South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-18

is absolutely essential 20 his necessi-
ties. Necessity must be the meas
ure In war time no patriot will
ask for comfort or luxury.
The second significant statement
made before the conference was that
OF Evans Woollen. the United States
fuel administrator for Indiana, when
he said. in speaking to the county
fuel administrators OF their own
standing:
The job will have 10 be done by
you in the counties with such CO.
operation as can be had from this
office. You represent the people at
home, the unorganized people. You
were chosen at home. You have
drst-hand knowledge and you will
have 10 make the decision. q.
The roots Of the problem are in the
fact that we are trying TO do at once
three things. We are trying 70 make
our living as we normally do, 10
maintain business as usual. We are
trying, secondly. 20 make in a few
months. military preparations which
have engaged our enemy for 80
years. And, thirdly, we are making
war We are trying TO do at once
three things and for those three
things there is not time enough or
strength enough or transportation
enough or coal enough. And the
first Of these three things normal
business, will have 70 give way more
and more as we yield ourselves 70
the only thing that now matters
the supreme business of winning the
war"
Here is a clear, positive declara-
ton from one who is in position to
know what We may expect of the fu-
tUre in Indiana and il says that
normal business will have to give
way more and more as we yield our
selves to the supreme business of
winning the war"
Coal Dealers Part.
Surely when the individual citizen
has reduced his coal needs to his
bare necc ssities, and when normal
business has been giving way TO the
supreme BUSINESS Of winning the
war, the coal dealers of the state
will not ask that their business be
exempt from the common embar-
rassment and sacrifice for victory,
The retail coal dealer, under these
circumstances, if he is acting from
patriotic motives, will not hold out
for the last penny he can get under
the law, but he will be making an
earnest effort to see how cheaply he
can sell his coal and remain in busi-
ness. The retail coal dealers con-
tribution to the war sacrifice will be
the profit he might rightly expect in
normal times He will refrain from
making money out Of his neighbors'
and his country's necessity.
Mr.. Woollen calls attention to the
fact that the county fuel administra-
tors are tho representative of the
people, they have been selected "at
home" and when, in behalf of the
folks at home the administrator calls
upon the retail coal dealers of the
county TO get together and join in
fixing a reasonable price for coal
war time price for coal-when he
finds a retail dealer who insists on
| having his regular profit and the
last cent the law allows, the admin
istrator owes il 10 the people behind
him TO let them have full informa-
ton on the subject. When sacrifice
is asked Of all, TO help win the war,
let those who respond to the appeal
know just who doesn't respond. Let
the people Of each county know who.
i'm their midst, prefers profits 10 ma
tional victory.
Labor Leaders View.
The third striking statement was
that made by Charles Fox of Terre
Haute. president Of the state fedora
ton OF labor, himself a member Of
the miners union. and the labor
| representative on the advisory board