The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
Garfield Despite Plea of Postponene

others that is necessary is the bunker
ing Of ships. Our docks and ware
houses are now crowded for lack OF
ship bottoms.
I'VE have finally reached the point
where thousands OF tons Of produce
That can stand weather conditions lie
out In the open. I wonder II the
public realizes the necessity of moving
this essential material"
:Wnl you commander and take
over the coal now in the factories?'
asked Senator Reed once more.
The state fuel administrators al
ready have that right"
But is that part of this planZ"
NO; 1t is not a part OF this partic-
+ular plan"
Loss I'm Goods.
We'll, assuming that there might
be little inequality between facto-
ries in the matter Of fuel, do you
think that millions of workers
should cease their work."
IF that were the only reason,
Senator, lwould agree with you en-
tirely."
Are there any other reasonsr"
Yes; the years loss Of bltuminous
coal Is S5sOOO.OOO tons.
But" persisted Senator Reed, ~if
you stop every factory in the United
States you will still be $4,000, 900
tons short The only way TO get
more coal is to dig it out OF the
ground.
TN this plan you lose the goods
produced in those five days; you
transform a coal shortage into a
goods shortage; you lose nifty times
the value of the coal In the loss OF
goods ana wages"
The examination then ran to the
matter OF water-power mills. Earlier
in the day Senator Smith OF South
Carolina, said the fuel administration
office told him water-power mills would
be expected TO obey the new ruling to
the letter. Senator Tillman. from the
same State. remarked audibly. ''welI
I'll be damned" Senator Reed asked
DR.. Garfield about this matter.
THE factories will continue to run
by water-power," the doctor answer
ed. 81 have no power to stop them"
"Wil you request them to cease"
II will request them to stop on Mon
days"
Plea for Workers.
Senator Reed made the point that
the daily factory products were 100 to
700 times the pYice OF the coal saved.
and spoke of the employees being out
OF work.
Don't you think you should go a
little slow when you think Of these
Employer" he asked.
IF the factories OF the country shift
the burden to labor" replied Dr. Gar
field. they will fail in bearing their
part OF a proper burden. The same
argument applies to the Mondays as "a
the five days. The people OF the
United States went into this war with
their eyes open. led by the high ideals
set by the President We dare not
open our minds now to the idea of Il
being dollars out OF our pockets. We
must not shift the responsibility to the
shoulders OF the Ieboring man.
Senator Vardaman asked IL the real
purpose OF the order was not 70 keep
people from freezing and TO pur
coal in the ships.
And TO stop the piling OF goods on
the docks" answered Or. Garfield.
'I can't admit that there's-weIi.
I'm going to use the word-sense in
stopping a factory because goods are
piled on wharyes," countered Senator
Reed.
He added that s2s5 .oOo. 900 would be
lost in labor wages in i've days, with
5,OOO!eO0 men out Of work. that their
product would be worth five times
that sum, the whole loss TO the coun.
try being over sI.ce0 90. 900.
Senator Jones' Of New, Mexico, ask
ed II it was the purpose OF the Fue
Administration TO buy all the Goa