden, , if wisely directed will produce an amazing amount of food. Unless something unforeseen happens, the world is likely before the war is end ed, to experience the greatest food shortage that it has known since the Napoleonic wars. Anything which will enable workingmen to produce a part of their own food is, therefore of the utmost importance"
 Probably 2,OOO,00O food gardens will be planted this spring in cities, towns and villages throughout the United States, Food from these gardens, it is estimated, will have value of 0,000,000. Daylight saving will mean tremendous impetus to this movement. In the summer cool hour in the morning will be substituted for warm one of the afternoon, in in- dustry, which will contribute to ef- ficiency. Workers will be able to spend more time outdoors after the
 workday is ever, and this will mean
 better use of recreational facilities as we'll as more work in the gardens. -W, $. S.--
 This is the time of year when
 thOu0htS of young men turn tO--nO,