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GARFIELD STOPS
ALL INDUSTRIES
Fuel Administrator Signs De-
cree SuSpending Work.
DEFIES u. 5. SENATE
Orders Plants East of the Mississippi.
With Few Exceptions, Closed Until
Midnight Next Tuesday.


With Few Exceptions, Closed Until
Midnight Next Tuesday.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-The Garfield
| coal edict went into effect at mid
night.
Defying a resolution passed by the
| senate to compel a postponement of
! the drastic measure the fuel admin
| istration gave notice that it stands
| pat.
Beginning at midnight every indus
Try east of the Mississippi and those
| included in the states of Minnesota
! 8nd Louisiana must with few excep-
| tions. close their doors and keep them
| closed until midnight next Tuesday.
Braving a storm Of protest that
fairly swept through the nation, Presi-
dent Wilson stands squarely by Doc
! tor Garfield.
Final preparation of the order went
rapidly ahead while the opponents In
the senate lashed themselves into a
fury over the measure The Hitch
cock resolution requesting a delay of
five days was passed in the senate
by vote OF 50 to 10.
A total of fourteen exemptions have
been decided on. They relate entirely
to vitally essential war industries.
All industries covered in the origi-
nal outline must close absolutely dur
ing the five-day period
Likewise, the holiday basis must
stand for all industries on the specific
nine Mondays, beginning January %.
The order covers not only indus
tries that get heat or power from
coal. but those that get heat or power
from oil, electricity. natural gas, cal
cium or other fuels or power sources.
Waterpower plants are not includ-
ed
Following is the text of the order
signed by Fuel Administrator Gar.
field.
United States Fuel Administrator
Regulation making provision for a
more adequate supply of fuel for rail-
roads. domestic consumers, public
utilities and other uses necessary to
The national security.
"The United States fuel ad~1inistra-
tor, acting under the authority of an
executive order of the president of the
Ueited States, dated August %, 1917
appointing said administrator, in fur
therance of the purposes of said order
and of the purposes of the act OF con-,
gress therein referred to. approved on
August 10. 1917, and finding it essen
tial effectively to carry out the pro-
visions Of this act. to make provision
for more adequate supply of fuel
for railroads, domestic consumers,
public utilities and for other uses
necessary to the national security in
certain parts Of the United States,
hereby makes and prescribes the fol
lowing regulation:
Section l.
Until further order of the United
States fuel administrator, all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity
shall, in filling their contracts or Or
iers now on hand, give preference to
necessary current requirements Of
railroads, domestic consumers, hospit-
ais, charitable institutions, army and
navy cantonments. public utilities, by
product coke plants. supplying gas
for household use. telephone and
telegraph plants, shipping for bunker
purposes. the United States for strict
" governmental purposes mot includ-
ng factories or plants working on
contracts for the United States) man.
,tactGrers cf perishable food or food
or necessary immediate consumption
md municipal. county or state gov
arnments for necessary public uses.
Any tonnage remaining after the fore
going preferred shipments have been
nadc, may be applied in filing any
>ther contracts or orders.
Section ..
"On the following days, namely,
January 1S.19.20,21 and %, 1918, the
state fuel administrators, and their
lccredi ed representatives. in the vari-
3us communities in the territory in
which this regulation applies are here
~ empowered and directed to divert
such fuel as arrived in such communi-
les in carload lots to meet the cur
rent requirements and to provide an
suSqud(t anu ilOi iil'tt supply Iol sum
consumers Of fuel as are specified In
section l thereof.
"Section 8.
"On the following days, namely,
Janyarv IS, 10. 20, 81 and %. 1918,
and. also, on each ami every Monday
beginning January IS, 1918, and con-
tinuing up to and including Marc.I 25,
1913 no manufacturer or manufacture
ing plant shall burn fuel or use power
derived from fuel for any purpose.
with the following exceptions:
"(a) Plants which necessarily must
be continuously operated seven days
each week to avoid serious injury to
the plant itself or its contingents may
use only such quantities of fuel as Is
necessary to prevent such injury to
the nlant or its contents;
"(bl Manufacturers or plants manu-
featuring perishable foods or foods
for necessary immediate consump
ton:
acc, Manufacturers of food not
perishab Bile and not necessary for i'm
mediate consumption may burn fuel
to tn, extent authorized by the fuel
admin strator of the state in which
such !'ant is located or by his duly
authorized representative upon appli
cation by the United States food ad
m;nist"ator;
I'D Plants necessary to the print
ing and publication OF daily papers
may burn fuel or use power derived
therefrom as usual, except that on
every Monday from / uaTy 81 to
March %, 1918, inclusive, they may
burn fuel or use power therefrom
only to such extent as is necessary to
print and publish such editions as