Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-20
THE DAYLIGHT BILL.

The daylight saving bill Is a ques-
ton that the average persons must
be enlightened upon. Few Of US at
first blush can tell just What the
measure expects 20 accomplish. More
than a century ago, Benjamin Frank
lin urged daylight saving by adding
another hour Of daylight to the work
hours during the summer, thus Civ
ing N laborers. office men, profcs-
sional men and others more time for
garden work, exercise or recreation
in the light Of the sun"
Most Of the European countries
adopted the daylight saving scheme "a
number Of years ago. Some Of them
put II into force after the war was
well started. In Europe and America
the saving moment has been urged
strongly as a war measure rather
than merely a method Of providing
an hour more each day for ones re
creation or pleasure
The Senate bill last
yeaA but Il has fssed in the
House and certain .,.rdments have
been accepted by ne Senate. 1t is
presumed that the President will APP
prove II.
The net reult win be that peo-
pie who get up at 6 o'clock must rise
an hour earlier and quit work earlier
in IN eafternOon, in such lines Of bus
mess as are affected by the law. The
new time schedule will affect the run
ming Of trains while they are opcr-
ated by the government All govern
ment employment will run on the
new time and great confusion VIII
result IL two time schedules are en-
ployed. The theory is that the Amer
lean people will use the extra hour
for war work. More gardens will be
cultivated because there will be
another hour Of daylight after the
regular days work is completed.
Factories which found IL necessary 20
uae artificial light during the latter
part Of the afternoon Of previous
summers will not have to use arti-
fetal lirht-thus savisg millions Of
tons Of coal and reducing the light
bills
II might be well for the American
people, however, C appreciate the
tact that the mere passing Of a day
light saving bill will not win the war
ny a long way. Il is but "a small aid
at the best The big war task is the
task Of producing ships, training sold
crs, building airplahcs, training air
plane pilots, constructing guns, trans
porting food and munitions, enlarg
ing the army, and pouring shot and
shell into the German ranks at such
n rate and with such wisdom and
strategy as 20 level the German
armies. Clocks will not win the war
--or anything that NE can do to
clocks. The war is 20 be won by
fighting and working and sweating
and sacrificing-and the sooner we
wake up TO that realization the soon |
er we shall get the Hun on the run
The new law will not make much /
difference with the farmers and pco-
pie generally who do their own work |
The farmers day begins at daylight |
and runs till dark. Many Of them /.
get up for breakfast by o'clock |
and are In the field al work by early /
dawn. They work as long as they
can see and then eat supper after
dark. Brought down TO It's last an
aIysis we do not see much To be /
gained by the new law. The home
work can be done before breakfast as
well a. after work hours and done |
better. because the average working /
man feels more like work early in |
the day than at the end Of days |
work. Another objection is that il
puts added hardships on the women |
Who prepare the meals, requiring |
them 10 get up earlier Factory fires
must be started earlier and the run
ain be the same. These matters.
however. have all been considered
.nd the bin has passed. There Is
nothing 10 do but accept Il as another
u TIE numsfous war measures"