Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-18
PINCH
Of WAR FELT
IN AMERICA
Industr s Idle Under Fuel
AdU .sistrator's Order to
Conserve Coal.
MUNITIONS PLANTS
GIVEN EXEMPTION
Special Order Permitting Operation
Issued and Steel and WooIen Plants
May Be Included Administration
Expects Fuel to Be Released For I'm.
mediate Movement Of Ships Loaded
With Supplies For Armies in Europe.

Washington. Jan. lS.-Americ,, felt
the pinch OF war perhaps for the first
TIME today with much Of its industries
hanging Idle under the fuel adm,nistra-
t!on's order issued to relieve the coal
shortage and release fuel for ships
loaded for supplies for the American
army and the allies
In face OF protests and a formal re.
quest from the senate to stay ire ex
ecution temporarily. the order was
signed last night by Administrator
Garfield and approved by President
Wilson and became effective at mid
night
1t was stated today that President
"lsoh VIII not interfere with the order
ana feels that the country will be salts
lied with its necessity.
Munitions Plants at Work.
All the principal munition plants will
DO permitted to work under the order
only portion OF the plants making
condenser tubes have been permitted
TO operate under the order as issucd
last night. but this was n mistake. TN.
Du Pont powder plants and eighteen
others announced as being restricted
to manufacture OF condenser tubes are
permitted by a modification TODAY 10
run full blast
III Is said some other exceptions will
be made to the original order today.
Steel Mills May Be Exempted.
FROM the flood OF applications for
exemptions piling in 1t appears that
steel plant mills and wooden plant,
making soldiers uniforms will receive
favorable consideration.
1t was ordered today that only one
making plant may operate in any
one place, but the operating plant must
furnish ice to the closed plants at pro-
duction cost. fl.
The order contained only few
changes from the form Of the abstract
made public Wednesday. 1t did not
clear up to any extent the confusion
resultant from its lack of detail.
Manufacturing plants east of tho
Mississippi, with Louisiana and Minne-
sofa, will be closed Ave days beginning
today and virtually all business activ-
ity will he stopped on every Monday
for ten weeks. Thru its application
the fuel administration expects fuel to
.
Restrictions OF the tin plate OUTPUT.
which may result from the fuel order,
were considered today at n meeting o.
the governments Interdepartmental til
plate committee. Closing down Of tha
tin mills. It was said. would be unfor-
.tunate and hamper food conservation.
Exemptions Secret.
Twcnty-three OF the country's iars-
est steel mills have been notified they
may operate IL they run 100 per cen;
capacity on orders for steel plate for
the navy.
Secretary McAdoo, It was indicated
today. might declare an embargo
against supplies to Atlantic ports un-
til the situation on the docks was im-
proved
Congress Greatly Dispieased.
When congress assembled today at.
tacks on the fuel restriction order
broke out anew. mingled with indtgna-
ton in the senate because the ftreI adj
ministration had disregarded Its reso-
luton asking delay.
AN this chaos is shameful Senator
Smith. OF Michigan said. The senate
should rise and clip tho wings of those
who assume authority"
A letter received from DR.. Garfield
Hyr Senator Smith of Georgia, says the =
order does not apply to newspapers or !.
other industries operated by hydro-
electric order
Attacks on the fuel order also hlazed
up In the house today. Representative
Snyder OF New York. said the presi-
dent had made a fatal error in per-
hitting DR.. Garfield to issue the order
Many members took part in the dis
cussion.
Smith Gets Excited.
THE country Is aghast," the Micht-
gan senator shouted. Our enemies
must be jubilant. Some united action
/ must be taken to stay this blow. SO
serious and far reaching rs
Senator Hitchcock, author Of the res
olution asking Ave days suspension OF
the order. said he did not plan any
further action in the senate for stay.
! He felt that time for action by con.
gress was insufficient.
| Prior to opening debate Vice PRESS \
/ dent Marshall advised the senate hs
had been informed by DR.. Garfield there Z
was no intention of discourtesy in put
ting the order in effect despite the sens 4,
! ate resolution. He said the resolution
was not received by him until Gsst
y m. while the order was promulgated y
at s:i5 o'clock ~.