Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
DAYLIGHT SAVING
WILL SAVE FUEL
Clocks Moved Forward Without
Serious Hitch to Railroads
Of Country.
LOSE ONE HOURS EEP
Government, Following Example
Of Europe, Adopts Plan as
Conservation Measure.
LOSE ONE HOURS SLEEP

by Associated P-c.e.l
Last night you lost an hours sleep,
probably without knowing il;
While YOU slept clocks all over the
city were moved forward ono hour
in conformity with tho daylight saving
law recently enacted 10y Congress-
However all will be compcnsa ted for
that precious sixty minutes OF content
mcnt noNt October. when all timepicccs
will bc moved back m hour
Emulating plan that has proved
uniformly successful in Great Britain
and Continental Europe. tho govern
mcnt decided 10 adopt daylight saving
az war conservation measure. One
los, hour last night has gained millions
of daylight hours that will be of in
estimablc value In speeding up the war
Training Of troops will be expedited.
Men working in war plants all this
summer will complete an hours work
before the sun gets high in tho sky.
and Will finish their days work in time
TO have more daylight for recreation
OF home gardening. II is expected that
risk OF accident in industrial cstab-
lishmcnts will be reduced considerably
because there will he one more light
hour instead of a dim one at the end
OF the day. Traffic and transportation
will DC helped because tho late day
crush VIII come in ,ul! daylight instead
OF gathering twilight.
y general Improvement in health and
social welfare OF workers is forecast
Also, it is claimed the last hour OF
sleep will be soundcr and more bcnc-
fetal because the sleeper will net be
exposed 10 the glare OF morning sun
light.
Proponents OF the daylight-savin5
plan believe the extra hour we'll may
be devoted 70 home gardening. thus
relieving the national demand
Professor T. y. Carver OF Harvard
told Congress committees that IAN
hours work day in a garden will
produce an amazing amount OF food"
PROFESSOR PREDICTS
GREAT FOOD SHORTAGE
Unless something unforeseen hap
pens" he said. the world is going to
experience the greatest food shortage
in tho next year that il has .[nowm
since the Napo!eonic wars. The
chances are that there will he many
hungry people III our cities. not be-
cause there is not enough work for
them 20 do, not because money wages
VIII not be high. but because food will
be hard 10 get n any price. Anything
which Will enable working men 10 pro
ducc part OF their own food is there
fore, or utmost Importance"
One of the most direct benefits from
daylight saving will he the great con-
servation of i!um!nants. II is impos-
sible TO compute with any degree O.,
accuracy the amount OF electricity, gas
and oil to be conserved The amount
saved by gas or electric Illuminating
plants will serve materially TO help
avert recurrence OF last winters Goa!
shortage.
Foreign countries which put the pla n
into effect found that net only great
amounts Of Goa! we're saved, but that
the practice OF rising early gave con-
siderable stimulus TO workers in the
war industries. England. France and
Germany are well satisfied with the ex-
pertinent.
II was pointed out. while the day
!ish;-saving bill was being debated in
Congress. that the plan would cause
absolutely no disorSamiZation or dis
location OF normal living conditions
SO far rs actual operation is concerned
1t may he forgotten until the day comes
in October TO revcr; the clocks TO sun"
time.
The householder who has been in the
habit OF rising :t s o'clock will &c,
up At his usual CLOCK" time, Will trans
&c; his daily business on his usual
schedule. and will retire at his usual
CLOCK" hour. However. in all these
movements he viii be an hour ahead Of
the sun
The four time zones of the country
Ea stern Central. Mountain and Pacific
are retained, hut the clocks set on
hour ahead of standard sun time II
was thought that some confusion might
have attended tho time changes on the
railroads. because Of the thousands Of
trains in operation. when the clocks
are moved forward tonight However
arrangements were made to avoid in
tcvrupt!oa or risk Of accident