The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-04-10
EXTRA HOUR WORTH MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS TO HELP PRODUC-
TON.

T.FEESENtttNTE1eA
Washington, =. q, April 1O.-Last
week you lost anShour''s sleep probab-
II without knowing it.
While you slept clocks all over the
city were moved forward one hour in.
conformity with the Daylight Saving
law recently rassed by Congress.
However, all will be compensated for
that precious sixty minutes Of content
ment next October when all time
pieces will be moved back an hour.
Emulating a plan that has proven
uniformly successful in Great Britain
and continently Europe, the govern
emnt decided to adopt daylight saving
az 9 war conservation measure. One
lost hour last night, has gained mil
lions Of daylight. hours that will be of
inestimable value inspecting up the
wal. s
Men working inswar plants all this
summer will complete an hours work
before the sun gets high in the day,
and will finish their days work in
time to have more daylight for recre-
alton or home gardening. It is ex-
pected that risk Of accident in indus
trial establishments will be reduced
considerably because there will be one
more light hour instead of a dim one
st the end Of the day. Tarfic and
transportation will be helped because
the late day crush will come in full
day light instead Of gathering twi-
light.
A general improvement in health
and social welfare Of workers is fore
cast. Also, it is claimed the last hour
Of sleep will be sounder and more ben
eficial because the sleeper will not be
exposed, to the glare of the morning
sunlight.
Proponents of the daylight saving
plan believe the extra hour well may
he devoted to home gardening, thus
relieving the national demand. Pro-
fessor T. N. Carver, of Harvard, told
congress committees that ian hours
work a day in q garden will produce
AN amazing amount Of food"
UNLESS something unforeseen hap
rens", he said, "the world is going to
experience the greatest food shortage
in the next year that it has known
since the Napoloenic wars. The
chances are that there will be many
hungry people in our cities, not be-
cause there is not enough work for
them to do, but because food will be
hard to get at any price. Anything
which will enable working men to pro-
duce a part of their own food is,
therefore, Of the most Importance"
Will Save Lighting.
One of the most direct benefits from
daylight saving. will be the great
conservation Of illuminants. It is
impossible to compute with any de-
gree of accuracy the amount Of cleo
tricity, gas and oil to be conserved.
The amount saved by gas or electric
Illuminating plants will serve mater
tally to help avert a %recurrance Of last
winters coal shortage.
Foreign countries which put the
plan into effect found that not only
great amounts Of coal were saved, but
that the practice Of rising early gave
considerable stimulus to workers in
the war industries. England, France
and Germany r all satisfied with the
experiment.
It was pointed out that while the
daylight saving was being debated in
congress that the plan would cause
absolutely no Reorganization or dis
location Of normal living conditions.
So far as actual operation is concern
ed, it may be forgotten until the day
comes in October to revert the clocks
to the "sun" time.
The householder who has been in
the habit of rising at eight o'clock
will get up at his usual "cloc1 time,
will transact his daily business GIL his
usual schedule, 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 Pa