Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1919 — MAY RETURN TO OLD TIME [ARTICLE]

MAY RETURN TO OLD TIME

Rensselaer Merchants Not Favorable to New Schedule The Rensselaer Merchants’ association is proposing to go back to the old time schedule if they can secure the co-operation of • the schools, churches, etc., and the matter will be taken, up with the ►city council at its meeting Monday night to ask its assistance in bringing this thing about. It is expected to put everything back on old time in the community except, of course, the running time of trains, of which we would have no control, and people would have to bear in mind that mail and train time was one hour earlier than the tinje shown by the clocks.

The principal reason fer this going back to the old. time is the fact that the farmers refuse to go by the new time it is-said, and as thia is strictly a farming community It is felt‘that the "Christian Science’’ time is not practical here. Over in Newton county an effort is being .made to put the entire county back to standard time, and the same thing has been done in various farming communities. This allegeu "daylight saving” time was ordered adopted hy congress for last year as one of the war and its prpbable that the law woiild have been repealed by the last congress had it not been for the disgraceful filibuster of Republican members during the clos--ing days which blocked all legislation.

Personally, The Democrat could never see very much merit in this eo-called “daylight saving” measure. There was nothing .to prevent individuals or corporations from going to work an hour earlier in the morning and quitting an hour earlier in the evening, if they so desired, where an agreement could be reached to this effect between employers and employes. Of course, in the factory districts it made the plan universal, which was desirable, but in the farming communities it has never been taken to kindly and farmers generally refuse to move their clocks ahead, it is reported.

We fear, however, that to go back now to the old time will muddle things up worse than ever, and believe it would be better to continue on the new schedule. The farmer works by sun time anyhow, and if he does not want to move his clock ahead can as easily remember that there is one hour’s difference between his time and mail, train, town or city time as can the city dweller and business man.’ It would seem that it would be much less /confusing for ail to abide by the new time and have done with V\