New Britain herald., 1919-08-15
PRESIDENT VETOES
 DAYLIGHT REPEAL
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summer season, are employers of la Dor and suffer from the law
 Loss of Labor

" Loss of Labor.
 The complaint of loss of labor is based principally on the shortening of the working day on the farm by the advancing of the clock one hour from March to October. The farm CTS complaints declare they cannot adjust farm work to the advanced time because, with the clock advanced an hour, farm work cannot be begun as early in the morning as under the normal time schedule and must close an hour earlier. This is because the dew on the ground in the early morn ing prevents blowing and other farm Ia bor under the advanced time sched- ule.
 Farm hands-hired men etc.,-it is Contended, will not work after D. m. clock time, or at most o'clock. Advancing of the clock an hour, therefore, it is declared, causes a loss of an hours working time at the end of the day, when the ground is in good condition for work but with farm labor refusing to work after 6 or o'clock, clock time.
 Suffer Confusion.
 Individual farmers, as we'll as those employing help, also declare they su1- fer from great confusion from the ad- vanced time. Various farm activities, is is said, must coordinate with clock time in adjacent towns and cities. Farmers, it is explained must deliver produce to trains, frequently early in the morning. If the farmers work by sun time, in order to meet ground con- ditiaHs, milking of cows etc. it is said they suffer hardship in rising and working an hour earlier in order to load wagons of produce to meet trains. They also declare cows, chickens and other farm animals cannot adjust themselves to the new clock time but require attention according to natural custom and sun-time hours.
 The rooster crows regardless of the daylight saving law one farmer de- clared in petition to congress.
 Mothers objections to the daylight law are based upon confusion of con- ditions in the homo and, fundamen- tally, loss of sleep by children. They declare children are Wakened an hour earlier than usual under the law and lose another hours sleep at night, be cause of refusal or inability to sleep during daylight of the evening. These conditions, it is said, cause loss of weight, fretfulness, nervous trouble and other ailments of childrenf-and the mothers too' from conta9fwith
 Labor Unions Protest.
 Protests against the law from labor unions and workingmen are based upon the requirement of the daylight law for earlier rising. Wives of work ingmen, it is said, are compelled often to rise before daylight, and prepare breakfast by artificial light. Some labor unions say the hours added day. light at the end of the day does not compensate for the loss of sleep and early morning hardships of the ad- vanced clock time.
 Rural school authorities object to the law, because, they say, it is a hard ship both on pupils and teachers who often have to walk from one to six miles to school and must arise before daklight to arrive on time.
 Objections of City Officials.
 Objections of city and town officials are varied. Some towns in agricul- tural regions, observing farmers op- position to the law, have refused to adjust their clocks. ~ Maintenance of the "old' time in such towns causes confusion in meeting trains and other civic affairs. Other municipalities. principally in the middle western zone. passed ordinances advancing time pieces an hour, adopting time stand ards of the eastern zone, before the daylight saving law was enacted. The law, therefore, required these central time cities to advance their time