Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-25
CITY is LINING UP
SOLIDLY IN FAVOR
OF DAYLIGHT LAW
Boroughs Join With Harrisburg to Gel
Hour of Sunshine For Next Summer;
Many Cities Are Lining Up
TELEGRAPH IS PRINTING
PETITIONS FOR WORKMEN

turn its clocks ahead an hour next
summer and save daylight despite
the protests of farmers who were
successful in having Congress re-
peal the popular measure, to-day
was reported as having gained more
supporters in less time than any
other civic enterprise has attained
in recent years. Reading, also, has
joined the ranks of the progressive
cities.
Virtually the only opposition
recorded to-day was from men and
mittedly oppose the measure be-
cause it interferes with time-hon-
ored custom. OF the numerous
letters received in the Telegraph Of
fee only two opposed the idea. One
writer criticised daylight saving as
benefiting baseball fans whom he
termed cheap sports" The second
critic was a NATION who flayed
young women for preparing the
chaff of the modern meal" saying
that with daylight saving she hardly
had time Ito cook an old-fashioned
breakfast
Want Petition
The majority of the letters, how
ever, were requests for petitions to
circulate in shops, factories and
places of business. The writer's
strongly endorsed the idea to have
the clock turned.
Whatever opposition had devel-
oped among businessmen practically
was wiped out to-day with dispatches
from New York, saying that the New
York stock exchange will observe
the new hours when the board of al
derman pass the New York reSolu-
ton. 1t was suggested. however,
that the number of months be re-
duced from seven to five so that
dark mornings will be avoided. In
der this provision the clock would
be turned forward the last Sunday
in April and turned back the last
Sunday in September.
c. of c. Members Pleased
With the stock exchanges and
banks of New York observing the
new hours it means that business in
other cities might be seriously dis
rupted if the smaller municipalities
did not follow. This view has been
taken by the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce which Saturday PASSED
resolutions calling on the Pitts
burgh council and all Pennsylvania
cities to take action.
Prominent members of the Har-
risburg Chamber of Commerce were
pleased with the announcement that
Pittsburgh's business had taken the
lead. They added that the decision
OF the New York stock exchange
also will have a far-reaching effect
The movement now seems certain
to reach to all the more important
ana progressive cities in the east and
middle west.
No Inconvenience to Result
Even If Harrisburg and New
York stood alone" said one prom
lheht businessman, no inconveni-
ence would result to local business
houses. Persons going away only
need remember that trains were
leaving an hour earlier than the
schedule. This condition habitually
occurs in Pittsburgh where there are
Two sun times and no one ever is
confusesd. Banks. business houses
and industries and trolley companies
all combining there is no possibility
of confusion"
The Telegraph to-day is printing
petitions addressed to City Council
SAt lllGIn 10 continue the
popular movement. The petitions
also call upon the Chamber of
commerce, the Rotary Club and the
hiwanis Club to get behind the
movement. These petitions will be
ready in a day or so and will he
circulated at the shops, stores, fac
tories and foundries.
The Petition
The text of the petition follows:
We, the undersigned, do hereby
heartily endorse the Harrisburg
Telegraph's movement for tho CON
tinuation of the daylight-savine-
tenn In Harrisburg, and we earnest
~ petition the members of C.tv
Council and the Mayor to take such
action as will give us next year the
extra hour of daylight which we
have so much enjoyed the past two
years and which has been such a
boon to people in general, giving us
time for healthful recreation and
amusement which we cannot have
in any other way. Also, we peti-
ton the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce, the Rota Club of Har-
risburg and the Kiwan:s Club TO get
behind the movement started bv the
Daylight Saving Association in New
York, and to the o~6 that Harris
burg, the capital of Pennsylvania
may be leader in the campaign for
the continuation of the extra hour