The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-04

ment of new investments in equip
ment to carry the peka OF the load.
This postponement of new invest
mentS will occur at a time when IT
is of the highest public interest to
avoid all new financing of private
enterprise that is possible. The new
investment otherwise necessary may
again be illustrated through the sit
uation of the Commonwealth Edison
Company. In 1916 it had a general
iStT-Sapacity of $50, 900 kiloWatts, at
The eni-Sf 1917 it will have increas-
ed this to ~, 1000, and according to
present plans I91o 1t VIII nave
raised it to 500, 0,00C>
In the use of coal ~ domestic
purposes. daylight saving, ~ piac-
ticed during eight or more moRIns'
will cause real economies, although
the1e ale such great diversities in
vhis use that the saw ing of coal can
Not be estimated very accurately.
\ oe saving would occur during the
Hooler months when, in effect. a
eorning hour when relatively little
Eat is used in residences would be
abstituted for an evening hour
hen under present conditions the
Sc of artificial heat in residences is
its maximum. That the saving
ould be considerable is apparent
from the fact that, according to the
figures OF the Geological Survey for
&915, at least 60,000,000 tons OF BIZ
luminous coal will be used this year
pr heating residences.
Daylight saving will have its eff
nf G
Lgardilg coal. For example, it will
lake it easier to persuade small
Electric stations throughout the
ountry to decrease their ''all-night'
3ervice, and save coal proportionate-
It would create public sentl-
.ient which would insist upon need
Xess lighting by municipalities being
Eliminated and would lead each pri-
Fate user of electric light to reduce
he amount of light he uses to his
&ctual requirements, thus reducing
kxtravagance in electric energy. The
lblic point of view created by day
ght saving will make easier ad-
ustment of such questions as the
legitimacy under present conditions
If advertising by electric signs IL
Iumination of white ways" etc.
The Electrical World" for Octo-
her 20, 1917, refers editorially to
PSYCHOLOGICAL effects such as may be
expected from daylight saving. IF
every ounce of coal is needed to win
the war" it said, the ounces that
ere consumed in unnecessary white
ways, in needless private and public
lighting, could be saved. The stron-
gest argument against lighting that
is not absolute y vital to comfort
and safety, however. is the moral or
psychological one; people imagine
the waste is a thousand times more
than it is"
That the country is ready to re-
sspond and utilize the advantages of
Siaylight saving is evident. The State
esouncils of Defense in New England
Nave united in asking for daylight
6aying and other State Councils
have followed their example. Sor'H
legislatures, such as the legislatL-
Il Pennsylvania. have memoralized
ongress, asking for legislation.
ommercial organizations in all
Rrts Of the country have discussed
.lan and declared for it,. At a
=. ss-ss -fs.A
81dment managers in WasU gton
tInder<<ne auspices of the United
mates Shipping Board resolution
Eas passed unanimously urging
Adoption of the plan as material
aid in the shipbuilding program. In
the summer of 1917 there was gen.
eral discussion in at least a hun
dred representative committees of
the possibilities of daylight saving.
AL these circumstances combine to
give assurance that the country is
prepared to make daylight saving an
efficient means of conservation in
the use of coal.
Chamber of Commerce of
The United States.