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Show DAYLIGHT SA SAVING VING TIME . J w < JMaybe wMaybe Maybe we are old-fashioned old fashioned oId-fashioned oId - , but it seems to us that thatabout thatabout thatabout about the silliest proceeding that has come into mto practice practicein . in recent years is the adoption ofsocalled of so-called so called - - "daylight daylight " sav sav- saving saving saving - ing time " in certain certam states and cities during the summer summermonths summermonths summermonths months . The idea is that we may have more daylight by the thesImple thesimple thesimple sImple act of turning turnmg clocks ahead an hour from Mayuntil May Mayuntil unbl until September , . By this hocus pocus it is 1s assumed that thatwe thatwe thatwe we should be willing to rise an hour earlier if the hands handsof handsof handsof of the clock point to 7 a . m minstead . ' -instead instead 'Instead - of 6 a . m . , the real realtIme realtime realtime tIme of day . Also to go to work at 8'clock 8clock 8 ' 'clock clock ' under the delusion de- de delUSIon de delusion - - lusion that it is 9 , and think thmk we have been real wicked in instaYIng instaying instaying staYIng up un1Jll1 until 1 a . m . when it is ically leally really only midnight midmght . But , humans being as gullible as they are , these theseIllusIOns theseillusions theseillusions IllusIOns may seem real to many-and many and many - and if so , perhaps no noharm noharm noharm harm is done , e\cept e cept e\.cept e.cept .cept except \ ' . to make a lot of confusion , es- es especially especially es especially - - pecially where both daylight dayhght and standardIbme standard itime Ibme time are used usedIn used1n usedm In 1n neai nealby by coir coir/ounities coir ounities cOIPi1unitIes , / iunities . Only in two states , Rhode Island and Massachusetts : Massachusetts Massachu Massachu- Massachusetts - - setts , is there a statewide law requiring reqUIrmg the obervance obervanceof obervanceof of daylight dayhght s saving a v I 1 n g time , but such laws or ordin ordm- ordm ordin- ordmances ordinances ordinances - - ances aie me obseived observed obsel ved in 111 many cities titles , including mcluding New York Yorkand Yorkand Yorkand and Chicago . . Congiess Congless passed such a law m in 1918 , but butrepealed butrepealed butrepealed repealed it two yeais yeats years later when farmers f-rmers f rmers - ; objected to it . . You can kid 1nd the faimeis falmels farmers about relief rehef , but you can't cant can'tfool can'tfool can'tfool cantfool ' fool them about when night and day begin . |