El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-01
The Change In Time

THE change in time accomplished by setting the clocks
ahead an hour has asain come about and with If corss
system except that this time the opposition seems to be
rather in the majority. There is any more no
urgent need of saving electric light coal and no good
reason why m should in the middle of the after
noon and m the darkest darkness that p1ecedes the
dawn.
Merhants and farmers at Phoenix Arizona have taken
decided stand against moving up the clock. They are
n0 doing It be contrary, but because with the sumner
ing on the change is more important TO them than tn
most people To be deprived Of that hour Of cool early
morning sleep when the orepart Of the night has been hot
is BY matter Of consequence So thew have
decided let their clocks stay as they were This has
caused confusion, Of The city and county clocks
stay the cid time and do those Of most Of the resi-
dents But the railroads, the street cars the pOstofce
the government buildings operate on the changed time
and when one specifies hour he explain whether
1t IS new OF old time This is reminder of the time some
years when the city Of Phoenix used sun time the
Santa Fe railroad mountain time and the Southern Pa
cific coast time.
This viii probably be the last year that people will
have TO bother with changing the clock There's that much
consolation one doesn't like daylight saving The last
session Of congress had before it bill repeating the day
hgat saving measure but it was lost in Of other
leglslaon winch failed to receive action 1t is likely TO
be brought out and passed BY the next congress
It should be passed There is sense in calling It
O'Clock when It IS only 5, and nobody helped There is
doubt serious doubt If the act aided ioa in the win
nng OF the var On the contrary It than likely
the same class with the ~kip-stopD of the street m
system theoretically should have saved coal and
power on the pstop' system said official Of the
Stone-Webster company, nce in theory it uses more
q
we not able to find that we had saved pound of
coal N putting the spstop into effect did for
the government"
The "skip-stop" saving and the daylight saving
measures were Of the Theoretical war winners
ideas that did not work out except TO entail hardship on
a people already burdeued with hardships
JosePhus Daniels Is utilizing his vacation in studying the
comparative merits Of batteshps and battle cruisers being
one cabinet member who has shown capacity for his lob
and devotion 10 it.
It's singular fact that the girls whose evening dress
IS usually kitchen apron often among the first to
marry And they generally choose husbands with some
sense.
One way to combat bolshevism IN this country IS to see
to that convicted Boshevi like Debs serve the sen
ences Tor the offences Of which they have been convicted
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The trouble at Paris is that pepole are still human
enough 10 want to see their countries larger and more
powerful and blessed with trade than ever before
Wilhelm used TO have e1hortation denuuciation or
paeaH Of praise for publication at least every second day.
but the arnisce have muzzed him completely
Yale IS taking the lead in raising salaries of faculty
members, no longer expecting instructors show the
$1,000 year class on $1,000 year pay.
If the FL Paso Automobile club never did ANYTHING
more than help BRING down gasoline prices would have
established itself as public beueisctor.