The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-18

MAY COME BACK
KenOsha Manufacturers to
Allow Men to Decide
This Question
VOTE IN FACTORIES
Men Will Probably Be Asked
to State Opinion Soon
Council Asked to Act.

Despite the failure of congress to
re-establish daylight saving, Kenosha
may go back to the "early to bed and
early to rise" plan, according to the
statement made this morning by Con-
rad Shearer, secretary of the Kenosha
Manufacturers association. Local fac
tory superintendent now have in mind
plan for submitting the daylight
saving question to the workmen of the
vote, and if the result of this ballot
is favorable, additional steps will be
taken towards reverting to the day
light saving time schedule on or about
the first of April.
"Our final action, will, of course,
be dependent somewhat upon the stand
taken by Chicago, Milwaukee and other
neighboring Cities" said Mr.. Shearer,
but if Kenosha workmen show a pre-
ference for the system used last sum-
mer, there is big probability of it
being brought back to Kenosha."
Go Next to City Council.
The plan Of the manufacturers re-
garding the re-establishment of the
daylight saving plan is first to get the
statement of the attitude of the
1900 employees of the various manu-.
featuring concerns of the city If this
is nfavorable-which is not consider
I'd at all likely-there will be nothing
more done in regard to it. If, how
ever, the majority OF the wcrkmen
vote for return to the daylight saw
ing plan, it will be installed in the
factories here, if other cities adopt it,
and then the city council will be asked
to pass an ordinance making the rul-
ing effective in stores and other bust
ness houses.
The plan will be brought up at the
meeting of the factory superintend-
ents on Friday noon at the Elks club,
when plans will probably. be com
pleted for the referendum. At sew
eral meetings of the factory leaders
the proposition has been discussed
and at one of these vote of the mem
bers present showed So per cent in
favor of return to the former plan.
Referendum to Decide.
The plan which has gained the most
favor in Kenosha is for the establish
ment of ballot%boxes in all of the fac
tories and set certain day in the
near future for the taking of the refer
endum among the workers. This plan
has already been put into execution
thatS far in Racine where the vote in
L |. !.
ing majority in favor of return to
daylight saving hours. In that city
the greatest vote against it was 40
per cent and that was in one of the
smaller industries Of the city, It
will be necessary for all of the fac
tories to adopt the plan if it is adopted
by any and for this reason the general
vote will be considered rather than
the result in any single factory.
Depends on Other Cities.
eve have found that there are
many things to be considered in this
proposition" explained Secretary
Shearer. "For example, number of
Kenosha workmen live in Racine in
boarding houses. If Kenosha adopts
the plan and these other cities do
not, it would hardly be possible to
expect the keepers of these boarding
houses to prepare early meals for her
Kenosha customers. 1t is believed,
however, that If Milwaukee and Chi
cago adopt the plan as it seems
probable, Kenosha will fall in line,
although this cannot be announced
definitely until after the action of the
factory officials"
There has been very strong senti-
ment in Kenosha both among employ
ers and employees for the return of
the daylight saving time schedule and
it is believed that any possibility to
return to it will be universally well
coined.