The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
WHAT FARMERS
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seasons trial I have not found it a
particle of benefit.
p. s. BREES.-There is but one
time, Gods Changing clocks does
not change time. If a shop or con-
Germ wants to work early or late, let
them change the hours, not the clocks.
A change would inconvenience us.
E. L. COMMONS.-I don't see why
shopmen and laborers could not COM
mence earlier and quit earlier, and
stores keep open until $50 or 6
O'Clock to accommodate their custo-
mers. One of the greatest inconven-
fences to the farmers is the closing of
all business so early. If they could
keep open one or two evenings a
week, besides Saturday, it would be
great help to the farmers. A great
many towns are doing this.
l.. II. CAIN.-In my business as a
farmer it does not make any differ
ence as to the time because we work
from sun-up until shutdown just the
same, but it will help the city people
JOSEPH BROWER. You car
change the time and work early OF
late in the city, but there is no time
| that can beat the sun on the farm
| We start to work at sunup and quit
at shutdown, and time doesn't make
much difference.
JOHN T. CONKLIN-In the first
place l have never seen where chang
ing the clock saved any time. 1t is
just SO many hours and minutes from
the time it is light until dark, regard
less of the clock.
l think it is an inconvenience tc
every farmer to have this change Of
time, because when the farmer has
any one to help him from the city
and the city has the new time, thai
help Is going by that time.
Now take the harvest for instance
With this new time the help will
come early in the morning and stanc
around on the farmers time waiting
for the dew to go off so they car
go to work. He also brings the eight
hour idea with him. With a heav!
dew he gets to work about O'Clock
He has lost 21a hours, allowing hin
an hour at noon. His eight hours il
up at $3.50 in the afternoon, RICH
when the harvest is at its prime. TIL
farmer can not make much headwa.
without his help and he has to quit
too. for the day, and he and everyon
else is at a loss.
NOW the only way LOT In6 FARMER u
get around this is to raise just wha
he can tend and harvest himself, ant
keep that for himself, for all the cit.
man gets is the extra crop that tn
farmer raises for him. After tn
farmer raises it he is going to hav
his first.
Another inconvenience: If the cit
has this new time the farmer has n
chance of going to town after SUI
per for anything he might want, S
to get that he is going to send larg
orders to the mail order houses in tn
large cities, and not bother the mel
chants in these little onehorse town:
, and in a short time under these col
ditions, food will again double i
price.
1. L. BROOKS-In regard to til
daylight saving law, will say I al
strongly opposed to the change in tn
time. 1 think if the city folk war
long evenings, just let them begi
work one hour earlier in the mornin
= by the same time as we farmers
= when we want long day, instead {
changing the time, to work hardshi
on the farmer.
,. am opposed to the change for tn
, reason. Farm help is very scarce
? harvest, when we need help the wor: