[tz] Washington state to permanent standard time?

[Paul Eggert]

I vaguely recall several efforts to switch to permanent standard time in 
various state legislatures. None have made much progress yet.

Retailers generally favor DST and would oppose any effort to go back to 
standard time, because they fear people would shop less after work. This 
has been true ever since United Cigar Stores (then one of the largest 
retail chains in the US) successfully lobbied Congress to establish 
daylight saving time in 1918.

Here is a poster put up by United Cigar Stores celebrating passage of 
the 1918 bill, and continuing to push the tall tale that farmers favor 
DST. That tall tale is still circulating.

https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g10663/