Evening star., 1926-04-23
DAYLIGHT SAVING
WILL BOOST TRADE
$25, 900, 900 lump in Sports
Goods Sales Expected
by Dealers.
BY J. c. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK, April 23.-Fully S25,
000, 900 worth of sporting equipment
will be purchased in the United States
in the next two weeks, according tc
expectations of merchants and manu-
facturers. The impetus behind this
squirt in sales is attributed to the
change in daylight saving time in
many urban sections.
Opposition of the rural communl
ties to daylight saving still is as
strong as ever, but even in some
States where it is contrary to the
statutes for public time pieces to be
set on daylight saving time, the cities
are starting business an hour earlier
and common carriers are changing
schedules to accommodate workers.
The change has become so much a
part of yearly procedure that the
alteration of schedules will be made
without confusion or undue annoyance
in any section. In nearly all districts
the white collar workers are strongly
I'm favor of the change, since II gives
them time for outdoor amusements
which have taken firm hold on the
city dweller.
Employers Favor Plan.
Industrial employers seem to favor
in mills and factories do not. In gen
eral, employers say that lazy worker
can watch clock just as close on
daylight saving time as on standard
time. and that the output per worker
IS little changed.
Those connected with operations IN
the markets of the country ana with
financial institutions are the ones
most generally affected Bankers ana
I in hh
loath to lose the advantage which the
difference in time gives them ana
when Eastern markets open an hour
earlier, the Western offices move up
their starting time to conform.
Occasionally they do not stop with
that. It is likely that the New Or
leans cotton exchange will not only
open an hour earlier under daylight
saving, but will remain in session an
hour after the New York exchange
stops trading. The Southern eX-
change. however, will close the same
time Saturday as New York. This
move was initiated at the request OF
the cotton trades of Texas and because
Western telegraphers in the smaller
offices go to lunch during what would
he the last hour of trading under pre-
viouS arrangements.
Stores Will Conform.
In Atlanta the financial and com
mercial houses will arrange their
schedules to conform with daylight
saving. but the city itself will remain
on standard time, owing to opposition
bv workers before the city council.
Retail stores in general will follow the
trend of the community in which they
are located. One of the complaints OF
farmers opposed to daylight saving
Lot
town to do their shopping with stores
closing early.
They will find plenty of stores open
this year even on Saturday after
Moons if they~have money to spend.
It is still somewhat early for mer-
chants to make final schedules for the
Summer, but there is a trend notice
able in many sections toward avoid
ing complete closing on Saturdays.
Merchants are anxious to make the
hot weather as easy for their en-
ployes to bear as possible, but they
are determined not to lose trade. In
Minneapolis and St. Paul, for example,
some small groceries and markets
close Wednesday afternoons and some
department stores Saturday after
moons. but the majority simply close
an hour earlier all six days of the
week.
Some of the Chicago loop depart
ment stores will close at noon Satur-
day during July and August only.
During the remainder of the year
Saturday is full day and the biggest
buying day of the week.
In Kansas City Saturday is the best
shopping day and merchants have
always been opposed to closing half
a day or at all Some department
stores in Denver will close at l pm.
Saturday, but the smaller merchants
will keep open. This also is true of
Los Angeles.
San Francisco stores remain open
all day Saturday except in July, when
all or part of Saturday is given en-
ployes. One store closes Monday in
stead New Orleans stores. except the
retail clothiers, will advance their
closing hours from 6 pm. on five days
of the week and close at J. pm, on
Saturday from June Is to September
Is. Saturday afternoon is legal holi-
day in Louisiana and workers after
noon receive extra pay on that day.