The Republican journal., 1918-07-25
lat Daylight Saving
Has Accomplished.

,.q..s Jsy the personal habits of
1Yt .c 'e were radically changed
2 pass Z If the dayliaht-saving
.8 5ange has greatly bene-
he health, promoted gar
~ ao uprecedented scale. and
la,= great quantities of fuel
ID It, .sr Of less artificial light.
holders a,e been among those who
n.nt1 he most marked reduction
t01h..>
.uo- aunty seat in which are 1911
Installed in homes and small
Gr ,5e, figures which probably
.5sea DIS typical of thousands of
csu ommInities. In April, 1917,
trent Used was %, COO XIV. -hr., and
i 1914. 2 g42, XIV. -hr., making
1T ..6o4 NV. hr. The conSump-
d MAJ aSt year and this year was
sv -lr and 1894 XIV. -hr., re-
.ay alng a slightly larger de-
tla. fo- April, while in June, pre-
r. -..1 Les showed, the saving in
e ra1J would be very much
r H The slant supplying this town,
.a.'.. ; IL lbs. of Illinois coal
ametlr making / XIV, -hr. of cleo
G,unalng the average monthly
o. f.e immunity at 1900 kw.-
ss1 hour of daylight for seven
S I'll -el5cally will effect saving
re . y tons of coal. If, as
5t0g her probable, thousands of
have made similar
the ural saving is enormous.
Ut M buildings the saving has
saa b. small during the period
mad me because practically all
sg -.g-y before the hour of dark
T'a tn the other hand, clubs,
SIR experienced saving in
"a. .- 5stimated at four or five
o. 10 ue nationally known hotel
.F &c Of current used during
s,7 T4- 3, 45l XIV. hr. as compar-
l3at7 F.-hr. in April, 1918, while
bis a,--s2es for May of last year
be H-'e 3, $50 XIV. -hr. and 1920
-->pr Fely. AS in other plants
.5-sr var times, a considerable
t.f sd. ing is not due to the change
atua- t to greater care in using
31t lr installation of smaller
sil Making allowance for these
s. the 7slly saving in this hotel on
A@ th- saange of time will aver
nue. S 40 INV. hr.. In the
'nnl psHod theoretically this
VII. save Il tons of coal, approx
tour pounds of fuel being required
1tae .N. Ar. of current.
g4e; eAeeullve of large group of
Unity ampanies which normally
eau uuolI3 year on extensions
lpoyHIn-nls, estimate that the new
Cheo1ls las caused three or four
1t reduction in the amount of light
lIn5rai supplied by his companies.
'ls would actually amount to in
Vi 9oai vas not stated. Early in
a'hg THIS public-utility expert ad-
10 Tie adoption of the new time
ae lor tn entire year, believing
4 would be public benefit. The
administration has also argued for
NenSlon If he plan to include the
, months But more recently the
.eleIffd Q has changed his atti-
a'claHng mat figures obtained from
ps.leefs show such discrepancies
N.Y. u uncertain as to what benefit, if
a0Ulo feS1It from a winter daylight
8 schedule
..ndns7 1T time has been a big fac
iaTTlealSng gardening in towns and
... thousands of factory employees
i ~, 'a' rsnters are able to raise pro-
a. ~ iae hrst time. The bathing
, ,a parks and other outdoor recrea-
r,u'tfs have had big increases in
h ' g. he Head of the Chicago
d ailment says that the present
ii, big decrease in disease in
IVY. oHd he attributes much of the
o ,1e'' 10 iaylight-saving.
Nv, 5yNseASu3 seems to be that as a
no 5ls measure, as we'll as from the
.Hia. Vi health, and increased food
h rSi'' -0f daylight-saving plan has
H. auecessful. Estimates given
\, "5 uei Administration state that
t n g,i' elect a saving in this coun-
IN 1yO' 00o to 800, 900 tons of coal.
lan. .' N, Ford, in August Popular