Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-02-27
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Audubon Republican,

man. IT reaches the people in ev.
cry walk of life. 1t is failure from
practic ally every point of view and to
every class of people.
1t is eratfying to note that in the
ballot recently taken by the Iowa
Homestead the derisicn was Amos,
unanimous in favor OF restoring the
old time system the coming season
Wherever the sur'ect receives atten.
ton the ninety and nine are united in
standing fer or rcod old time plan
urdor which the whole world ha.
-ro~rosse1 to degree almost be.
yond comprehension.
The admirers of tho daylight saw
ing i'll ssid It would carse the whole
CONT TO tNem with wnr gardens
we cot the war "ar'ens al right. hut
this Nili he's No credit whichever to
ITSELF for their success. In fact ii
really worked against the garden
idea for the simrle reason that any
crdncrv human icing would rath-
e. work in the pardon in the cool of
tho morninr tNan during the hot
hours mar the close OF summer
day.
The daylight saving plan said to
tne lHTUieT. III Ptt OUT III tUe iltiu
two horrs he'ore The dew is off. I'M
hitch at 10:3O-old time-then he
ready TO return to the field again in
the hottest part of the day, work till
the afternoon is well sDent. then I'M
hit-h and 90 home for you are sup
posed to re in he'd soon af.er sun
down" It sold to the professional
or business man. "You hurry down to
the ori"e or store this cool morning,
st"y there till a little beyond the
middle OF the afternoon. then you
come stroight home and spend the
hot June evening in the parden."
what was the result? The Des
Moines C,n'tal made an investiga-
t'cn while this system was in force
lest summer and stated that at FIVE
o'r'ock-old time-the street cars
wore not crowded But at six
o'clock--o'd time the congestion
was as great IS ever. showing con-
clus'vely that the extra hour was
spent down town somewhere and not
IN the war garden. So far as the
farmer was concerned he was a heavy
loser for not very many farmers got
to the field on new time, yet on the
other hand they must turn out by it
or Ne late to every afternoon or even
ing gathering Atl classes Of neople
must 20 W the same standard Of
time or the result will re confusion
and DISCRIMINATION. The brain of
man never hatched out a ranker
theo-y than the new time law.
Then there Is the question of
school and that alone is enough to
defeat the time system of last sum-
mer. Toward the latter part Of the
season the children had to he routed
ort OF bed hefore daylight and
started on their wav to school short
" after sunrise. This OF course. has
reference to all pupils living some
distance from school. Then they
are dismissed just a little past the
middle OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
time. And while they have consid-
cradle time to chore of an evening.
they have no time at, all to help dur
ing the morning when they are most
needed I fai' to see where anything
is paiped while the Inconvenience
and loss is evident to anyone.
The farmer ia the loser from ev-
season. Tn June when the cultivat-
from dew and disagreeaN'e to pillow
early in the morning. The grass is
damn and cannot be mown during
the early hours. The hay cannot
he raked and stacked till dried by
the sun. The grain is dew covered
and cannot be hound till the sun
dries II of. When threshing time
comes you cannot stack the grain till
the shocks are dry. Or if threshing
out OF the shock. fifteen men get to
wait while the daylight saving hour
passes away and the dew is gone. No
wonder the farmers are unanimous
against a system which has been the
cause OF their losing SO much valu-
able time. But someone says for
the farmer to begin a little later and
then work later in the day. That
plan won't work. II you want to at
tend the picture show. the chautau-
qua. the evening service or any other
Of the varIoO entertainments held
either IN the town or country, you
have got to quit on new time or you
will Re late. The point Is this
Poth town and country must have
the same standard OF time. During
the past season children were late to
school. people missed trains. the pub
lie was tardy at various entertain
ments and less punctualitv WAS
shown along every line OF endeavor
p than ever before. All because ev-
ervth'ng was shifted out OF balance
so far as time was concerned. It
was the biggest freak that was ever
attemrted and the peonle did not ad-
Just themselves to II or never will.
AS war measure the people worried
Il ont. hut this year there Is posi-
lively no call for experiments of that
kind It's unpopularity grew with
It's age and there was general re-
joicing when the clock hands were
again set at normal.
Daylight saving bill! Shades of
Ananias! During the latter part of
the season n you went by new time
you were compelled to use artificial
lieht during the morning hours and
then Quit OF an evening while the
Creators light was still shining in all
his glory everywhere and for all The
actual working OF this plan resulted
in loss Of time. money and pleasure.
The little saving-if any at all-that
was made on gas. kerosene and cleo
tricity was far more than lost nv the
general DISCRIMINATION and incon-
venience between the different class
es OF neople caused by changing the
time plan.
A hill is now before coperess to re-
peal the daylight law. The prayers
OF millions OF loval Americans are
constantly ascending that the repeal
hill may he victorious and that the
DAYLIGHT law NAV Re sunk into utter
oblivion clear bevond any possibility
OF n future resurrection.
I am inst fairly started on this