Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-04
GAIN MILLIONS OF
. DAYLIGHT HOURS
War Operations Will Benefit
Vastly BY Setting Coun.
try's Clocks Ahead.

Warrington, March 31.-Saturday night
you lost an hours sleep, probably with
out knowing II.
while you slept clocks all over the city
were moved forward one hour in con-
lormity with the daylight saving law re-
Gently enacted by Congress. However.
an VIII be compensated for that precious
w minutes of contentmept next October
when all timepieces will be moved back
an hour.
Emulating plan that has proved uni
Iormiy successful In Great Britain and
continental Europe. the government d.
cloed 10 adopt daylight saving as a war
conservation measure One lost hour last
night, has gained millions of dav,,ght
hours that will be of inestimable value
In speeding up the war.
framing OF troops will DO expedited
Men working IN war plants all this sum !.
mer Will complete an hours work before
the sun sets high in tho sky, and will
Hnish their days work in time TO have
more daylight for recreation or home
gardening. 1t Is expected that risk NJ
accident In industrial establishments viii,
be reduced considerably because there will
De one more light hour instead of n dim
one at the end Of tho day. Traffic and
transportation will be helped because the
iate DAY crush will come In full dav.
hght instead Of gathering twilight.
general improvement in health and
oociai welfare OF workers Is forecast.
Also Is claimed the last hour of sleep
VIII oe sounder and more beneficial be-
cause the sleeper will not be- exrosea -
the glare Of morning sunlight.
Proponents of the daylight saving n,an
believe the extra hour we'll NAV he
devoted to home gardening, thus reliev.
ing the national demand.
Fro1. L. NJ Carver Of Harvard told
congress committees that IAN hours
work day In a garden will produce an
amazing amount of food.
Unless something unforeseen hapnens "
ne said, the world is going to experience
the greatest food shortage in the next
year that 1t has known since the Name
leonic wars. The chances are that there
Will be many hungry people in our cities.
not because there is not enough work 70
do' not because money wages will not be
nigh, but because food will be hard to
get at any price. Anything which en-.
able working men to produce a part of
their own food is therefore of the most
Importance.
One OF the most direct benefits from
daylight saving will be the great conserva-
ion OF iliuminants It is impossible to
compute with any degree Of 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 a recurrence of
last winters coal shortage.
Foreign countries which put the plan
into that not only great amounts Of coal
were saved. but that the practice of ris-
ing early gave considerable stimulus to
the workers in the war industries, Eng
land, France and Germany are we'll salts
ned with the experiment.
1t was pointed out while the daylight
saving bill was being debated in Con-
gress that the plan would cause absolutely
no disorganixation or dislocation of nor
NAL living conditions So far as actual
operation Is concerned. 1t may be for
gotten until the day comes in October to
revert the clocks to 'sun'' time.
The householder who has been In the
habit Of rising at eight o'clock will get
up at his usual o'clock" time, will trans
act his daily business on his usual sched-
ule, and will retire at his usual o'clock"
hour. However, In all these movements
he will be an hour ahead of the sun.
The four time zones of the country
eastern, central mountain and Pacific
are retained but the clocks set an hour
ahead of standard sun time. 1t was
thought that some confusion might have
attended the time changes on the rail-
roads, because Of the thousands Of trains
in operation when the clocks were moved
forward last night. However, arrange
ments were made to avoid interruption or
risk of accident.