Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-09
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People in Harrisburg would mott
go back to the old hours in effect be-
fore daylight saving was legalized
for half of the year if they could
was the concensus of opinion OF
three representative men asked about
the agitation for a change and how
the folks here would think about it,
A fourth man said that he came
into contact with many farmers and
thought that the old system would
have many supporters. In the. last
month mon active in affairs gener-
ally or in certain lines have BEEN
asked their opinion regarding mat
ters very much in the public mind
so that they might be expressed in
this column, especially such ques-'
tions as what is going to happen
in Harrisburg when the country
goes dry" and "how do the people
OF this city take to the soda water
tax" The results have been inter-.
esting and varied. One man who
was queried summed up the daylight
saving proposition this way: "The
people of this city like the evenings,
Just look at people hurrying home
to finish up supper and get out and
enjoy the evenings while the sun
still shines and you will find them
all in favor of daylight saving,
especially in summer" The second
man said that the crowds about
baseball games in the evenings told
their own story, while the third
man, who is large employer, said
Men and women come to work
promptly and seem to enjoy the
fresh morning air. l notice that
they talk good bit about the even
rings and that often times they say
it is fine that the sunsets last so
long. l do not get the viewpoint
of the farmer. His work is reg
ulated by the sun and the opposition
to the system we have adopted for
summer time does not seem to be
strong about here" The fourth man
said that farmers told him that
daylight saving forced them to get
up earlier when they came to mar
ket because people in the cities went
to market earlier and that they did
not like the idea of working after
supper.
Speaking of the soda tax a woman
asked to sign a petition for repeal
of the law gave a clerk in a store
in the central part of the city some
things to carry to his employer.
Yes, I'll sign this and I also want
to know why it is that since the war
is over and restrictions are off sugar
nf 70 10 hnx 60
you war prices for everything. You
are charging as much as in the midst
of the war and there is no excuse
for it. Furthermore, ten cents is
Charged block away from here for
what you charge a nickle and in an
other store a pretzel that one would
have been ashamed to give along
with a soda in old days is now sold
for a cent"
This complaint about prices for ice
cream and soda and pretzels has
considerable basis. Men in the whole
sale end of the business say that
there is not the justification that
there was early in the war and
that to charge prices that are OBJ
tanned in many confectionaries for
candy and soda is not fair. The re-
tailers say that the manufacturers
are keeping up prices No one on
either side has much to say when
prices of sugar and other things are
referred to. One of these days the
various prices charged for the same
things in Harrisburg and the story
of the rise of the price of the pretzel
and the. slice of pie in Harrisburg is
going to be obtained and written in
plain unvarnished terms with some
&.y.af rI,xrN ht,xy
good sized pretzel for one cent on
Second street and be charged one
cent for pretzel half the size on
: Third street at one end of Capitol
park and be sold two of the same
size for a cent on Third street at the
other end. And the difference be-
tween what it costs to bake and serve
pie now and three years ago will like
wise be studied from original
sources. The ice cream cone, the
pretzel and the slice of pie are dear
to the heart of many Harris
burger.
Sufficient money to complete one
office building and enough to start a
second will be voted by the Legisa-
ture this year as the result of
series of conferences with Governor
William c. Sproul. The Governor,
who is anxious to consolidate the
State governmental activities in Har-
risburg, is also seeking to cut down
the rent roll which has assumed
alarming proportions because of the
necessity of leasing buildings in this
city to house departments crowded
out of the Capitol through the ex-
pansion of the highway and other
departments. 1t is likely that all OF
the educational branches will be
grouped in the new building which
is to replace the Harrisburg Board
of Trade where many historic con-
ventions and State political gather-
ings were held just as the Labor
and Industry Department has been
grouped under Dean c. b. Con-
nelley in the keystone building.
Not so many people are going
sailing in the Susquehanna now as
used to sail ten years ago, says
riverman. The canoe has caused the
sailboat to go into disuse and the
old fiat-bottomed boat is no longer
popular among Harrisburg boys.