Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-02
DAYLIGHT
TLAIMS FAVOR
OF EMPLOYERS
Survey of Middle-West Shows
Preponderance of Sentiment
for extra Hour"
ENTER FEW OBJECTIONS

The majority Of employers favor regu-
lations for saving daylight
This was announced today by A. j.
Allen, secretary of the Associated En-
ployers' association Of Indianapolis, who
recently sent out missionaries TO busl-
ness men, professional men and manu-
facturers throughout the middle west.
OF 400 answers received from question
naires, 375 favored turning the clock
ahead during the summer months as q
measure of saving daylight The writers
zsABploy 81, 1924 men and 10,100 women.
OBJECTION BASED
ON TIME ANNOYANCE.
Only thirty-one who answered were
opposed to the plan and practically all
of them objected because they felt that
the change would interfere with rail
road and standard time schedules.
A committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, composed of E. A. Kahn, Ross
Wallace and H. E. Rasmussen, appoint
ed to investigate ordinances adopted by
other cities affecting local daylight saw
ing, has found that many cities are pass
ing such ordinances.
"Cities throughout the country are
passing daylight saving ordinances at
the instigation of Chambers Of Com
merces, merchants associations and other
civic and commercial organizations" said
Mr.. Kahn, chairman of the local COM
mittee. "The ordinances for the most
part agree, though there is slight var
iation as to when the clocks shall be
changed.
I'm view Of the action of the larger
cities. and the Pennsylvania railway, it
would not surprise me if congress were
to reconsider the question and re-estab
nsh national daylight saving.
CITES ACTIONS
OF BIG CITIES.
''The general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania is quoted as saying, In
asmuch as it would be impracticable to
provide train service, especially for
Communication travel, based on two stan
dards of time, it is our opinion that
from the daylight saving plan adopted
by New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and other important Cities it will neces-
sarily follow that the standard time of
those cities shall be the standard time
in the surrounding territory
"More than 300 communities in the
state of New Jersey have gone on rec
ord In favor of daylight saving, and II
- expected that statewide daylight
saving will be instituted by the New
Jersey legislature"
dinance passed by the city have been
fostered here for some time by Harry
Z. Miesse, secretary of the Patriotic
Gardeners association. Mr.. Miesse said
today that $1,000 home gardeners worked
to raise food last year, most of them on
back yard lots. 1t is desired to have
the clock advanced an hour. to permit
citizens to devote time to gardening
The Scieateck club, locar organiza-
ton of ell g3neers and technical men, is
a pioneer IN daylight saving work, and
largely through its efforts the present
support of the plan has been brought
about
The club has appointed a daylight
saving committee, each member of which
has been assigned to bring about the
support of certain civic and commercial
organizations. The plan has been pre-
sented to a number of organizations ann
is, meeting with almost universal sup
port, according to Daniel B. Luten, n
member of the committee.