Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-05-05
DAYLIGHT SAVING is
NOT POPULAR HERE
Eastern States in General Fall
for Fad But Western Farm
Element Is Strongly
Opposed

For the expression Of good, sound
horse sense, it is not always necessary
to go to the editorial page of large
city daily papers to find it. For in
stance: 1t has been fayorite fad of
the Milwaukee Chicago and other city
papers for the past few years to adj
vocate and to help infict upon the
rest of the country, the monstrosity
of freak. legislation known as the
Daylight Saving" plan Column after
column has been printed with the in,
tention of convincing people that the
best way to get up in the morning is
by setting the clock an hour ahead of
standard time. To follow the old Gus
tom of setting the alarm signal at an
earlier hour as practical working men
do and have done for ages, is not
sufficient for the classes who want
the world to join them in a movement
of no benefit to any one, but posi-
tive injury TO those upon which the
world mainly depends. No one ques-
tons the right of city people to adjust
their working hours to their own con-
veniences, it is their interference with
the rights and comfort of others that
is resented, and there has never been
one logical reason yet advanced for
Daylight Saving that cannot be met
with many more just as good and bet
ter against it. The following article
ffrom the Superior Telegram tells the
truth about it from every angle and
in doing so testiffes that the men who
write it's editorials are the kind Of
men who would go out and do a regu-
lar days work for a days pay for
anyone and would not find it neces
sary to set their timepieces ahead
either:
The summer daylight saving plan of
setting the clocks ahead an hour does
not appeal to the farmers, who get
up early enough in the morning with
out the assistance of artificial meth
DDS to promote early rising. However,
daylight saving is quite popular in
the cities, especially the large ones.
Last Sunday the plan went into effect
in Chicago, New York city, Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh and many smaller
cities. On Sunday morning at O'Clock
the clocks and watches in those cities
were set ahead one hour. In Massa-
chusetts daylight saving is a state
law, covering the cities and the rural
districts alike 1t is stated that the
railroads will generally run on stan
dard time, but will change the SEIZED
ules on local or committing" trains
The plan has been adopted to a great
er extent in the East than in the
West, for the reason that the oppos-
ing farm interest is stronger in the
West.
Formerly daylight saving was urged
as means of promoting garden work
in the afternoons, but as the plan
works out it is more popular where
gardens are scarce, and less popular
where there are many gardens, indi-
eating that the pursuit of recreation
is a greater influence for daylight saw
ing than the gardens are, although
it must be admitted that gardening
is factor in the situation in many
instances. The additional hour in the
afternoon is gained by cutting off an
hour of sleep in the morning, and in
the hot period of summer that hour
happens to be the best one for sleep
ing, because the coolest and most re-
freshing. Thus as in the most~of gains
there must be some sacrifice and eff
fort to get the gain.
President Harding is said to not
like the daylight saving plan, taking
the view that moving the hands of