New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Senate Sends
Daylight Bill
To resident
Easter Sunday To Be First
Day Under New
Time

WASHINGTON. March l6.-Besjn-
h'hg Easter Sunday, as the result of
'he Senate to-day accepting House
changes in the daylight saving bill,
the hands of the clock will be moved
forward one hour. One hour of day
hight will be gained in the morning
and the hours of darkness will be
utilized to just that additional extent
Tor sleeping.
Following final acceptance of the bill
oy the Senate, which leaves remaining
only the signature of the President to
1T, Senator Calder. of New York, who
mas been fighting to put the measure
through said:
the Congress is concerned, legislation
that Will put into effect the daylight
savlng.plan. which, it is universally
believed, will bring about consider
able contribution toward the winning
OF the war and conserve human energy
and large amount of fuel consumed
IN the manufacture of artificial illumi-
nation.
1t will also supply an additional
hour for home gardening by the city
and suburban dweller, estimated at
one-11th of our total population, and
1T will give to the people one hour for
recreation at that part of the dav when
1T is most convenient for them to eniov
1T. Briefly, the bill provides that on
the last Sunday in March (Which this
year occurs on the 31stl clocks shall
be moved forward one hour, and re-
main so until the last Sunday in Octo-
ber. We simply move the whole dav
one hour ahead during the seven
months between these two dates by
making use of an hour Of daylight or
clnarlly wasted in the early part Of
the morning.
"The change will be universal and
will cause no confusion. Business will
be kept just the same, railroads will
run on present time tables.
England, France. Germany, Austria,
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Hol-
land and Portugal in fact, every Eu-
ropean country of importance, save
Russia alone-has adopted this plan
and has found that it works with the
greatest success in the saving of fuel
and in general healthful benefit for the
people.
at will not affect our agricultural
are due almost entirely to seasonal con-
dltions. The sun, rather than the
clock, is the farmers guide
Those who have carefully worked
out the problem insist that it will save
the United States in the matter of fuel
alone at least one million tons of coal
annually.
Eighty per cent of the people of the
United States, rising in the morning,
allow only sufficient time to dress, eat
breakfast and arrive at their places OF
employment just at the stroke of the
time to begin their DAYS work. If
their time TO start work is 8 o'clock,
under the new arrangement it will still
be by the clock. Street railways, su-
burban and lnterurban transit facilities
VIII be operated upon the same theory,
and there will be no difficulty at ali
about the changed conditions. In fact,
after the first day no one will be in
convenlenced or confused
"Perhaps no better experiment of
daylight saving can be cited than that
Of the conservation commission If De-
trolt, which city, of its own accord, has
adopted the plan. The commission re-
ports it has made the after supper hour
the most popular hour of the day.
Baseball games among employees of fac
tories and Offices are numerous and the
influence on the social and moral well
fare of the city is great
II predict this is going to be n popu-
lar measure and that after it's beneficial
effect is felt and realized no effort will
ms n al