The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-07
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NEW YORK May 6 What
time Is tt?'
Better not believe the trusty
wrist watch or the family alarm
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America-partfcularly the east
erns halt-iss so badly tangled about
its time that nothing short OF legis-
Elation by congress can upravel the
Esnarli
Daylight saving has plunged
Everybody into confusion. Clocks
are different. Timetables aresworse
puzzles than ever. Travelling, you
reach your destination earlier than
you leaye5a distant point OF depart.
ure; and sreturnnig, It takes you two
hours to travel for an houri
Different systems Of daylight saw.
Ing are in use, There Is no scoordi.
nation. Some cities have moved
their clocks ahead. Others have re,
fused
East Of the Mississippi river Is
Central Standard time, Eastern
Standard time; daylight savings
ltime2and even old.fashioned sun
time in some rock-ribbed rural dis
Farmer and city man are at war
over the issue. Farmers want the
old Standard time; city jewellers
want an extra hour Of daylight In
the summer.
One hundred and thirty.seyen
cities in 16 different states, and one
entire Observation-Disclosures
adopted daylight savings!
u. s.. Aid Asked.
Three time bills are now before
congress, and another Is to be in.
troduced. The National Daylight
Savings association and the newly
formed Eastern Zone Daylight Sav.
ing association are gathering
strength to force action by con;
gress:
Countrywide daylight saving
which means putting the clock
ahead one hour during the sum.
mer'' months from the end OF April
to the end OF September-is the III.
innate aim Of these organizations,
They're planning one step at q
time, though. Immediate efforts are
being made to get congress to pass
the daylight saving measure intro
duced April II by Congressman
Ernest R. 4Ackerman, Of New Jer.
sey, providing for daylight saving
in the eastern time zone
The eastern time zone extends
from the Atlantic ocean to zigzag
line drawn from the southern tip Of
Lake Huron; to- Detroit and Toledo,
through Ohio, cutting OF Eastern
Kentucky, al bit Of Tennessee,
through Georgia by way Of Atlanta
and Macon and winding up at the
western end Of Florida On the Gulf
of Mexico. \
How It's MuddIed.
All Of that territory should have
1.-THE same time.
New YORK and Boston have day.
light Saying time-and Philadei.
phia, Baltimore and Washington
have Eastern. Standard time.
Pittsburgh. Columbus. Buffalo
and Louisville have daylight say.
ing time-and Cleveland, Detroit
and Richmond have Eastern Stand.
ardxtime.
When Il Is 8 O'clock in New York,
It is only'7 o'clock in Philadelphia,
Yet at the same moment It's S
O'clock in Pittsburgh, 400 miles
west Of Philadelphia
And it's z o'clock In such wide,
ny separated cities as 5Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland
and Detroit and also In Chicago
and Milwaukee-although the first
five are in the eastern time zone
and the latter two are In the cen.
trail zonei
A month ago Omaha had the
same time as Chicago, one hour
slower than New York. Now Chi
cago and Philadelphia alike are an
hour slovenian New York, while
Omaha is an hour slower than Chi,
cago and two hours slower than
New York.
Columbus and Detroit are in d
line, north and south. Yet each has
a different time! Columbus moved
ahead an hour and Detroit didn't.
This confusing melaage Of times
many Of which have littlefto do
with the customary standards OF
sun and geography-is compiled
from reports flowing into the OF.
flee OF John R. Young, secretaryfof
the Eastern Zone Daylight Saving
association.
Daylight saving is one war
measure that unfortunate didn't
hold oyer,s says Young. Congress
passed the Calder bill in 1917. Great
Britain and France still have day.
Hight saying-but we repealed oiir
measure in 1918.
President Wilson vetoed the ag.
friculture appropriations bill in 1918
because 1t contained that provision
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