The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-18
MUNITIONS PLANTS
ARE TO CONTINUE
And Food Industries Are to
Work on Full Time With
out Exception-The Great
Protest Throughout the
Country Continues

Washington, d. G., Jan. lS.-It wa
stated officially early to-day that Pres
dent Wilson was not even considering IL
terfering with the fuel restriction orde
as he felt that the country would be sal
isfed with its necessity.
Failure to heed the Senate's reques
that the order be suspended pending a.
investigation led to agitation by man.
senators in favor of making a direct ap
peal to the president. Protest from busi
ness interests throughout the countr.
against the order continued to-day.
All the principal munitions plants vii
be permitted to work at their full capac
ity. As announced by the fuel admins
tration last night, only the portions oi
the plants making condenser tubes would
have been permitted to operate. 1t was
an official mistake.
III WAS uIdbTslbDu NtfitI SOiAN ahhiNio'''
TO the exempted list would be made dur
ing the day. Meanwhile the fuel admin
istration is concentrating its efforts on
cleaning up shipping congestion. From
the food of applications for exemptions
piing in, it appears that steel plate
mills and wooden plants making cloth
for soldiers uniforms would receive ia
vorable action.
1t was ordered to-day that only one
ice making plant might operate in any
one place, but must furnish its product
te the closed ice plants at production
cost.
Food industries without exception will
be permitted to operate on full time,
according to an Interpretation OF the or
der made by Food Administrators Hoover.
After conference with Mr.. Garfield, Mr..
Hoover made the following statement;
1T is my understanding DIR. Garfield's
order does not include grain elevators,
grain mills, bakeries, stockyards, meat
packing establishments, cold storage
houses, sugar factories and refining
plants or any other form of food indus
try.
Further, there are certain other in
dustries not directly handling foods upon
which food production depends and DIR.
Garfield has agreed to leave determine
tion of the position o fthese industries
to state food administrators, who will
secure supplies for them through state
fuel administrators. The flow of food |
stuffs must continue without Interrupt |
tion."
The announcement that the use of all |
forms of fuel would be prohibited caused
considerable confusion, and strenuous eff
forts were predicted to have wood, oil,
natural gas and water power users ex
empted Fuel Administrator Garfield has
exempted from the operation of the or
der certain concerns engaged in impera-
tive war work. the list including the
following:
Erie Forge company, Erie, Pa,
Babcock & Wilcox company, Bayonne,
n. j.
That part of the plants of the follow
ing firms engaged in the manufacture of
condenser tubes, 5-S inches in diameter:
General Electric company, Lynn, Mass.
Dupont Powder plants at Carney
Point and Parlin, n. J.
Savage Arms company Utica, \. Y.
Remington L. NJ. C. company. plants
at Bridgeport, Conn; lion, y. Y; Ho
boken, n. j.; and Swanton, VT, National
Pressed & Copper Tube Co, Hastings, !
\. Y.
Schools were declared exempted from
The closing order under which they are
'lassed as municipal buildings Fuel. Of !
icials held. may 90 to schools freely, not {
lnly during the five days period. but
IN the Monday holidays as we'll
Gompers Doubtful But Loyal.
Organized labor's attitude was set 5
orth last night BY Samuel Gompers. ?
PRESIDENT of the American Federation OF /
abor, who issued a statement declaring o
he workers OF the nation, although they :
would be the chief sufferers. would main
ain a loyal stand. Doubt was expressed
" Mr.. Gompers that the five-day suspen- .
ion was the best way TO meet the sit ;
iation and be suggested that a wiser :
curse would have been to place all in
ustries OF the country on an eight hour
asis during the war.
DR. Garfield appealed through the press l
o all employers affected by the order g
n pay their employees while their plants
re closed down just a. II they were
b fun operation v
~ j. their patriotic duty Dr. Gar a
ed sid. and they should rise 70 the ?
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