The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-15
What's the Timer This
Story Sets You Straight

NEW YORK. May it.-"what time
10 ~"
Better not believe the trusty wrist
watch or the family alarm clock.
Amorica-partlcuiarly the eastern
haif-is 40 badly tangled about ~
time hat nothing short OF legislation
by a unravel the snari.
Daylight saving has plunged every
body into confusion. Clocks are diff
fprcnt. Timetable are worse pug
zics than ever. Travelling. you reach
your destination earlier than you
leave a distant point OF departure.
and returning. II takes you two hours
to travcl Tor an hour!
Different systems OF daylight saving
are In use. There IL no coordination.
Some cities AVE moved their clocks
ahead. Others have refused.
East OF the Mississippi river is
Central standard time. Eastern stan
dard time. daylight saving time-and
even old fashioned sun time Ia some
rOck-ribbed rural districts.
Farmer n city men are at war
over the issue. Farmers want the old
Standard time; city dwcllers want an
extra hour Of daylight In the sum
mcr.
one hundred and thirty IVA cities
In 10 different states aud one entire
state-MaEsachuactts- have adopted
daylight savings.
4. ;. Aid Asked.
Three time bills are now before
congress, and another IL 20 be intro
duced. The National Daylight Saw
Ing association and the newly formed
Eastern Zone Daylight Saving asso-
citation are gathering strength to force
action by congress.
ANL-Na DO
which means putting the clock ahead
n hour during the summer
months from the end OF April 10 the
end OF Scptember-is h ultimate
aim OF these organizations.
They're planning one step at a
time. though. Immediate efforts are
being made to get congress to pass
the daylight saving measure intro
duccd April ~ by Congressman Ern-
est ". Alderman. Of New Jersey, pro-
viding FOR daylight saving In the
eastern time zone
The eastern time zone extends from
the Atlantic occon to a zigzag line
drawn from the southern tip Of Lake
Huron 10 Detroit and Toledo. through
Ohio, cutting on Eastern Kentucky
"a bit Of Tennessee. through Georgia
by way Of Atlanta and Macon and
winding up at the western end Of
| 4 tot luM on tine NHAIA OF NlfAiiNs
How It's Muddlci.
An Of hat territory should have
tho same time.
New York and Boston have day.
light saving ttuc-nnd Philadelphia
baltimore and Washington hay,
Eastern standard time.
Pittsburgh. Columbus. Buffalo and
Louisville have daylight saving tint
and cleveland. Detroit and Rich
mond have Eastern standard time.
when u is s o'clock in New York
IL b. only A, o'clock iu Philadelphia.
Yet at the same rs
O'Clock IN Pittsburgh, 400 miles Yves
OF Philadelphia.
And It's z o'clock In such widcli
separated cities as Philadelphia, Bal
timorc, Washington, Cleveland an'
Detroit and also ma Chicago aud Nil
waukee-hlthough the first five arr
In the eastern time Onc and the lat
ter two are In the central zone.
\ month ago Omaha had he sam
time as Chicago, o. hour slower thai
Sew York. Now Chicago and Phila
dolphip alike are an hour slower tina
Sew York. while Omaha is an hou
slower than Chicago and two hour
slower than Now York.
Columbus and Detroit ARE in a lin,
lNllN anu fHNlNs hfA fh'A nav
b different tImc' Columbus move
ahead an hour and Detroit didn't.
This confusing mclange % times
many 81 which have little 60 do witt
the customary standards Of sun am
! Ecograuhy-is compiled from report
flowing into the Office Of John u
Young. secretary OF the Eastern Ion
Daylight Saving association.
. daylight saving Is u war meas
urc that unfortunately didn't holt
= over. suys Young. Congress pass
ed the Calder hin IN 1871. Grca
britain and France still have dayliEh
saving but We repealed our measur
! in 1919.
president Wilson vetoed the agri
cultural appropriations hil In 1911
because II contained that provisiu
for repeating daylight saving. An
conrr, ~ passed a. over his veto ~
gust 90. 1919.
Opposition 10 daylight saving {
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