Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
SENTIMENT DIVIDED
ON CLOSING ORDER
Many Leading Men Disposed
to Await Results Before
Criticizinz
WARE ATTACKS METHODS
State Senator Believes Garfield Did
!. Not Take Up Problems Till
Too Late

ciosing down industry whilo som"
sagreed readily that he had done th,
<right thing, many ot them questioned
: the wisdom of the step
while ! do not want TO- criticize the
administration TN war time or lu amy
away embarriss those in power BOO Wash
ingtou it certainly seems 90 m, that Mr.
fGarfeld should have been able 90 so
coal distributed without CLOSING down
!. .ihdustries." said Senator Edwin $. Ware.
1T strikes me- ho continued. 'th''
the coal administration did mos begin
meeting the coal situation Until n "a-
tno late There must now be plenty Of
tears and equipment 10 distribute coal II
they were only efficiently used
senator Ware said tine order would
close down about thirty steam sh3Nels
used i'm his contracting business ON the
7 prohibited days. lie also recalled tie
advice given 10y Mr.. Garfield last ~uu-
fner against people buying coal ana Sala
that the condition would rot Zoe nearly
+. 20 bad Ut the present time II this aaNle"
bad not been given as many people
would have bought coal at ina' 'lm'
! whom the railroads could have hauled D.
without cutting down other 'ransgpr'a-
tion.
cit is impossible 20 say 900 advance
what effect the order issued 10y Admin
istrator Garfield will have cu the Gue-'
tion Of Unemployment and genera, labor
eonditious," said +. h. tirc"uHwaJ. CONF
arnissioncr Of immigration. under whose
! departncnt Is the Fedora, employment
bureau AT the present there lS r' I"-
fomplovmcnt problem Of serious ,ousc-
. auencc. and il the recommendation oi
Doctor Garfield that no deduction u'
made from tho wages uf CmFtyN', ON
these enforced holidays is carried OUT
where will Of course be none. hu not
antiripatc any particular trouble n My
department growing out Of the crd'T'
woRKMEN MAY BE ANGERED
so far.as I can see said Superin-
ttendent ConEdou, of the state Employ
rnent Bureau about the only result
af the order from the standpoint ui tho
matter Of unemployment will be iha'
sRe will probably have run Of applica-
tions from people who Will be auEciea
! At having au~euforccd lay-oii ana VIII
want to get other jobs giving steady
= employment Without any lay-off. w,
9 viii refuse to entertain applications from
semployes now having positions with
Industrial plants. 1 do not apprchcnd
any serious consequences from pr Gar
fleld's order"
Mayor smith said he believed tho
order wise ono. soon 20 be followed Ivy
Epther orders along the lines Of fuel con.
servation.
He said: with little time to thinl
II over. ii seems TO me this order ma!
prove "a very good thing. II may be fol
lowed by other orders along the lines o
fleI conservation, such as, for instance
that these plants should try to cquil
themselves during this lull with suflicicu
coal 10 run themselves for some time q
como II might be very desirable 20 shu
down the shipping Of every thing "N"ep
coal / can see how this action ot Doc
tor Garfield might quickly Vrodu'" Yer,
favorable results. With good weather i
might he possible for the railroads Il
.-near up i'm these five days much Of tn
accumulation Of freight that consists @
manufactured products.
ut is a bad situation at best and ON
that requires very delicate handling
since every one has a different solution
for the difficulty, but the responsibility
rests after aH with the Fuel Admins
traitor aud l have confidence ia hi
ability TO handle IT, As Ear as am
difHcuItv with regard 90 the foreign uI,
tnent among the laborcrs iu pmladrl
phia. who might not understand vh
their factories VCrC closed tp them,
concerned, / will at once take the mat
ter up with tho proper authorities an
am sure plans will be made az once {
look after anything of that sort tina
might arise. II il hecUms uoces~ar
to take care Of any who are jn wan
through the sudden loss of fiy" day.
wages VIC will he prepared TO meet tina
situation, / don't want to see that cor
dition arise. but I shall not run AVA
from II IL IT does
EMIL T.. ALBRIGHT. president Of III
Bourse-NothinE more than that
for a board ot control in WaShinEto
TO coordinate all the ue"tE for wa
PURPOSES and 10 coordinate th"lU tc
other purposes a. we'll it seems
me the height Of folly for one man
assume control over ono dcpartmcl
and reject the needs Of the others
is the act ot a man ObsCSsCd with il
one idea Of his department, cN,lusi!
of the needs Of others / have no duul
that there viii hc an appeal 20 Nh
from the War and Navy aud 9th,
nepa rtments. II doesn't seem tp me
be wisely conceived at all.
ERNEST r. TRIGG, president of u
Chamber Of Commerce presume I'll
decision was made only after the who
subject was given consideration. am
n il was found necessary the be,
thing We can do is to accept 90.
will have a serious effect on our bus
ness, and will no doubt affect organ
zations. 1t is difficult under orliuar
circumstance to keep employees 4,
Eether with the attractive prices b'In
offered, and iu some places IN" ord'
will have a tendency further to hrca
up organiza tious. ! assuW" that n
machinery Of the Chamber of t"U
merce. which has members iu can
den Bristol Wilmington and N0rri
town and other cities, viii be used
carrying the order into effect
W. NELSON MAYHEM. first vice pres
dent Master Builders Exchange
course, the order will lie up the e
tire building industry tight I ha'
no accurate knowledge Of how maI
men il may affect-possibly 10000
1O0 600 OF course. their wages -,
when they are not actually wOTkin
mechanics in the building trades beil
paid by the hour.
JOSEPH X. GRUNDN. president Of I
Pennsylvania Manufacturer Assocl
lion Pennsylvania has approximate
1000 manufactures, inriuding tho
a. tie food industries. What perceI
age OF the total viii beseNempt 1
cause OF food manufacture has I
been ascertainsd. but IL 10 probat
about ; per cent II Is purely "
measure and therefore cannot COZ
fnent upon IL either one way or 1
other
NATHAN i. FOLWELL, president
the Manufacturers Club-All esta
llshmeuts manufacturing clothing
To have hnarH