The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-15
FARMERS CONSIDER
THE time CHANGES
Like to Buy Goods Late
in the Day Rather
Than Morning
LIKE THE OLD TIME

A good many farmers are not in
favor of keeping the clocks an hour
ahead of the old standard time,
which was already ahead of sun
time. They are discussing it in their
homes and in their meetings, and
as rule they do not think it has
any advantages for them, and they
find a good many grounds for OBJ
lection.
All last summer the farmers were
saying they worked from daylight
till dark anyway, and it did not mat
ter to them what the clocks said un-
less they had to meet train or get
to store before closing time, and
that was source of frequent an
noyance. Merchants were told when
to open and when to close, what to
sell and how small quantity, and a
farmer who preferred to get out
he had put in long day, liked to
get in his car and take an evening
run to town or to some store and
buy goods at the close. of day, make
arrangements perhaps for some extra
help, and return at bedtime.
There is more objection to the
daylight saving time schedule this
spring than there was year ago.
The war has been won, the coal
famine broken, the gasoline supply
is holding out, the labor question Is
still keen, and with a big expense
bill to meet and shortage of help,
it is not pleasing to the country peo-
pie to have to break into their pro-
gram of the day to go to town while
the sun is high. These are some OF
the things the farmers are saying,
and they mean it.
Merchants are divided on the sub
ject. When they get up In the
morning they want to open business
and get to work, but they do not
like to keep open more than ten or
eleven hours. Some would divide
the shifts, having part of the force
on hand early and others come later
and keep open longer at the end of
the day, but in some lines this does
not work out WE'LL It seems the
wrong plan to have some places
open till 6 o'clock and some till Z
or 8. The man who wants to get
into a store may also want to get
into blacksmith shop for a print
ing office or law office, and 1t
raises the question, What time is
this town open for business any
how?"
People who work in the stores
have been taking some Of their long
evenings to clean up the yards,
streets and alleys about their places
and to do little road work adjoin-
ing their homes, picking up stones
and rubbish, and now comes petit
tion to close all places Of business
for one day to clean up the town.
Most people are signing the petition
because they are asked to, and be-
cause it Is always commendable to
clean up, but at the same time, the
Industrious folks, who have already
cleaned up their part Of the town,
have some doubts about the wisdom
of closing their stores and doing the
other fellows work or waiting in
idleness while the others do their
belated cleaning. And this does not
include what they think about the
lack Of service for customers who
would like to come to town that day.
The whole subject is open for dis
cussion. In the words Of the sports
man it is open season for clocks and
clean-ups.
There is sweet old verse that
comes to mind now, that needs a
little changing to voice the senti-
ments of the occasion. -
Backward, turn backward,
Oh, time in your fight.
Make me child again,
Just for tonight.
Another Version
Backward, turn backward,
The clock on the shelf.
Run on the olden time,