Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1917 — Order Daylight Bill to Senate—Means We Must Get Up Earlier. [ARTICLE]

Order Daylight Bill to Senate— Means We Must Get Up Earlier.

Washington, D. C., May 18.—The Calder daylight saving bill was ordered favorably reported to the senate today by the senate committee on interstate commerce. This is the first long step in congress to bring'about the saving of an hour of daylight during the summer months. If at becomes a law the clocks affl over the country will be set forward an hour. ~ Every man, woman and child ‘Will start to work or to school an hour earlier than has been the custom and they will get through with their tasks just an hour earlier.