Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-11

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Adv.
70 pass this daylight saving regard
less OF any injury it may ,rhict-
Most of the legislation is now con-
trolled from the cities and the people
must wake up to the fact that when
they DO something 10 iniure the farm
e. and draw him away from the farm
they are injuring themselves and that
they will have to suffer for it in
higher prices and inconvenience; II
this continues with a continual draw
ing from the country we will ali be
Obliged 70 move TO town or else become
tributary TO the town as serfs and
bondmen.
II is not by ballot that this can be
settled fairly until there has been
campsig ign OF instruction and scarcity
Of food. 20 let those who 90 not heed
see what they are up against.
Every one now understands that
daylight saving is an injury TO the
farmer yet the cities selfishly and for
motives Of pleasure alone, make it
operative.
1t is noticeable that nothing is said
about daylight saving in the winter
when an hours daylight might be
saved by the factories, manufacturing
! plants and stores in the morning for
| two months which is lost at night; il
/ is rather cold and uncomfortable 70
| be sure. getting up before daylight,
| but the farmer does it and why save
! in summer when there is much more
| than We can use.
The plea that il is needed after the
working day is finished for cultivat-
ing the garden is all bosh, because it
would be far better for the city man
TO get up in the morning and work an
hour in mis- garden before breakfast.
better for mis- health. better for his ap-
petite for breakfast. more pleasure in
working with fresh muscles and better
than all in giving his wife and chill
dren another hours sleep and rest.
II daylight saving was made a law
for the whole year it is generally ad
mitted that the people would make
their days labor begin one hour later,
al eight o'clock instead of seven.
Daylight saving really means more
extravaganza than it does saving for
that extra hour is generally spent in
sports and enjoyment. and those extra
costs which are a part OF pleasure.
more gas for the auto and more re-
pairs.
You see the town influence again in
our road building. our State high
ways; town influence. political infu-
ence; influential men dwelling in
town: the majority rule If you like, all
work that way, and what do we have:
our State roads are being built for
the city jewellers and for pleasure rid
ing.
The people expected. from promises
made them, that if they voted the
bond issue the whole State would
share equally in the benefits and in
the expenditures so far as might rea-
sonably be expected and that all of the
State highways would share in their
development; but the State Highway
Commission now says that the i'm
portant through lines. running north
and south must be completed first and
| that it will be some little time be-
| fore they can work on any others:
that they will have no oversight or
make any repairs on any other section
Of State highway. here AMI there.
! This means a highway between the
cities and close to and parallel to the
railroads and IL means ffat the farmer
| gets very little beneht from these
| roads in marketing his crops, in TAX
| ing his produce to the railroads for
| shipment or in delivering 70 customers
| in the city.
These trunk lines are used by the
farmers in making long trips but his
farm work makes it necessary that he
be at home TO attend to it at regular
times so that he has not time for long
trips. and the fact remains that they
are being built principally for some
one else while he pays his share of
the taxes and waits Indefinitely for
his share Of their use
IL illustrates the general policy of
the country in treating the farmers.
they are last on the program every
time.
The policy Of the Commission has
been wrong from the start; very nany
think that their duties rs intended
when. the Commission was created
were that they should have an over
sight of all the State highways and
State Aid roads and that they should
see that they are properly patrolled
Why not use some of the money at
the disposal of the Commission in put
ting all our State highways in a pas
sibie condition and wait little until
1t has been decided what Is the best
type OF road to build and until there
is more reasonable price for road
work.
Before paying $4,000 aad more DER