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CARFIELD'S ORDER
GOES into EFFECT
Thousands Of Plants Close For
Five Days.
PRESIDENT SUPPORTS PLAN
All industries in the East Close Ex-
cept Some With Government Work.
Exemption Given Many.

Washington, Jan. I5-America has
felt the pinch Of war, perhaps for the
first time.
Industry Throughout the east is idle
under the fuel administration order
issued to relieve the coal shortage
and release fuel for ships loaded with
supplies for the army abroad and the
allies
IN the face of storm of protests
and formal request from the senate
to stay it's execution temporarily, the
order was signed by DR.. CART cid, the
fuel administrator, with the approval
Of President Wilson.
1t was stated officially that the
president is not even considering in.
terfering with the order. He feels the
country will be convinced of its neces-
sity.
AS sent to state fuel administrators,
the order contained few chances from
the form of the abstract made puh'ic.
Neither did it clear up to any great
extent the confusion resultin from
its lack of detailed Interpretation.
BY its provisions. manufacturing
plants east of the Mississippi river
and in Louisiana and Minr ESQ a, will
be closed for five days. Virtually all
business activity will be 81 pai every
Monday for ten weeks beginning Jan
uary 81.
The fuel administration announced
that a large number of plants-about
1000 in Abiding war work, would be
exempted from the order.
Virtually all the principal industrial
plants of the country are on the list
in one way or another. The ruling
assures work for hundreds of thou
sands of men. 1t is in addition to
comparatively small list of exemp-
tons announced last night
Through its order the fuel admin
istration expects coal to move to es-
sential consumers, including railroads,
oueeholders, public utilities and
buildings, shipping interests, and pro-
ducers Of food. In their behalf the
order was issued.
DR.. Garfield turned his personal at
tention to supplying bunker coal for
ships held in ports by lack of fHel.
This was prompted by the extremely
critical transport situation. The In
Of communication between the United
States and Europe has been seriously
crippled by the lack of fuel and by
freight congestion on docks all along
the coast.
Next to filling household require
ments, DR.. Garfield considers the
bunkering of ships is the most import
ant task just now. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo, 1t was indicated,
might declare a railroad emba go
against the shipment of more supplies
% Atlantic ports until the situation
on the docks is improved.
Most of DR.. Garfield's staff was busy
issuing special rufifnc IN response to
flood of queries from every state in
form of industries are included in the
order. Apparently the whole country
Is much at sea as to , It what the
order means.
In the original order, the outline OF
which was published Wednesday
night newspapers were unaffected by
the five-day closing. They are limited
TO holiday editions on heatless Mon
lays. Indication was given that
plants requiring heat to maintain
themselves could burn coal for this
purpose, but would not be permitted
to operate This was interpreted by
many as applying to blast furnaces.
Prohibition Of the use of fuel by
various consumers will close hotel
and cafe bars on the Monday holidays
unless the arrangements prefer their
establishments to be heatless. The
clause including saloons contains an
added provision excepting hotels and
public eating houses from operation
Of the order, provided they neither
sell nor serve intoxicating liquors on
The days in question.