Newark post., 1919-08-20
ADVISES CHANGERS +
TO PROTEST DAYLIGHT
SAVING LAW
Master of National Grange
Urges Members to
United Action

OH account OF Lnc threatening
weather. the picnic scheduled to be
held by Pomona Grange at the Elk
perimental Farm was held in Wolf
Hall. The attendance was excep-
tiOnally good considering the con-
ditiOn Of the roads after the terri
fic storm Of the previous night.
Worthy Master Jacob Rosa Of Mil
ford who was to preside at the
AFTERNOON meeting was unable to be
present because Of the tie up on the
Delaware Road. William p. Maui
dain Of Hockessin, master of Po-
mona Grange, presided.
The principal address Of the
afternoon was made by Oliver Will
son Of Illinois, Master of the Ma
'tiOnal Grange. Addresses were
also made by Frank Baldwin Of
Hokessin and by Mr.. J. c. Williams
of Washington, Oh the advisability
Of holding War Risk Insurance.
Mr.. Wilson outlined briefly. the
farmers contribution to the winning
Of the war. He dwelt at some
length on the Inconvenience caused
the farmer by the Daylight Saving
law. The farmers, ne said, endured
this Inconvenience during the per-
iOd of the war, without rcmOnst-
rance, because it was urged that
the extra hour of daylight gave
some additional time for war gar
denS. The saving Of light and fuel
in the industries, he said, was neg
ligible within the period it is in cf-
feet and as far as he was able to
learn, no one could prove any saw
ing Of fuel The only advantage
he could see in the law was that it
gave golfers an extra hour for their
game and as consequence fewer
balls were lost
He believes that Congress was
honest in passing both the law and
the repeater and that the President
is assuredly mistaken in his asser-
ton that the farmers Inconvenience
affects only an "incOnsiderable'
number.
At the time Of his speaking the
repeater as a separate measure was
before the President for his sigma
ture. He urged every Grange men,
Der present to send kilograms to
President Wilson urging his sigma
ture. He had been advising this
action every where he had talked
in the past six months and urged
that if President Wilson should
veto the bill 100000 farmers
should send letters Of protest and
if he should sign, the Changers
should send him letters Of approval.
He urged the Grange to be active
and advised the members to stand
together on important matters re-
lative to production, distribution,
and general well being. With this
cooperative spirit and the impetus
given to agriculture by government
research, he could see a good clear
future ahead for agriculture.
He charged the Grange with the
great responsibility resting upon
them in the reconstruction period
and asserted that there is a great
opportunity to increase the useful
ness Of their organization. The
matter of distribution, he said was
the big question today. The ques-
tion Of production is pretty well
solved.
Following his speech, Dean Harry
Hayward addressed the Changers
briefly on his work and observations
in France.
He told of the good work accom-
plished under great physical diff
ficulties in the School of Agricul-
ture at Beaune where he was a
regional director and some Of his
personal experiences there. The
antiquated laborious methods used
by the French, the difficulties under
which they conduct agricultural op-
erations and their interest in Am
erican methods were entertainingly
told.
The French, he said, lack enthus-
iasm in their work, probably be-
cause there is so much of drudgery
in the methods employed. The aver
age size of farm in France is IL
acres. When the United States
leased 200 acres for experimental
purposes in connection with the
work Of the University of Beaune
they had to secure the land from
! $50 different owners. He told how
every bit of land is utilized and
how every scrap of wood to the
thiniest twig is saved. The raising