The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-09
DAYLIGHT SAVING !
: Up FOR DECISION
BY BOARD TONIGHT
Battle Royal Expected At Public
Hearing-Fern For, HoIIintd1 4
Against Proposition ' -
MOST OF SUPERVISORS
- IN FAVOR OF CHANGE
Governor Hears From Lane On
Subject But He's lust As Much
In the Dark As He Was Before

The question Of whether or not Ho-
nolulu shall adopt the Daylight Saving
schedule and move the hands Of its
clocks ahead an hour will probably be
determined hv the sense of public
hearing on the subject which will be
irhld at the meeting of the board of
supervisors tonight, according to state
meHts made Yesterday by members Of
the city government.
The session Of the board promises to
be one Of the wnrmest and most ex-
citing held since the famous Battle of
Hole Sixteen, for the proponents and
opponents of the change are lined up
in battle array, both sides determined
to fight to the last word in the die.
tionary.
The pros will be captained by
Mayor Fern, while the opponents of the
change will he headed by Supervisor
Ben Hollinger. HolInger's main con
tention, it is believed, will he that
| the animals in his 700 are opposed to
getting up any earlier than they do
now. In addition to that, Hollinger
says he cant see that anything is to
be gained by the change. He makes
the further point that Honolulu is ex-
| cluded from the provisions of the Day
| light Saving Act on that very ground.
In this contention, however, he is mis-
taken. Hawaii is not excluded from
the provisions of the Act; the Terri
tory simply was not included, the legis-
lation enacted being intended to cover
only the mainland. Hawaii Is left to
do as it wishes.
Governor Still In Dark
The failure of the Governor to do
anything except send cablegrams to
Secretary Lane asking him questions
| the answer to which was obvious in
the wording of the congressional act,
is what has brought about the public
hearing scheduled for tonight. "Since
| the Governor has failed to take the lead
in the matter said Supervisor Holm
ger yesterday, ~ am sure that many
people are looking to the city to take
some action to relieve the present state
hof uncertainty"
The Governor did receive n reply
yesterday to the second of his Day
light Saving cables to Secretary Lane,
but 1t didn't help him noticeably. Sec
rotary Lane merely told him, in effect,
to, figure the matter out tor himself, so
there is no expectation of definite ac
tion from that quarter. The Governor
saya however, that he may have a
statement to make on the subject some
time soon.
There seems to be in many quarters
misunderstanding a. to the working
Of the Daylight Saving scheme. Many
people seem to think that it involves
some radical change that will get them
all tangled up with the clock so that
they really won I know what time it is,
or ought to be. Others have run away
with the notion that it is scheme to
make them get up an hour earlier and
work an hour more a day.
What the Scheme Means
The fact is, though, that all that
would be done would be for everybody
to set the hands of his clock ahead one
hour. That would mean that, according
to the clock, he, would get up at the
same time he does now, eat his meals,
ito his work and go to bed at the same
time, by the clock. But he would have
nIore daylight to do it in. would burn
less electricity and would therefore
save something each month on his cleo
trio light bill In addition to that,
ptOpiS 1hdNO bhS pressure VI Sub-
ing their dinners by daylight instead
of by artificial light, and would have
more daylight time at home to play
with the baby or hoe the young onions
in the garden.
1t is understood that most Of the
supervisors will favor the change as 4
means Of conservation. Mayor Fern
scouts the argument which WINS raised
by Supervisor HOllinger and holds that
the advantages of the move are as
manifest here as, they are on the main
land. If the whole city retires one
hour earlier as a result of the change,
he argues, there is that tremendous
saving in electricity.
Mayor Fern will frame no resolution
in advance of the meeting because he
expects that the result of the discussion
tonight will be the introduction of
resolution which will embody the most
fully represented line of argument,
W. 8. 8.
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