The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
So, 100000 in Gas Bills and
1,25O,O0O Tons of
Coal Saved
BIGGEST PROFITS
IN WAR GARDENS
Commission Puts Summers Output at
S225, o0o,0 900 in Crops from Over Five
Million Planted Plots-Reports from
Various Sections.

Million Planted Plots-Reports from
Various Sections.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l4.-Now that
Americas first season of daylight saving
| is about to close, sponsors of the idea |
| in this country are taking stock of the
results. Senator Calder, who backed the
that the Washington Gas Light Co, has
given him a report showing that day
light saving saved the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia 100000 in their gas
bills, which the senator figures out means
a cut of 100000 in the gas bills of the
whole country.
THE daylight savings law has more
than fulfilled the prophecies of its advo-
Gates" says the senator. 1T has really
turned one hour of night into day Peo-
pie live by custom. They rise in the
morning by the clock; they eat their
meals by the clock, and go to bed by
the clock, so that during the time this
law has been in operation a vast ma
iority of the people of this country have
been awake one hour more of daylight
and asleep one hour more of dark than
they were formerly.
This additional hour of daylight has
been most helpful to the men, women
and childen of the nation who have
taken advantage of it to plant war gar
dens, thereby not only relieving the
strain upon the farm but to very con-
siderable degree tending toward econ
omy in family expenditure. 1t has also
saved too in gas and electric bills not
less than 10 per cent of the money for
merly spent for this purpose In addi-
ton, it will during the seven months of
operation this year save at least one
million tons of coal. 1t has afforded in
the construction of environments for our
army, in the manufacture of munitions
and war supplies OF every character and
in the building of ships one more hour
OF daylight for the men engaged in those
t industries. Without question this bin
/ has been more helpful in the great war
J., work in which this nation is engaged
: than any other one thing.
e "One and quarter millions of tons
J. of coal saved by turning the clock ahead
V an hour for seven months is the estimate
5 Iof the United States Fuel Admiuistra
tion of the economy effected by lessen
G ing the load on lighting plants through
: the daylight saving scheme.
/. Definite reports from st. Louis show
d a saving of lis tons for each Thousand
i of population on the seven months basis
e The savings in France for three and 1
V half months period was 100000 tons
& which would make a saving of i2.5 tons
for each thousand of population in ;
: l., -
e Fuel Administrations
n Senator Calder ia not alone i'm realiz
n ing what the law has done for the coun
D. try. which, by the way is the last grea
e nation in the world to adopt the system
It Charles Lathrop Pack, president of tn
l. National War Garden commission, give
great credit for the war garden recor,
a of 1918 to the daylight savings law Ac
v cording to estimates by the commission
N the war garden crop this year is wort
l. $525. 600 600. This is an increase of 5
l. per cent over that OF 1917. The com
$ missions survey shows that $3.50
V, home food-producing plots were planted
" With twenty-siX working days in eac
ID of the seven months you have 1872 extr
:" hours of time. If only one gardene
IF worked this extra hour of time in eac
n plot it will be seen that 96l $40 900 hour
re of extra time was added to the coun
er try's wealth. Since there are $500 hour
is in a year, you find the staggering tota
lie of l09,S03 years of 24-hour days
Of In working day of eight hours tn
V, real advantage is found by multiplyin
ii l09,s03 by three, giving 800 400 workin
IN or eight eight hour years. Importanc
ne of this extra time cannot be everest
mated in the opinion of Mr. Pack Their
es is to be an army of 100000 men, an
t., as it costs 40 cents day to feed sol
he der it will mean that food value a
i'll 50 10000 must be found for the arm
o. every day.
" The good effect of daylight savin
,ir was felt by business concerns. Every
n where reports come to the Garden con
Mt mission showing increased production ha
r. resulted and the worker has more pei
for the next days tasks as result c
'e- getting ont from work into dayligh
ne Thousands went into their gardens afte
We work in the big plants and there prC
liz duced food in the plots started for thel
or by the management, who found wa
ur gardener to be a very good worker
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