Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05
ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
lends IN FAILURE
ABRUPT TERMINATION OF 65TH
CONGRESS eRMGs END TO
FARMERS HOPES THAT LAW
WOULD BE REPEALED.

With the passing into history Of
| he Goth congress and the defeat by
| lefault" of many bill, farmers Of La
| Sale county, as well as those of
| neighboring communities, lost their
| chance to obtain a repeal of the day
/ light saving bill, which goes into ef-
| feet March 80. An organized under
aking to kill the legislation which
proved 50 popular in cities and so un-
popular i'll the rural communities, was
well under way when the time limit
put fms on any aspirations the OPP
position may have drawn up,
In the plea for return to the Old
lock a prominent La Sale county
ruralite, residing near Ottawa, SAID
about the old law:
Farmers cannot pl0w corn early
in the morning if the corn Is little
nigh: we cannot thresh grain early
IN the morning; We cannot cut OF
stack hay early in the morning
Farmers can only make hay while
the sun shines while the city work
t is mainly under cover and the people
can work, rain or shine or dew
, am sure that per cent of the far
mers do not know that the daylight
saving bill has become law ant
if this proposition was put to vote
y IS per cent Of the farmers would no
: be in favor of the clock being Sc
n ahead one hour. Leave the hands o
he clock as they are,
+ Help Wants to Quit Early.
"The farmers day is from dayligh
until dark and the help insists OF
9 quitting at 6 o'clock, which mean
a loss of much valuable time anc
great damage to the crops. Heay,
dews prevent work in harvest tim'
from beginning early, making tn
Law short. as they insist upon quit
, ing at 6 o'clock in the evening.
: The farmer and his family enjo
an evenings entertainment as mucl
as the city man. but he cannot leay
the field. do the chores, eat suppe
and start to town before shutdown.
e 'If those who advocate the systel
could spend a season on the fart
(. and see the inconvenience and il
! Justice it is to the farmer, we b.
j lieve the daylight saving law woul
never be mentioned
4
The farmer is not able to delivt
= as much grain to the elevator wit
the new time schedule Many load
have been hauled back because tn
elevator closed on the new time.
The town machinist who goes OF
to work on the tractor has a seve
hour forenoon and three hour afte
noon, Some of the farmers neye
y changed their clock last summer an
as a result they were behind scheC
ule with the things in the city.
Labor's claim for the daylight sa'
Ing law is that fewer accidents o
cur to workers in factories,
, Why the Farmer is Opposed,
He works by the sun and not b
= he clock
One hour in the afternoon is wort
=, TWO in the morning,
= He cannot gain time by rising a
~, hour earlier, as time to start feel
-, work is gagged by the time the de
al dries off.
= In harvest the farmer must Wor
>, till 7 O'Clock or later to make up Il
the late start. but his help wants
= quit at 6 o'clock
+, Compes the farmer to eat dinnC
~ at II o'clock standard time, and Won
20 from - to l. which is the hottest pc
ta iod of the day.
40 Farm families cannot attend ente
tainments, as they begin befo'
,a chores can be done. Cannot after
* evening church services.
#. Works hardships on country store
as they must open early for city traC
ae and remain open for late COUNT
he trade.
al The farmers suggest that the eli
people go to work an hour earli
= without changing the clocks.