The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
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NO@NAAANS1D hOA HoS O%'Ns
ing telegram to John p. White at the
miners convention in Indianapolis:
please state that order closing in
dustries for five days will not slow
down mines. / am making provision
for that and also include in my ap-
peal request that labor be not. al
lowed. to suffer during five days or
subsequent Mondays affected by or
der. / feel confident that the great
mass of employers throughout the
country will regard this as a neces-
sary incident of the war. to be borne
by them and not shifted to labor. y
In order to clear up the applica-
ton Of that section of his order reg
ulating Industrial activities for the
next five days and for the ensuing
ten Mondays affecting food, Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield sent the follow
ing telegram to all Federal Fuel Ad-
ministrators:
"An the food industries are to be
supplied with coal. All determina-
ton of fuel for the collateral indus
tries supporting the food industry
will be made by the Federal Food
Administrators in your State, and
you will accept their decision as to
their inclusion in the industries to
be supplied"
Enforcing the Order.
Compliance with the orders will be
enforced directly through the State
Fuel Administrators. They, working
doYn through committees in counties
and cities, will watch all industries
and factories. Failure of the plants
to shut down will be investigated
Immediately by the inspector, who
will fix the quantity of coal on hand,
the quantity of consumption. and
learn what reason the manufacturer
gives for failure to comply.
This will be reported Immediately
to the State administrator, who, II
the violation comes within the in
depreciation of the order, will enter
prosecution.
Arrests may be made upon the first
instance. if the inspector finds the
violation fragrant
During the morning DIR. Garfield
applied to Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoO to make immediat tely
available s25,OOO.OOO to be used by
the Fuel Administration and its
various State administrators to buy
up all coal mined under, contract
during the five-day period for de-
livery to industries that are closed
down by the order. The fuel thus
acquired. approximating nearly a
million tons, would under this ar
rangement be diverted by the State
fuel administrators. under direction
from the Federal administrator, to
industries and domestic consumers
on the preferred list. This would
apply to all coal in transit to shut
down industries.
When, subsequently,, Oil Admins
TRAITOR ReQua announced on author
ity OF Fuel Administrator Garfield
that industries using oil or natural
gas as fuel must also close down
under the order, interested parties
at once demanded to know whether
the government would also buy UT
oil being produced during the shut
down period for these industries
but the answer was a doubtful neg
ative.
The order reducing fuel con-
sumption" added Mr.. Requa "is not
to be construed. however. as apply
ing to drilling or operating for
oil or gas wells, transporting, man.
ufacturing or distributing of pc
troleum and its products or natural
gas. 1t must be understood, how
ever, that consumers of fuel oil
other than those engaged in the
conduct their business in accordance
with the rules and regulations"
Despite the fact that the original