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New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Speeding Up Coal Deliveries

Slow delivery OF coal in this city is due
barrier between New York and the coal
road terminals in New Jersey. The coal
arrives by train at tidewatcr-that is, on
the other side of the Hudson River or at
Perth Amboy-and is there dumped into
bargcs. The barges are towed to New
York and discharged injo coal trucks,
which carry the coal to local coal yards.
Bulk is broken twice. The double handling
is costly and much delay results.
In this emergency the question arises ;
Why cannot the coal at the Jersey ter
minals be transferred directly to trucks,
which will cross the river barrier on ferry
boats and carry the fuel direct to con-
sumers? Truck service to the Perth AM
10y terminals may cost a good deal more
than the present service by coal barges via
Arthur Kill and the Kill van kull But
the increased cost would be nfinitesimal
compared with the vast losses caused to
commercial and other users Of coal by the
closing down of their plants.
The distance to the coal terminals which
lie just across the Hudson is negligible.
Ferry service to Jersey City, Hoboken and
Weehawken is ample. The boats can be
operated day and night If the truck
delivery route should begin on the other
side of the river instead of on this side.
the whole process of delivery would be
speeded up.
One big coal concern-Burns Brothers.
has made it a habit for some time past to
send its trucks across to Jersey 1t has
grasped the opportunity to simplify the
method of delivery and to cut out waste
through rehandling. The other dealers
have stuck to the slower and clumscr
barge service.
Before the taking over of the railroads
by the government the railroad companies
may have sought to discourage disuse of
the barges, which have been operated by
subsidiary towing corporations But the
Federal Railroad Director and the fuel
administration could easily stimulate d.
rect delivery; in fact they could make it
compulsory to any extent which might
seem advisable.
The coal terminals were constructed
with a view to dumping coal into barges
They are short on mechanical facilities for
loading trucks. Yet these facilities might
te rapidly extended. Burns Brothers have
shown the way for the installation OF q
new and quicker method of getting fuel &c
The consumer. Would it not be worth
while to give that method trial on .
large scale? For every hour cut from the
process of delivery would increase tho
available supply of city living from hanc
to mouth and contemplating with bitter
ness the stocks of fuel tied up at the Goa
terminals and in transit from the coal pits
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
the Editor of The Tribune.


SIR: More power to The Tribune in it's
emphatic pleas to encourage thrift and dis
courage vulgar waste! Its editorial of to-
day Exit Splurgc?' hits the nail on tho
head
spent the first two years of the war in
Europe and came back to find Americans, New
Workers above all Others fairly revelljnr in
c%traVagant expenditure Even shoo Owls
seemed to wear silk stockings and carry gold
mesh bags. and everybody seemed reekjno
with money to throw away in wasteful cy,
rendturcs. 1t seemed crime to mo .bor
that America should waste while all Europe
suffered and saved.
Now that merely the first symptoms Of war
are reaching us may we hope that even New
orkers Will not be ashamed to wear old
clothes, lay up pleasure motor cars. stop buv.
'ng eXtraVagantly and be proud Of SAVING. ~
cant afford it," No city in the world SO
needs to learn thrift. Is New York BEGINNING
TO learn 1t seems too good to be true Can
we give up imousines. cabarcts and limited
trains and still be happy? A. B.
New J ork, Jam H. 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Suspend Passenger Traffic

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: To my mind, the sane thing to do re
gardng this coal situation would be to
execute orders to affect the least number of
people and the least number Of industries
| understand, through reading your paper
each day, coal is plenty mountains Of it at
the mines and thousands of tons near by-but
transportation holds up deliveries. II this be
all true, then order all passenger service
trains east of the Mississippi suspended for
two days, Sunday and Monday OF next week,
thus giving every traveller ample time to To-
cate and arrange; then every freight
train twenty-four hours for those two days.
JOHN A. READ.
White Plains, n. y, Jan. II, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
In Case Of Fire Appoint Committee
To the Editor of The Tribune


Slr: The Ordnance Department last spring
when war was declared, acted with respect
to rifles and machine guns With about as much
sense as would be exhibited by man who
beng told that his barn was on fire. shonld
appoint committee to determine the best
form OF apparatus for putting the fire out.
ne nation was on fire with war, and our
War Department, through its Ordnance Rn-
'eau, instead of providing the most efficient
rhes and machine guns available, introduced
new pattern of rifle, which could not be
turned out in quantities without long delay
ana appointed committee to experiment
iot three or tour months with new machine
sun "n'ch had never been tested in the field
and could not be turned out in ouan+,t;os
inside of year.
"lth our allies in France approaching the
point OF bleeding to DEATH General Crozier
worked with as much deliberation as though
ne had years ahead in which to conduct ex
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
The Obsolete Coroner
,ir0ul The PhlGd.lDl,it, Io5Dc,n


Afer The first OF the year New York win
afford Philadelphia another example OF how
20 bring things up to date in social and
criminal matters. since tho coroncr's office
there has been abolished and a medical and
legal representative OF the District Attor-
ncy's Office will handle all the accident cases.
with or without suspicious circumstances.
for the best interest of the community, While
il is true that the multiplication of coroncrs
in New York, plus politics. had made the adj
ministration of this office more than usualjv
malodorous and OF little value in detecting
t'mc the evils that New York expects TO rem
cdy after January are inherent in the "cor-
onor's inQucst' system generally. even where
politics does not brutally intrudc itself in
the matter Of the fitness OF the appointee or
the management Of the Office Every one
knows that the criminal records in this citv
and state arc filled with absurd miscarriarcs
cf justice, perpetrated by coroners. which call
loudly for tho adjustment Of the Office. Too
often the District Attorney in eases of hph
erlmnality after the coroners office has
bungled the Job has TO set his own officials
az work 10 correct its mistakes. But every
fort TO secure a reform here has either been
net with worn out and thrcadbare pleas as
to the danger of upsetting an old and estab-
hshed method Of procedure or else the poll
'cs IN the situation is frankly admitted as
lhc real reason for making no changes.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
We Record Another Victory

The civil waiter, civil 10y comparison
with his former scorn, seemed to us a mag
nitcent victory of the Great War. Yet
even he Dales by comparison with the
picture painted by our correspondent. in
the following li,cs pcnned in that effetest
luxury, parior-car. chai,, travelling upon
that Roman Read Of the hour, the Penn
sy.vania Limited 70: Washington
IN ROUTE y. Y. TO WASHINGTON
Amt it grand and glorious fcclin' when,
after BENG At home for a long time, YOU de-
eide to nun down to Washington for Il few
day and YOU take few sandw ches with
you and Il thcrmos bottle, because the din
ing-cars are so expensive (and you always
did hate them anyway. and you find that
you don't look like poor country cousin, af-
ter all; that all thc up-to- date travellers
have their own red apples; and YOU puff out
your chest and pretend that you knew all
the time that there wasn't going TO be a
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
The Theatre Protest

In the maclstrom of confusion at Wash
ington there has been one point so clear
and simple that there seems no con-
ceivable excuse for ignoring it, That was
the point raised by the theatrical mana
gers. They accepted the order closing
their houses one day a week. They asked
only that their closing day be shifted from
Monday to Tuesday, so that they could
be open on the ten extraordinary holidays
which the country faces.
On the score of coal economy there can
be 10 difference between closing on the
one day and closing on the other. Just as
much coal can be saved on a Tuesday as
Oh Monday. The one difference is that
Under the Garfield order as now ratified
the idle public will have no places of
amusement to 60 to; under The proposed
plan The theatres would be open as they
normaly are in the public's leisure hours.
Mr. Garfield, in ruling his uniform, un-
thinking line through the country's activ-
tiles is doing the unnatural thing, is Gre
ating an unsound and nonsensical situa-
tion. He is taking away from the people,
for no possible gain to any one, the en-
tertainmcnt and relaxation which they
need most of all on such upsctting. de-
moralizng days Of idlencss.
We hope strongly that Nh Wilson will
take time to reconsider the theatre ques-
ton and make the simple and sensible
shift suggested
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
New York, Jan. II. 1913.
One of the Greatest Calamitics

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The present situation is not only a
serious calamity, but Of the greatest
catastrophes in the annals of history. Mr..
Garfield has closed down and tied up the in
dustries of this great nation at a very criti-
cal time. The war, if we intend to win It,
depends on our industry and that only
If the Fuel Administrator would get at the
root of the matter he would be doing we'll.
This situation is not due to a lack of coal,
but to men at the mines and freight locomo-
tives. Freight locomotives are the means of
conveying sufficient amount Of coal to our
city, not passenger locomotives. 1t requires
no more men to operate a freight locomotive
than a passenger one, and, besides, it is only
matter of common that passenger
locomotive cannot carry as much coal as a
freight. These facts are not from hearsay,
but from actual investigation.
We need fuel administrator who is thor
oughly experienced in the line not one who
is incompetent because he is lacking in the
knowledge Of affairs. intellectual proficiency y
is not all that is needed, but good common
sense and wise Judgment. Great Britain
solved her problem. She gave the man the
power. What good is a soldier without a
gun?
ZONE WE'LL INFORMED ON THE MATTER. u
New York, Jan. II, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Stop Talking; Get Man Sized Men

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We hatter ourselves upon our common
sense and great practical ability Yet we LEI
Germany fool US into wasting time stating
war aims and we can't keep our factory fires
going our homes heated. What marvels
Of practical efficiency we are.
In the matter of stating war aims. why
waste words when they can be summed up
in the declaration, truthfully and simply.
that aim is to beat down Satan under our
feet! When that is thoroughly done we will
discuss the geographical, ethical and ethno-
logical future OF the world. Until it is done
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Some IT. R. Pep" Needed

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial, January Ii. on "Nr
Bakers Testimony" gives US another flash
light vision of human self-sutficient comnla
cency and what it may mean to MANY con-
cerncd.
If tie country has had large degree Of
li.lth in MIR. Bakers good judgment and his
comprehension of the military problem. it is
now last fading away. As q matter of fact.
II Is somewhat doubtful whether that onin
ION has ever been very widely entertained.
hut now long is this thing to continue? The
American public is not to be treated like
'ee'h'ng children, easily amused at the shak-
ING OF the rattleboy. What the American peo-
pic want, and have a right to demand. is ac-
ton.
1t is possible that Secretary Baker could
speed up the work committed to his trust ;f
ne desired But the question then is. Why
coesnt he so desire? If he finds it impos.
s!Dle, why. III the name of the young man
mood OF America, doesn't he say so and act
accordingly? Why should tens of thousands
OF precious lives whom fond mothers tear
1ully surrendered for noble cause be ieop-
aldlzed through lack of prompt action in equip
ping them for something better than food
for shot and shell of the enemy bv the re-
sponsiblc head?
A little 1T. r. pep taken regularly. might
lie helpful, and doubtless the time would not
be far distant when our men on the other
side would be we'll and thoroughly eauipped
and clad and all our boys in the various
camps properly provided for 1t is a CRYING
shame that it is not done-and done quickly.
b. FRANK p
ND,I-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Down With the Sentimentalists'

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: J am just an ordinary business '''.
but wish 20 make a few observations "
matters which are perfectly apparent TO o., o,
one that is willing 70 see things III their ~.
light. This country has grown and prospe..s..
on the efforts of pioneers, farmers, ". =,
chants. manufacturers and spectators, " y
II is fast being ruined by the efforts OF =.
pie drawn from the following classes Gen.
men. lawyers. college professors, newsp'r.s
magazine and book writers. and women, .s .ss
II there is not some way found to cufp -.
activities Of these sentimentalists ana Wv
rists we are going to run into disaster,
New York, Jan. II, 1918. A READsn'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19

There are many employers, notably the
Gamers, who would be only too willing to
have holes kicked in the labor laws, but
nothing of the kind should be permitted.
firmly against any letting down of the
bars, and Governor Whitman last year
adopted the same policy. The lawmakers
will be we'll advised if they let this bill
die Its enactment could bring only
harm to the state.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
The Coal Crisis

litical beliefs, has been squarely behind the
Administration, Withholding criticism Of un-
necessary blunders which have brought i'll
ness and death to hundreds of our soldiers;
but no patriotic American will put his stamp
Of approval on the coldblooded order of DR..
Garfield, which means the paravzing of in
dustrics of the East, millions Of dollars Of
loss to labor starvation and untold sufferings
to thousands Of men, women and children.
HENRY r. PRICE,
President the Price Trade Publishing Com
pnny, Inc.
New York, JAN II, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
A Parable
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: A man driving four cylinde, ant,
mobile in race against time discovered .b,,
one Of the cylinders was firing Imperfect"
and impeding the action of the other th,s.
Thinking ponderously, he decided that # /.
could relieve the pressure against this dets,
tive unit and also Tighten the load it Womb
help.
Wherxupon he disconnected the other ..,..
cylinders, leaving them idle, drained th,..
quarters of his gasolene into the roadway ass
proceeded triumphantly on his way.
HOWARD GOLDSMITH
Now York Jan Il 1913
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Disnay

In the midst of titanic preparations for
war. industry draws its fires and Dr. Car
field begins to gather his five consecutive
worklcss days. He is tolerably safe The
practical sense Of people at large may be
trusted at any cost to avert physical dis
astcr. But what has happened is moral
disaster cf the first magnitude
What caused the President and his Fuel
Administrator to act in so preciptate a
manner was an urgent appeal from the
British for food. Reports from the other
side We're becoming very unhappy, and as
far as the Englishmcn here could go our
confusion was every day little worse. At
last they resolved to make peremptory rep
resentatlons to the Parliament What i'm
mediately followed has filled the English
mind with utter dismay for two reasons,
namely:
First, that in undeytcl;ing to cure the
situation by shutting up industry the gor-
e,mment has betrayed dangerous inca
1acity to cope 7cih causes;
Second, that this thing could haze hap
1oned IA the 1coy 1t happened only By req
sou OF disorganirotion so serious as to
seem almost hopeless.
Be it observed in the first place, that
The Fuel Administrator fails even to men
tion certain notorious causes, mainly
"priority orders" and uncontrolled govern
ment buying, as when anthracite coal from
Pennsylvania is shipped under "prioriry
order to an army camp almost within
sight of q bituminous Kentucky coal mine.
Consider, in the second place, the rea-
sons given by Dr. Garfield for dumping
the industrial CRATE. They are two. ac-
cordlng to his own explanation, namely
QD that industrial production has been
excessive, and GU that the railroads are
unable to move the freight "There is and
always has been," he says, "plenty of
COAL Therefore. the fires of industry
are drawn, not to save COAL as every one
supposed, for there is and ALWAYS has
been plenty of that. but because. in the
opinion of the Fuel Administrator, indus.
trial production is excessive and the rail
roads must be relieved
1t is to weep.
The Fuel Administrator, who is not 2
member of the Cabinet, of the Nationa
Council Of Defence, or of the War Indus
tries Board, goes directly to the Presidcn
and procures his Endorsement of a MA,
to shut up industry for five days, because
in the Fuel Administrators persona
opinion, industrial production is excessive
and the railroads need relief Thus. ths
Fuel Administrator becomes dictator O.
the whole performance. But having take,
1t INTO his hands to limit all industria
production in order to relieve Mr.. Nc
Adoo's railroads, he forgot and evervbod,
ers. 1t was nobody's business to remem
ber the Importance of not retarding tn
manufacture Of the engines that haul tn
cars that contain the freight.
The British in Washington are to-da,
more discouraged than at any time pre
viously since thus country entered the war
They do not understand the United States
Do We understand Curoolvoso
Where haze the people learned thi
patienec'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Where?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir Where did DR.. Harry A. Garfield, an
academician, get his profound practical
knowledge of things Industrial?
His order will do ten times more harm than
good.
Every good American, regardless of his po-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
Augustus P. Gardner

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May l use your columns 10 add my
bit OF tribute to the late Major Gardner?
never had the honor If direct personal ac-
quaintance with him. yet by virtue of his
public lifc his memory has become common
possession in America, and it bespeaks the
appreciation OF the whole nation that he
served so we'll and died so we'll for.
In the Massachusetts, legislature in Con-
grcss, in the Spanish war and finally as an
American officer his entire career seems to
have been dominated by one and the same
man!y, valiant and patriotic spirit He was
most evidently Of downright, straightfor-
ward. stalwart type of character-a man who
called a spade a spade and wanted his peers
to do the same His convictions fingered at
no halfway stations, did he hide their
light under bushcl ASIDE from party diff
ferenccs, as we'll as 5rcD non partisan diff
fcrenccs OF opinion as to the wisdom of one
or other policy, our public, I believe, ever
knc" that his mind and soul were his very
own and were squarely expressed by his in
dlvldual courses OF actor.
Patriot born and bred, one of the 'old
stock so sincerely chcrie led by our now
muitl-racial America, Major Gardner's in
tense natlonahsm, a patriotism that made
HIM think Of America first, last and al! the
tune, did not OegeIerate INTO political
hlgotry. On the contrary, this very intensity
OF loyalty 20 his native land afforded the
trucst guarantee of his utter sincerity and
enthusiasm in the great cause OF cooperatiye
democracy j. w. r.
Boston, Mass Jan. 10 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19

perments for ideal arms. And yet we are
congratulated by the Secretary of War on
having made great achievement in raising,
equpping and training army of 100000
men in nine months.
We need not question the statement that
the mel have been raised and that some of
them have been equipped, but in pcnt Of
fact none of them has had any but the
first elements of training. Few are fitted to
go to the front with any hope of success.
New York. Jan. 15 1918 NJ. T. r.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19

fou cen puscnasc merchandise advertised In the
hisuNe with absolute saey:or Il dissatisfaction results
~ Nly cas-" THE TRIBUNE guarantees pay your money
back apon request. No tape No uuibbIlno Wc mako
0ooc rronE.y Il the advertiser docs not
New-York tribune., 1918-01-19
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Exit Splurge

New York. Jan. l6, 1918.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-29
Few Absent Voters
Take Advantage of
Franchise Rights

Very few are taking advantage
Of the Illinois absent voting law.
according to County Clerk H. b.
Hubbard.
At noon yesterday but three re
quests for ballots had been receiv-
ed by Mr.. Hubbard, only one of
these being from a soldier.
The requests came by mail from
widely separated points, one com
ing from Norfolk, Va, another
from Washington, and one from a
voter in the far south.
Official election ballots are re-
CURED by law to be printed from
within Is to days preceding the
election To be counted. the alb
sent voters ballot must be in the
ballot box on election day. Should
delay be met with and the official
ballots not be forthcoming until
three days before voting day, vot-
ers located at d great distance from
Rock Island would of necessity
lose their franchise. The ballot
would arrive too late to be includ-
ed in the official count.
Unless the unforeseen happens
however. the official ballots will be
ready within few days They are
expected from the printers daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-29
SIX RULES GIVEN
FOR SHOPPERS BY
DEFENSE COUNCIL

The commercial economy admin
istration of the state council of de-
Tense has announced six rules for
Christmas shoppers. Here they
are:
Spread your Christmas shop
ping over October, November and
December. Do not wait; begin
now.
2-Do your shopping in the early
hours of the day.
Buy useful gifts only, except
toys for children
Ship all presents that go by
mail or express on or before Dec
5. to avoid congesting transporta-
ton
Avoid giving bulky articles, if
they must be shipped by mail or
express.
Garry your own parcels home
whenever possible.
These rules are the result of a
bargain between the merchants of
the country and the government. To
live up to their agreement the mer-
chants must have the cooperation
Of their customers.