The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-04
Tampa People Are
Getting Up Before
Day To Keep Up
With New Time

Tampa is having its troubles witt
the time. Unlike Lakeland, which
moved all clocks up to the new gov.
eminent time Immediately, that city
operated on the old time as far as
stores, offices, ETC., were concerned
and finally the City Council rose UT
in its might and declared that tive
times was an abomination and there.
fore overnight the clocks were ali
moved forward. However, NO ar.
rangements were made looking to the
proper adjustment of opening and
closing schools, stores, ETC., and thus
far Tampa is opening and closing on
the new time, instead of advancing
the time of an hour as was done in
this ciey. Of the troubles the peo-
Of that fair city are having getting
up before day and getting the days
work over soon after noon, last
nights Tampa Times says:
1T is working hardship on the
women all over the CITY," declared
Glenn Henderson, a member of the
Tampa Merchants Association today,
in reference to the advance IL the
clocks without the hours of opening
the stores and industries being
changed. Merchants, factories and
business houses of every kind ought
to get together and change their OPP
ening hours so that working people
can have their breakfast at reason
able time before going to work.
"As it is now, the women have to
get up at $50 o'clock so that break
fast may be prepared, lunches fixed.
and the men who must be at work by
Z or 1880 o'clock can go in order to
be on time. And what is $50 o'clock
on the new time Is the same as 3
o'clock in the morning two years ago
Then in the afternoon the men are
off long before dark, and have under
the present arrangement more time
then they know what to do with
1T was all right like 1t was last
summer when Tampa was in central
time, and the daylight saving law
meant but one hours advance in the
clocks. But now with eastern time
that makes the working day too early
The only solution | can see is for
the stores, factories, shipyards, Tam
pa Electric Co. and other large en-
ployers of labor to get together and
make their working hours what they
were formerly by the sun, but one
hour later by the clock.
"The banks have done that already
/ understand opening at 10 o'clock
instead of O'clock. It Is the sensi-
BILE thing to do-and / hope some Of
the shipyard men will start petit
ton asking the Oscar Daniels Co. to
make its hours from $3.50 to 5 O'Clock
instead of from 1880 to 4 o'clock. II
the shipyards and stores will change,
other lines will follow suit and Tam
pa will not only have one time stand
ard--which is right-but reasonable
hours for going to work.
'The school hours are too far
ahead, also. Where school Is taking
up now at S:45 o'clock, ~ corresponds
to schools taking up two years age
at 6:45 o'clock, or last year at 7:45
o'clock. Mothers are having to get
their children up out of bed, dress
them in the dark, get breakfast and
send them off to school much toe
early. And they are home by what
used to be / o'clock with the whole
afternoon before them.
Mr.. Henderson also expressed the
belief that Rev. Billy Sunday ought
to set back his services, while in the
city, starting at might at $3.50 o'clock
instead of 1880 o'clock Next Sun
day, he has announced that he will
speak to women at the tent at 1880
o'clock That amounts to 1850
o'clock according to old standards
here-it is going to be mighty hard
for people to get up Sunday morning,
have breakfast and dinner and get
ready for a meeting that early"
w. W. Trice. secretary of the Tam
pa Clearing House Association an