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Show DWLiGHT SK iDIEJJTOFIIE j New Hours Are Sufficient to Build 113,280 Additional Addi-tional Vehicles. i j WILL HELP WIN WAR Prominent Manufacturer Gives Resume of Benefits That Should Follow. v::u u-i..p:i':i c: tae ilayliiiht-savinv bill, which irnes mio c!'!'vr today, i" one t'.io.so steps fully rharaeteristk- of the American people to Like those measures nri-tssary to inet-t situations that call for pro'npt artinii. The far-reaching cf'eft whuh the setting set-ting ahead of our time uiio hour will hove on pracl ioally every branch and twiij of AKieriea' industrial, social and patriotic- activities wouUl surprise any one w ho would venture to set it clown in bl:ik and white. (Especially is this true with the automobile auto-mobile industry. where every second counts in meeting demands now beins made upon it. not only by the government govern-ment in war work, but by dealers in supplying sup-plying business concerns with motor iru -ks and passenger cars, so that they nav Increase their efforts to keep up with the biii inroad on their time and labor. As the hill now stands, at - p. ni. today to-day th.e country's time will be set ahead one hour and so remain until Sunday, o.-iober -7. Dnrinq this period there- are JcTt days, exclusive of the two Sundays above mentioned. IV -ducting twenty-nine Smulavs. as well as the three holidays Decoration day. Fourth of July and La-!,or La-!,or jay arives 1 TT actual working days, eouniini; Saturdays as full days. Increased Travel. The latest report of the number of pas-seiieer pas-seiieer cars and motor trucks in ti'.e t'nited States on January 1. 1:'1S, approximates ap-proximates 5.000.00. Deduct ins the 4-'o.-Ou'j motor trucks gives us 4.r.5.'."10 passenger pas-senger cars. Suppose every owner of the above number of passenger c a rs used them during the hour saved for In; si- . ness. Professional or patr:o;ie work. At j twenty miles an hour this would mean ! an increased mileage of i-1 0 s i miles , per daw or 1t.l.'.l'.0'0 additional miles, .'for the full dayiiLrht-savinir period. j In the transportation of passengers j alone tins extra mi lease would mean ; insuring- four passengers to a carl trans- vortin.s 1-.2',.H" people twenty miles j'ier j daw or S.i''.i'iO.OOO people during the ; 177 daylight-bavins days. This transpor- , - tation service, valued at the raiiroad rate j per passenger of cents per mile, would 'otnl srvVVrifiri per mile ner day. or $730.- -P'0.0'10 for the fnil hour per day, or Slj:1,-l' Slj:1,-l' v. m hi. 1 1,. for the fa'.! new 177 dayligiit- saviiig-hiour period. Surprise every one of the -!.""". pas-j pas-j si--nger L-ar owners would devote t ne new I hour to pa : riot ic a. ti"i; ies of some de-i de-i s. ription. it wou'd not only ix-sult in I i.."i.",i't.i) ad..";tional hoi:rs per day. fisur- ins just the owners, but with three j friends to f-:vh car would make h.'i.- '" iiours. or a total of :L J.'tjo.ri..i aUdi-j aUdi-j tionai Iiours iieoie.l to winning the war during tiie daylight-savin;.; period. If th.e wo: k d aring tins nun: her of j hours was worth, say. 50 cui!s per hour I to me govern meni. it would total 1 .-j .-j tU'i.t'l .t.t'ni.i, a sum nearly equal to the first lhberr- loan. I Carrying our si:ppos:t ion stil! further, j undoubtedly ; he si eat est resui ts to the nation and tiie soveimm.f r.t. as well as I to the automobile industry and allied industries, won hi come through the immense im-mense saving motor trucks would aeevn-phsh aeevn-phsh shouid they be ued during tiie extra hour. The Xationai A utomobi ie Chamber of . Commerce estimate th.e number of motor trucks used in th.e United Slates toda v at -t"-7'.0.'O nn'ics per day. or a total of 7.. , i- a miles these motor trucks could cover if utilized di.nns tiie daylight-savins period. An averase of two and one-lia!f tons jter truck gives a tonnage of l,ti7.:,ii,i more tons of uoo.is per day, or l;-',bs7.-r.'.:" tons durinu tae 177 day-iih.t-savinu' days that could bo hauled and thus is flirurim; on mby two and one-i:aif one-i:aif toiis j-er hour. Wimn it i. con.sid-'tui con.sid-'tui tiiat the movins of s plies is one of tie biggest proMems t.o coimtry is now facing, the in--reasci tonn;:i;e whi.-h th.e extra hour would accrnimhsh, it devote,! de-vote,! to this kind of wor.;. would mean a great deal to not only America, but to our allies abioad. Effect on Industry. The effect of tae addir:onal h"-ur on tiie automobile industry, pi oculiug the hour was sp-.-nt in additional la) or. would increase t'-e wasrs anil s.ihiriH of the-jv.iMuit the-jv.iMuit work'us eu;plo"ed In t'-ip motor car industry, a well as tiie '3".mu workers work-ers employed at dea'ers" g:"iras. repair sl'.ors, e to r, lO.'h'U working .o:r v-r l.w. or .ri7o.'"c h hour riurinu the d t--Jisht-savir. per:od. which, if fisureel at an act-rate waiie of f.-t per hour, would j result in M. '':'. in incroa-ed wa,vs pt-r day. or .7".Mit. 1 for th.e full 177 additional hours. If inve.-ted in Liberty br.rMs those additional ad-ditional earninss would ptif-hase ."1. ; 1 '., . j ?."n bonds or ,.7,lYb"'' Hit liond. |
