Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-25
'DATL|GHT SAVING 1
system must GO
The People Are ClamOring for
Gods Time Senator Cap
. per to Sponsor Bill to
!. Repeal the Law

The first bill Sen. Arthur CapPer
will introduce in the United States
senate will be one to repeal the So
called daylight saving law. The "Wil-
SON time" may be beneficial TO golf
fans, but in the great agricultural dis
tricts like Kansas the people are clam
oring for Goods" time.
A wagonful Of letters representing
approximately 250,OOO signatures has
been received by Senator Capper, not
only from Kansans, but from citizens
in other states, asking him to lead q
movement to have the daylight law re-
pealed at the netx session Of congress.
It II All 'BOsh"
Kansas farmers are complaining
that the hour gained in the morning
is not working to any advantage, and
that quitting in the afternoon with
the sun still high up in the heavens is
all "bosh."
The Wilson plan not only interferes
with their work, but with their re-
ligion, the farmers aver. It is too
early for them to do their chores on
Sundays before going to evening
church services, or to weekday pray
er meeting, and they do not propose
to do their religious services frst and
then 20 home, put on their working
clothes and disturb the stock.
Industry, too, is protesting against
the "new" time.
Canada Discards 1t
The big packing houses in Kansas
City have been forced to 60 back to
the "old" time. The daylight saving
law compelled many of their employees
to rise at 4 o'clock in the morning to
reach the plants in time to work, and
this made them less efficient.
The Kansas coal miners in the Pitts
burg district have had their demand
for the "old" time schedule granted.
Canada, which tried the so-called
daylight saving plan last year, has
turned it down this year by vote Of
los to 81 in the house of commons.
That the so-called daylight saving
law is loser for every farmer is the
declaration Of Jewell Mayes, secretary
of Missouri's state board of agricul-
ture. at feeds 100000 head of
Missouri livestock too early three
times a day." says Missouri's farmer
secretary. 'It overwOrks the women
and the men on the farm, and upsets
the permanent program of thousands
of years Of agricultural industry.
There is no excuse, no logic, and no
sound sense in forcing such a measS
ure on the farmers of the nation"
Mendon, ILL.,, prosperous town in
rich farming territory, has refused to
set its clocks ahead. Several Kansas
counties and many Kansas towns have
either gone back to the "old" time or
have declined to adopt the "new."
Want Good, Old, Summer Time
The ministerial association Of Co
manche county, Kas., has issued q
formal request for the repeal of the
daylight saving law.
And so it goes.
Senator Cappers pile Of petitions
asking for the laws repeal, which he
is TO take with him to Washington, is
assuming the proportions Of a hay
stack, and if the stock should become
q train load, all the better.
1--WE over on this side of the Big
Muddy will be grateful to you if you
get the good, old, summer time re-
stored" writes G. W. Allison, from
Rushville, Mo.
"The daylight saving law is Of no
benefit to anyone" writes Mrs. Jennie
Taylor, from Enterprise, Kan, "and
it is pulling little children out Of bed
far too early that we may get them