Although it thus comes to the United States with the stamp of 
European approval, it was first suggested by so distinguished an 
American as Benjamin Franklin. In 1784 Franklin awoke at 
4 o'clock one morning in Paris. Pleased at the appearance of the day 
at that hour, the philosopher wondered why mankind had acquired 
the habit of wasting so many good hours of sunlight. In his thrifty 
manner he calculated that Paris alone could save 820,000,000 annually 
in candles if the clocks and the sun could be made to agree. 
To the advantages suggested by that original American others 
have been added by later observers. The greater opportunity for 
recreation, the lessened eye-strain, the smaller industrial risks due to 
work in natural light; sounder sleep; greater happiness, more efficiency 
and widespread economies — these are some of the benefits recorded. 
Xothing effective can be done, however, until Congress is induced to 
act. 
Chicago Herald. 
More Potatoes 
In countries where more than hah of the world's crop of potatoes 
is produced the yield was greatly reduced last year. This year our 
farmers will increase their potato acreage. Probably there will be 
acreage gain; throughout the country. A greater yield this year will 
not so affect prices as to make them unprofitable, and the demand, 
both foreign and domestic, will not be checked. 
What the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company is doing for the potato 
crop is an example that deserves to be followed by other railroads. 
The Lehigh will have on its lines a "potato special/' composed of 
cars in which the latest method; of treating seed, the benefits of spray- 
ing, and all that the potato grower should know will be shown. In 
this potato campaign the company's officers will be assisted by ex- 
perts from Cornell and other universities, with the co-operation of 
county farmers' associations in Western Xew York and Central 
Pennsylvania. Much useful work of the same kind has been done in 
the past by railroad companies in the Northwest. 
The movement to till unused portions of golf finks to increase the 
country's food supplies reached national proportions witb the an- 
nounced approval of the plan by the United States Gob a;;ociation. 
The idea was started by the Dunwoodie Country club. Yonkers, X. Y. 
It is proposed to use the profits from golf links agriculture for purposes 
of national defense. 
