The New York Times/1918/11/11/For Uniform Light Saving
FOR UNIFORM LIGHT SAVING.
Anderson Says England and America Should Act Together.
John Anderson, a member of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland, who has been called the father of the one-hour daylight saving plan, said, on a recent visit to this city, that the time had come for teh authorities of Great Britain, Canada, and the United States to come to some agreement for uniformity in changing the clock in the Spring and Fall.
"There is already uniformity between Canada and the United States, and the next step is uniformity with England," said Mr. Anderson. "This season Great Britain put her clocks back on Sept. 27, one month earlier than the United States, making the difference in time between the two countries six hours instead of five. This upsets satisfactory business relations between the Stock Exchanges of the two countries, bringing about a condition similar to that of the year before the United States adopted the plan. There should be no difficulty in arranging a uniform time for altering the clock time between England and America, for, besides benefitting the exchanges, it would also be a decided convenience to shipping and many other interests in providing a uniform time schedule throughout the year."
Mr. Anderson gives the credit for the daylight saving plan to William Willett, an English architect, who died two years ago and who began his campaign, to aid the working man in saving an hour of daylight for labor in 1907.
"Looking at the daylight saving measure from an economic standpoint, and that is a great factor, I believe it would be a conservative statement to say that the saving in the British Isles, the United States, and Canada during the last six onths has been fully $170,000,000," said Mr. Anderson. "That only allows a saving in lighting and fuel expense of $1 a person, as I am estimated a population of 110,000,000 for the country, 50,000,000 for Great Britain, and 8,000,000 for Canada and Newfoundland."