New Britain herald., 1920-03-13
COMMUNICATED
"DAYLIGHT SAVING"
New Britain. Conn.,,
 March 12, 1920,

MarCn :, I9-u Editor Herald:-
 From time to time we have read sundry damphooI arguments in the papers against the so-cailed Day light Saving law (through which so many of us were benefited during the summer of 1919) but it remains for one "J. s. in the Herald of March 11th to open our eyes to the fact that it is crime against God and society to make your clock say it is time to eat your dinner when in re- ality it is only eleven o'clock in the morning.
 This must be a fearful thing making your clock 'lie.' On ac- count of faulty regulation. or a bust ed cog. or bent pivot, some clocks and watches run fast and thereby gain an hour or so on their own -ac- count. This of course is not the fault of the time-piece, and it should not be blamed. But when one de- liberately puts his clock ahead an hour. he then owns a living clock made so by himself. Gosh. the re- responsibilities of this act must be awful. What is so sacred about the m day hour that it cannot be changed for a season? Do we have to rest and refresh ourselves at high twelve?
 Mr. "J. S." says: II believe that the majority of the general public will be benefited by some rule for commencing business at an earlier hour in summer than in winter.' Ac cording to this then he would prefer to lie to - himself rather than have d lying clock" For would he not be acting a lie, by tacitly saying it was time to go to work when he knew all the while that it wasn't? And if he was a man who had to work in a factory, we presume that he would prefeT to work six hours before he had his dinner (even if his stomach clamored for sardine sandwich at eleven C'cloclD rather than break the time worn custom of removing his overalls and jump CT on the stroke of twelve.
 This is all piffle-a man with head like a peanut knows that after he has worked for five hours he naturally gets hungry and he isn't going to question whether it is eleven o'clock in the moning or twelve o'clock noon. when he eats. Mir. U. S." admits that in setting the clock ahead one hour. we have been bene- fited. but he states that this gain has been secured by false pretenses and vile means. Where. in the name of common sense is there anything vile about it? The only answer to this is that we make our clocks 1ie.'
 There a:e so many funny things in his letter that one cannot refer to them all. He objects strenuOuslN to the term Daylight Saving and takes up a lot of space to inform us that there ain't no such animal. His dictionary tells him that he cannot save what he uses and that's all there is about it. Wonder if "J. s. heard the old saw: "A rose hy any other name would smell just as sweet"
 He admits that it's a fine thing to go to work in tho summer an hour earlier and thereby quit an hour earlier but we don't presume that he would admit that he.-by so doing saved" an extra hour of daylight to work in his garden. or take an auto ride or play golf or a dozen other things which might enter into his head No. he didn't save it be cause he used it to do the above mentioned things
 Yes it's fine thinS-thiS extra hour for recreation. snatched from tho work day of men and women but don't think you "saNe'' it for there's only so much daylight anyway, and above all. don't monkey with the clock and displace the mid-day hour, for to do so is vile,--WhY? Because vou thoO hayp 3 "lyiop c1Ock''