COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS JOIN IN THE CAMPAIGN

STRONG DAYLIGHT DEMAND FROM BUSINESS HOUSES

resolution adopted by our Board of Citizens' Club of Seneca Falls, says that est in favor of daylight saving for seven Trade on this most important subject, his organization has communicated with months as it stands on the books today." and sincerely trust that you, as our rep- Governor Miller and with the members From Strauss Brothers resentative, will use your efforts to pro- of the Legislature from the Seneca Falls hibit any legislation that will repeal the district in favor of daylight saving. Strauss Brothers and Company in forState statute for daylight saving. Mr. L. L. Saunders, Manager of the warding the poll of their employees to "We are now advocating the five- Oneida Chamber of Commerce, writes Assemblyman Witter, wrote: month plan, or from May 1 to October that the Chamber has informed Assem- "We might say that while all of our 31, instead of the seven-month plan, as blyman J. Arthur Brooks of its desire employees consider the daylight saving that was too long, and interfered with that he oppose the repeal of the State law a wonderful benefit in the summer some interests, where the five-month daylight saving law.

"The new five-month plan is to be presented, and we hope adopted, by all of Strong Reasons the Atlantic Coast States, so that we may all work in unison.

Daylight

for Saving Are Given

months, a very large majority of them think that its ideal application would be to have the period of its existence from about April 1st to about October 1st. We are mentioning this fact as we believe that your intention is to obtain all the information possible."

Mr. James Carruthers has sent the following letter to Assemblyman Witter: "Resolved, that, recognizing fully the Mr. Henry A. Jackson, Secretary of advantages of the daylight saving and the Little-Preuss-Hartmann Company, in "In reference to the daylight saving believing the 'extra hour of light' law forwarding a poll of his employees to proposition, the writer comes in contact to be for the best interests and condu- Assemblyman Daniel P. Witter, Chairwith a great many employing printers, cive to the general welfare of the people man of the Assembly Committee on turers and in talking to them about the lithographers and folding box manufacof the City and State of New York, The Agriculture, which will give a hearing daylight saving law, everyone has been Bronx Board of Trade hereby urges the members of the State Legislature to prohibit any legislation that will repeal the State statute for daylight saving."

in favor of same from the first of April to the first of November, and I believe to repeal that law would be a crime.

on the Daylight Saving bills, says: "During the time that daylight saving was enforced in 1920 by a unanimous vote of the employees, we worked an Port Washington Taxpayers hour longer for five days in the week Mr. Frederick L. Kraemer, Chairman from Monday to Friday inclusive and of the Committee on Resolutions of the were closed all day Saturday. Port Washington Taxpayers' AssociaIndependent Action Impossible tion, sends the following resolution "We cannot do this without daylight which has been adopted by that Associa-saving and I cannot speak too highly of repealed.

tion:

"Anything that tends to prolong the day so that people may have a nice long evening in order to enjoy their home and the good things of life, also helps to prolong life, and I am heartily in favor of it, and trust that this law may not be

"Most Satisfactory"

Mr. Charles T. Bell, of the Bell Elec

the success of this plan. The employ- "Should it be repealed, I am frank "At a meeting of the Port Washingees, have even asked that in case the enough to say it is going to make each ton Taxpayers' Association, held on Janpresent law was unfortunately repealed, large city pass a daylight saving law of uary 27, 1921, it was regularly moved we run our factory on daylight saving its own, whereas it would be much betand seconded and unanimously carried, time, but this is of course impossible if ter if it were made universal throughthat the following resolution be adopted: the rest of the City does not follow suit. out the State." "Whereas, It has come to the notice "We understand that the demand for of this Association that efforts are being the repeal of daylight saving comes from made to repeal the Daylight Saving Law the farmers and agricultural interests. in the Sate of New York; and I have seen it stated in reliable publica- tric Motor Company, in writing to As“'Whereas, The daylight saving law, tions that these average about fifteen semblyman Witter in protest against the in the opinion of this Association, is one to eighteen per cent of the population proposed repeal of daylight saving, says: of the most progressive and economical and we therefore feel that it is unfair laws ever enacted for the general wel- to repeal the daylight saving law as fare of the citizens of this. State; now wanted by fifteen per cent of the population when eighty-five per cent, nearly that, is in favor of retaining it.

therefore be it

Prefers Seven Months

or

"It has proven most satisfactory to me and as far as I can find out to many others. It has proven most economical and very profitable to the city and fac"Resolved, That the Taxpayers' Astory workers. It makes the day more sociation of Port Washington support enjoyable by allowing a little daylight and urge our Representatives in the Asin our homes after work. It has made sembly and Senate to use all their ef- "We even feel that the reduction in possible better gardens, that are cultiforts to defeat any attempt to repeal the time from seven to five months is a mis- vated by thousands of office and factory daylight saving law; but if necessary, to take, although if it has to be that way workers and thus reduced our daily exagree to such amendments to limit its as a compromise, even that would be bet- penses which is so very important now period to five months in the Eastern ter than the repeal of the law. and to be more so in the near future. I Time Zone; and be it further "Many of our employees live at quite can see no reason why the farmers can"'Resolved, That a copy of this resolu- a distance from our factory, which is lo- not start their work at any hour they tion be sent to our Representatives at cated at the above address with our of- deem best to avoid the dew of early Albany.' fice, and even those coming from Brook- mornings. Many lines of business have Mr. H. D. Knight, Secretary of the lyn, Bronx, etc., are among the strong- their working day limited by law, but

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POLLS SHOW AN OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT IN CITY

the farmer works according to the daylight and can start when he pleases and stop the same way."

Yale and Towne Company

S. D. Woodruff and Sons, seed grow"We understand that certain elements of the rural population of New York ers, 119 Washington Street, reports that State are agitating for the repeal of the its entire organization of one hundred daylight saving law. As the urban popu- employees are unanimous in favor of lation of the State constitutes the large daylight saving on a five months' basis. The H. D. Roosen Company, 406 West Mr. Henry R. Towne, Chairman of the majority of the total population, we bemanufacturers of Board of Directors of the Yale and lieve that the views of City dwellers on Thirty-first Street, colors and printing inks, has written to Towne Manufacturing Company and a this subject should be ascertained." Mr. Frederick W. Kelsey, President of Chairman Witter as follows: former President of The Merchants' As"We have made a personal canvass of sociation, has written to Senator Schuy- F. W. Kelsey Nursery Company, has written to Governor Miller as follows: a number of our employees and enclose ler M. Meyer as follows: "I imagine that you are an advocate, "May I, on behalf of this company and you herewith blank showing that one on your own behalf, of daylight saving, for myself, express emphatic approval hundred per cent are in favor of daylight and therefore need no urging to support of the plan to restore and continue the saving. It would appear to us to be entirely unfair to have the very small perthe movement now pending to maintain so-called plan of daylight saving?

sult.

as follows:

The letter continued

warmer

it in this State. As one of your con- "Your good offices in this direction I centage of the population of the State stituents, however, I desire to urge you am confident will be appreciated by a of New York who are in favor of repeal to do all in your power to secure this re- very great majority of the people in the to rule the great majority whom we The proposal to make it a mat-eastern portion of the State, hence by a confidentially believe as above stated are ter of 'local option' is better than a com- large majority of the people of the in favor of more daylight, and to whom this extra hour during the plete repeal, but the experience under State." Joseph Wild and Company have writ- months of the year means so much. this plan last summer in Connecticut "We therefore sincerely urge and beg showed that it is productive of great ten to Chairman Witter regretting that it confusion and inconvenience. A large was impossible to take a poll of the em- for your support to our views expressed majority of our people want daylight ployees of the concern regarding day- above." saving. A very small minority would be light saving owing to the fact that its Wants Daylight Saving Continued inconvenienced by it, but these persons mills are closed. The American Chicle Company has have persuaded others, who constitute a considerable minority, to support them. "This question has been before us written to Governor Miller and to its The issue thus squarely presented is, so many times, owing to the attempts of members of the Legislature as follows: "We, most urgently request that the whether or not the democratic rule shall certain interests trying to have the law be observed, that the clearly expressed repealed, that we are in a position to Daylight Saving law be retained on the wishes of the majority shall prevail. state that our employees are thoroughly statute books of our State. Our business "In the case of the dairy farmers, I in favor of the continuance of the day- has been benefitted through the operaappreciated that there may be real in- light saving law, as in vogue for the tion of the daylight saving law, by the convenience, although none such as to past two years. They have their athletic bettering of the conditions of our emconstitute a 'hardship,' but as to all associations, and this additional time ployees. Daylight saving makes for inother farmers (except truck farmers) I gives them the opportunity for practice, creased efficiency in industry. The savcan see no reason why they should not which they would be deprived of, were ing of coal is conserving the natural reregulate their working hours by stand- the law repealed. In speaking with them sources of our country and it seems to us ard, instead of by clock time, during the on previous occasions, they have all it would be a calamity to repeal a law summer, and thus maintain their ac- strongly approved of the law, and what which is of such great benefit to the customed habits. ever their pleasure is, naturally, also our large majority of people in this State. "Trusting that you will see your way "As indicative of the general senti- wish. "We, therefore, trust that there will clear to use your influence against the ment on this subject, I may mention that the 4,000 and more employees in our be no change and that you, as well as repeal of the existing daylight saving Works at Stamford, Connecticut, are our individual representatives, will use law-also that you will endeavor to practically unanimous in desiring the your efforts to keep this law in effect." make the period of daylight saving five months instead of seven-we beg to remaintenance of daylight saving." main, etc."

The Equitable Life

The Cotton Exchange

The New York Cotton Exchange canThe Equitable Life Assurance Society, vassed its employees and members' floor in sending the vote of its employees, clerks on the question of daylight sav1,723 in favor of daylight saving and ing and found that the vote was unanimous, 212 voting in favor of the day113 opposed, added: "It gives us great pleasure to cooper- light saving law. The Guaranty Trust Company reports ate with you in every way possible. In this particular instance, we are pleased that out of 3,155 employees voting, 3,026 to report our vote as attached, and wish were in favor of daylight saving and 129 We shall opposed. you success in your endeavor.

Voted 201 to 11

Mr. Z. L. Potter, Business Manager of the New York "Evening Post," writes that a canvass has been made of the various departments of that newspaper on daylight saving, with the following In favor of daylight saving, result: 201; opposed, eleven.

The United States Steel Corporation be pleased to keep in touch with you." "Keep your file of "Greater New York" Messrs. A. and J. H. Stoddard, New canvassed 225 employees in its execuYork Underwriters Agency, have written tive offices of whom 214 voted in favor complete. You can get a special cover for of daylight saving and eleven opposed. it on application-price sixty-five cents. to Chairman Witter as follows:

The Merchants' Association THE MAJORITY IN THE STATE AS

of New York

The Woolworth Building 233 Broadway

WILLIAM FELLOWES MORGAN, President.
LEWIS E. PIERSON, First Vice-President.
JAMES GILBERT WHITE, Second Vice-Pres.
WILLIAM HAMLIN CHILDS, Third Vice-Pres.
JOHN H. LOVE, Treasurer.

S. C. MEAD, Secretary.

HUGH LYNCH, Assistant to the Secretary.
F. B. DE BERARD, Research Director.
J. C. LINCOLN, Traffic Manager.
W. H. CONNELL, Asst. Mgr. Traffic Bureau.
ROBERT H. FULLER, Publicity Manager.
JOHN R. YOUNG, Mgr. Convention Bureau.
W. H. MAHONEY, Foreign Trade Manager.
MARTIN H. DODGE, Acting Manager, In-

dustrial Bureau.

ARTHUR M. TRAVERS, Mgr. Legislative
Service Bureau.

CLYDE A. COPSON, Mgr. Anti-Litter Bureau.
G. W. BRAMHALL, Mgr. Members'p Bureau.
N. FLANTER, Sec'y Membership Bureau.

DIRECTORS

BERTRAM H. BORDEN; M. C. D. Borden and
Sons.

WILLIAM C. BREED; Breed. Abbott and Morgan.
WILLIAM HAMLIN CHILDS; Chairman of the Execu-

tive Committee of The Barrett Company, and
Vice-President of the Allied Chemical and Dye
Corporation.
LINCOLN CROMWELL; William Iselin and Com-

pany.
LUCIUS R. EASTMAN; President of the Hills
Brothers Company.

MICHAEL FRIEDSAM; President of B. Altman
and Company.

PROFESSOR JOSEPH F. JOHNSON; Dean of the
School of Commerce, Accounts and
Finance. New York University.

CHARLES R. LAMB; President of J. and R.

Lamb.

SEMBLY ATTEMPTS TO IGNORE

THE WISHES OF A MAJOR

ITY OF THE PEOPLE

OF THE STATE

The Merchants' Association has declared its opposition to such a form of Daylight Saving local option as that declared for by the caucus, and it has demanded a hearing for the purpose of

The leaders of the majority in the making the reasons for its opposition lower branch of the State Legislature, known. In brief, these reasons are that disregarding the conclusive proof sub- the operation of the ill-considered plan mitted to them that a large majority suggested by the caucus would bring of the people of the State want Daylight about intolerable confusion among the Saving continued, last week invoked a different localities of the State. It is caucus in order to compel Republican obvious that this is precisely the result members of the Assembly to ignore the that the enemies of Daylight Saving dewishes of their constituents and to vote sire, because it would make Daylight in favor of repealing the State Daylight Saving so unpopular that its complete Saving Law. elimination would be comparatively easy.

By way of giving authority to this action, the leaders told the members The City of New York has thirty-three that the Republican platform had de- Republican members of the Assembly, clared in favor of the repeal of the law. and the people of the City confidently Upon the basis of this statement they expect every one of them to represent induced seventy-eight Republicans to the City and not the farming districts of agree to a proposal to repeal the State the State, which have their own repreLaw and to give the cities of the State, sentatives in the Assembly. The Assoeach for itself, the right to determine ciation will continue its opposition to whether it shall have Daylight Saving, the passage of any repeal bill through the kind of Daylight Saving it shall the Legislature, and it believes that it have, and the time limits within which will have the cooperation of every other it shall continue. commercial organization of the State in

The Republican State platform con- this campaign. The caucus was able tained the following provision:

to muster only two votes more than the number required for passing a bill in the Assembly, and the campaign, therefore, holds out an encouraging prospect of success.

The request for a hearing on the new bill was entirely natural. Very strong reasons exist against its pas

It will be seen at a glance that the sage. It would not only create intolermajority caucus, instead of carrying out able confusion throughout the State this provision of the State platform, but it does not even accord with the ignored it as completely as it ignored Republician platform's promise to give the demand of the majority of the peo- local option to the cities "unless they ple for the continuance of Daylight Sav- exercise their option to change it." The ing. Instead of "amending" the law, refusal of a hearing is to be regretted. it voted to repeal it. Instead of "pre- But if a repeal bill should be forced serving" it for the more populous mu- through the Legislature by the means nicipalities, it decided to force each city which are being adopted, the campaign to make its own law on the subject. Evi- for Daylight Saving will be continued. dently, therefore, the caucus was as The popular majority in its favor is so much at variance with the platform as it great that the success of such a camwas with the principles of representa-paign, vigorously pressed, cannot for a tive government. moment be doubted.

No Republican member, by any stretch of party authority, can properly

Special "binders" or covers for "Greater

be called upon to obey such a mandate. New York" may be had for sixty-five cents.

BUSINESS MEN INSPECT NEW STATEN ISLAND PIERS

Dock Commissioner Murray Hulbert Invites Representatives of The Merchants' Association to Examine Means for Reaching the Improvement in Richmond Borough

At the invitation of the Hon. Murray; use in the near future. Upon its com- | tically give a direct route and eliminate Hulbert, Commissioner of Docks, The As-pletion it will afford a great and much- all grades, can be obtained only by the sociation's Committee on Harbor, Docks needed expansion of this City's dock fa- assent of the United States Govern

and Terminals, together with the corresponding Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York,

cilities.

The members of the party were much gratified to find the work in such a advanced stage of progress, and compli

ment.

The visiting committee agreed with the Commissioner that the proposed connecting right-of-way to give direct ac

PLAN OF THE NEW ONE THOUSAND FOOT PIERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE CITY ON STATEN ISLAND last Tuesday inspected the new City | mented the Commissioner and his Chief | cess to the City's property by a street dock development at Staten Island. Oth- Engineer upon the excellence of the without difficult grades is highly desirer members of the party included Dock plans and upon the manner in which Commissioner Hulbert, Chief Engineer Keller, and other members of the Commissioner's staff.

they are being carried out.

Right of Way Needed

able. It is the purpose of the Commissioner to endeavor by negotiation with the United States to secure the rights necessary for this important detail. In this effort he will probably have the strong support of the committee, who

Twelve New 1,000-Foot Piers This important improvement comprises twelve piers over 1,000 feet long, having a maximum width of 200 feet and slips 300 feet wide. Adjoining the bulkhead inshore, provision is made for an extensive series of warehouses and convenient. The main street from which

The particular purpose of the trip
was to study the means of access to the
City's new properties. The plans pro-
vide for a marginal way giving immedi- fully agreed with the Commissioner as
ate access to warehouses and piers, but to the necessity for the proposed street.
under present conditions the access to
such marginal way is indirect and in-

access must be gained is some fifty feet
above the level of the pier properties,
and undesirable grades will make truck-

TRAFFIC COURT FINES

Those who failed to heed the City's

for large railroad yards, by means of traffic regulations contributed $384,625 which connection can be made with all to the City Treasury during the old railroad lines serving the city. year. In the five years that Traffic This is the largest pier development ing conditions difficult. Court has been in operation the fines yet undertaken by the City as a unit and These difficulties can be overcome if a have aggregated $1,031,790. The total at one time, and the speed with which connecting right-of-way can be secured for 1920 constituted a new annual recthe project has progressed is unprece- on the north. A part of the site neces-ord, exceeding the total fines for 1919 dented. Although work was begun only sary for such a right-of-way to connect by $122,130. about a year ago, several of the piers with the marginal street is now occupied are rapidly approaching completion, and by the plant of the United States Light work is being pushed upon them all House Service. This Federal property is Keep your file of "Greater New York" with great vigor and speed, so that the not subject to condemnation, and a complete. You can get a special cover for entire development will be available for right-of-way through it, which will prac-it on application-price sixty-five cents.