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CAPE MAT-COUNTY TIMES, SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

SEASON OPENING EDITION.

STATUS OF THE DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN. By A. Lincoln Fileoe. Chairman, Special Committee on Daylight Saving, Chamber of Commerce of the United Slates. The country it being urged to conserve everything that is cousmered necessary for the existence of its people in these war limes, and since the conaen ation of daylight will no doubt help materially in the conservation of luel, the daylight saving plan, which becomes operaLve Latter, lias come to U regarded us important as any of the other movements of that character. The Chamber ol Commerce of the Cm ted Stales formally committed itself some time ago to the advocacy of the daylight saving plan on a nation-wide basis, and felt that this should be brought about through Federal legislation. Dr. Garfield has advocated the enactment of the daylight saving legislation as a means ol conserving fuel. Mr. Hoover urges the plan for its possibilities in extending home gardening activities during the spring and summer. Chair man Hurley, of the Shipping Board, Kmk urged its enactment because more daylight hours will be provided for work in the shipyards. The President has several tunes expressed bis approval of the measure. The plan, in brief, consists in setting the clocks of the nation lorward one hour and saving the daylight by readjusting the hourt of work and recreation to whim people have become accustomed in such u way that these hours will contain a maximum of sunlight. There is no suggestion that the hours of work be either lengthened or shortened. The (.Vimmittee on Daylight Saving of this organization made a very comprehensive report on the subject at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, held in Washington .lix.ut a year ago. copie* of which may he obtained by writing to the S«- - retary of the United States Chamber of Commerce at Washington. The Boston Chamber of Commen t- has also studied the daylight saving plan very carefully, and the report of its Special < ommlttw on Daylight Saving, entitled "An Hour of Light for an Hour of Night," published during the spring of J917, is a valuable addition to the 1 iterator* of

the subject. In this the advantages of the proposed plan are summarized as follows: A. Health, Morals and Social Welfare.

1. One hour or more for out-loor recreation. Recreation is a national asset, immense force for health and moral well-being. 2. Working mothers and fathers obtain an extra hour for outdoor play with their children, both summer and winter. 3. One hour less for bad lights in tenements. 4. Lessened (ye-etrain for workers and school children due to the use of artificial light. 5. Smaller risk of accident in industrial establishments, because there will be a light hour instead of a dark one at the end of the working day at the time of greatest fatigue and most frequent accidents. fi. Lessened risk of accident due to transportation and traffic conditions, because the afternoon rush will fall in daylight instead of in darkness. 7. Working girl* will be on the way home in the daylight instead of in the dark in winter. 8. Our last hour of sleep will be sounder and more beneficial than it is under present conditions, because there will be less light. H. Efficiency.

1. General efficiency will, of course, be increased by any improvement in the health, mural- and social welfare of the worker* and

others.

2. In summer a cool hour in the morning is substituted for a hot one in the afternoon. 3. In w inter a light hour at the end of the day is substituted for . dark one. This is especially valuable, cominj; as it does at the time of greatest fatigue, and is peculiarly valuable in vome industries where accurate eyesight is essential. 4. Efficiency is lowint in the later afternoon, the time when accident* are niu:.l frequent. U. Economy.

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1 human materials, as pointed out above. Immediate saving in form of reduction of

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I Itimate saving in the ron<-ervation of ml Other source* of light and heat. 1 osmIiU- reduction in tin- cost of living of like to work in then gardens, utiliz- « artra outdoor hour for this purposs.

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