The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-28
DAYLIGHT SAVING 2
Law ISAPPR0VED
PLAN TO SET CLOCKS AHEAD
ONE HOUR FOR SEVEN
MONTHS.
DETAILS OF The new PLAN
NEW TIME BEGINS SUNDAY,
MARCH 81, ENDS SUNDAY,
/. OCTOBER II.

Washington, March 27,-Americans
are to have one hour more of daylight
in which to work and play every day
during the warmer half of the year.
Under the terms of the daylight saw
ing bill, passed by congress late yes
terday, all clocks and watches in the
United States will be set forward one
hour to 2 a. M, on Sunday, March 81,
next. The new times will prevail
until 2 a. NJ, Sunday, Oct. q, when
chronometers will be set back one
hour, thus restoring the present or
astronomical time.
AS a result Of the change Americans
will rise and go about their occupa-
tons an hour earlier than has been
their custom. They will finish their
work an hour earlier and have an ad-
ditional hour of daylight for recrea-
ton.
The change of time will be made
every year under the provisions of the
act of congress.
Advocates of the plan which has
been adopted by 10 other countries,
say that lighting bills will he reduced
and that millions of tons of coal will
be saved. President Wilson Endorsed
the legislation as a conservation
measure made vitality necessary by
the demands of war economy.
The house of representatives passed
the senate bill by a vote of 252 to 40,
little opposition to the measure being
manifested. The senate, which passed
the bill June ~ last, provided that
the change in time should be made an
April % and Sept 20. The anly amend
ment by the house was that fixing
the days of change at March 81 and
Oct. ~, in order that the beneficial
effect might apply to longer period.
Senator Calder of New York will
ask the senate to agree to the house
amendment and the indications are
that this will be done and the bill sent
to the president at once for approval.
Details of Measure.
The bill provides for the division of
the country into five time zones, as at
present. The bill further provides:
"That within the respective zones
the standard time of the zone shall
govern the movement of all common
carries engaged in commerce between
the several states or between a state
and any of the territories of the
United States, or between a state or
the territory of Alaska and any of the
insular possessions of the United
States or any foreign country.
"In all statutes, orders, rules and
regulations of any act by any officer
or departent of the United States,
whether in the legislative, executive OF
judicial branches of the government,
or relating to the time within which
any right shall accrue or determine
OF within which any act shall or shall
not be performed by any person sub
ject to the jurisdiction of the United
States, it shall be understood and
intended that the time shall be the
United States standard time of the
zone within which the act is to be per-
formed.
The daylight saving bill was repeat
eddy INSTRUCTED in the house and final
ly Representative Pat Harrison of
Mississippi presented rule for it's
consideration unanimously reported
by the rules committee. 1t was
adopted in 20 minutes.
''It will work to the advantage of
the laboring people Of the country in
advancing the clock one hour" Mr..
Harrison argued, "and will give them
that much more time to spend with
their families at home in the after
noon"
Down in my country" said Repre-
sentative L. P. Padgett of Tennessee,
"a farmer gets up an hour before
sunrise and does not quit work until
an hour after dark. Would he have
to get up and go to work two hours
before sunrise 2"
Garden Commission Strong for
Measure.
Washington, March 27.-Adoption
of the daylight saving bin is palticu-
larry urged by the national war garden
commission for it's value to war gard
eners. The commission estimates the
number of war gardeners at 100000
and adds:
I'm seven months of 26 days each
there will be an addition of 546,O00,-
900 hours to the working time of city,
town and village gardeners.
"This is equivalent to 68,250, 900
days of eight hours each, or 1926