Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-19
Confusion Attends Enforce ment of Coal Saving
 Regulation.
FIRST MOVE IS
 RUSHING SHIPS
Fuel Administration McU Sent to All Atlantic Ports tO See That Yes. sclS Get Coal Many EN-
 emptiVnS Named.

manufacturing industry in the 2S states east of the Mississippi river
 was virtually suspended today in obedience to the governments order forbiGding the use of fuel. Most of
 the plants engaged on war contracts
 were exempted from the orders opera
 ton in telcgrame sent out last night,
 but few of them learned of it in time, and great majority closed down with
 the other factories
 Confusion attending the enforce
 ment of the order was general Such
 flood of telcgrams poured into the
 offices of the fuel administration ask
 ing interpretations and rulings and requesting information concerning ex cmpted industries, that finally the ex- emption list was given to the press
 for publication. --,..,. -sy~e- Wilson Supports Order. The day brought statement of uncquivocal support of the order from President Wilson. and vigorous de- fense by Fuel Administrator Garfield
 of the step and the governments pur- pose in taking it. Opposition to the order in congress apparently spent itself in debate in both houses. Dur ing the day Dr. Garfield replied to the scnate's request of yesterday that
 the order be suspended for five days, disclaining any purpose to be dis courteous, declining to comply. and
 again putting out the necessity for en- forcemcnt of his order.
 Food Administrator Hoover. in a
 statement, interpreted the order to
 mean that no check would be put on
 the operation of any sort of food hand-
 ling, manufacturing or distribution. List of Exemptions.
 The plants exempted from list prepared by Secretaries Baker and
 Daniels are those manufacturing gas
 masks, explosives for the government,
 rifles. pistols, machine guns and small
 arms ammunition, fOrgings for the
 government, electrical supplies and tool steel for war purposes, destroy CTS and destroyer parts, seamless tubes and condenser tubes, aircraft and aircraft parts. signal corps equip
 ment, locomotives, equipment for
 ships, woolen goods for the army and navy, white duck and tenting for the
 government and optical supplies. All shipyards, although not included in
 the exempted list, will continue opera
 tion under a special ruling, as will
 hundreds of plants turning out 1-late-
 rials which enter directly into the
 manufacture of army and navy SUD-
 plies. Among the collateral indus tries which will be classed as not coming within the provisions of the order will be virtually all mines pro- ducing ores.
 Wilson and Garfield Emphasize Need. In his statement supporting Dr. Gar fields issuance of the closing order, President Wilson says he was con- suited and fully agreed with the fuel administrator as to it's necessity. Dr. Garfield's statement emphasizes the railroad congestion, which, he de- clares, is threatening the food supply, points to the necessity for moving
 ships to Europe anG carries an ap- peal to capital to bear it's share of the
 burden brought by the closing order by paying employees for the time they are idle.
 Aids Get Ships on. The situation on the Atlantic coast
 drew most of Dr. Garfield's attention today. while his assistants struggled
 with the great volume of requests for
 interpretations of the general terms ! of the order. Fuel administration rep
 resentatiyes were dispatched to the principal Atlantic ports. there to re- main until every ship held up for lack of fuel has it's bunkers filled. Re-
 ports tonight to the administration said that the situation will begin to improve immediately, and that the
 more than million tons of shipping
 detained would be on it's way within a short time.
 No Railroad Embargoes. ! Suggestions that railroad emoarsess
 be declared on tho shipmsrt ot goods
 iron, factories shut down, aud on the yuvements of materials to the Atlantic
 seaboard, were disappFovad today by
 sscretary McAdco. djreeteE ssnsrai of ) (cont Ssd | p.gs lx.l