The evening world., 1918-01-17

New York. There is only a short time
for manufa cturing for the spring sea-
son, and this iptcrferes with II. Tho
difficulty 1t will cause with labor Is,
OF course. apparent. Monday is the
worst day OF the week that could have
been chosen for shut down. The
buildings and machinery become
cooled by closing from Saturday noon
10 Monday morning. and by Tuesday
they will be thoroughly chilled, caus-
ing hours OF delay before normal
working conditions arc restored"
working Glasses VIII Have TO
Carry the Burden.
Charles Spiro OF tho Columbia
Typewriter Factory, No. 81 West
ll6th Street:
81 don't think the President should
have sanctioned this order. 1t will
have serious effect on business
people. Such measure should have
been submitted first 10 Congress. 1t
Ia amazing that one man should have
such omnipotencc. The working
rlnsses will have 10 carry the bur-
den"
Ftvc-Day Shut-Dowu the Chief
Hardship.
p. S. Phillips OF the Phillips-Jones
Shirt Company, whose factory en-
ploys 1000 workers:
The five-day shutdown will be a
hardship, but We can comply easily
with the Monday closings by working
our forces overtime on other nights
without using any extra fuel. We
cannot pay our employees for the
time they are out, for most OF them
are on piece work"
Will Help tho Country and Must
he Obeyed.
Peter Aitchison. general superin-
tendent OF the American Bank Note
Company, which employs 1900 persons:
I'VE must obey the law II will
be a hardship on us, our employees
and the people we serve. but will
save a great deal of fuel and help
the country"
In Accord with order, Though IL
Works Hardship.
II. +. Quinn, assistant to President
w. Storrs Wells OF the Fairbanks
Company. manufacturers Of scales,
employing 5000 men:
I'VE are heartily In accord with
Garfleld's order: though 1t works n
great hardship TO us. we are glad to
do anything that will promote tho
successful conclusion OF the war and
relieve tho coal famine"
VIII Protest Through Mapufactur-
ers' Association.
George X. Garvin. President o. the
! Garvin Manufacturing Company:
Whatever protest we have to make
/ WusNl al
| through the Manufacturers AsSocia-
! ton, meeting to-day"
May Have 90 Close Down Alto
Rether.
! F. A. Magenheim, Vice President
Mason. Au and Magenheim. candy
manufacturers, Brooklyn:
Our closing down on Mondays
would not do as much damage as the
order for the five days closing. We
have 100 employees, 30 per cent. OF
them being girls. and the loss would
fall mostly on them. 1t looks as IL
we will have 70 close down alto
gether."
VIII Mean Loss. hut VIII Back "
Government.
George b. Chase, President Sterling
Piano Company, Brooklyn;
ut is quite drastic. but we propose
to back up the Government, We
shall use only sufficient heat to con
serve our stock and II It gets too
cold we will have to let our men go
II will mean tho loss OF thousands o
dollars 10 us"
A. NJ. Kelly. Treasurer Of the Wal
: lace Candy Factory, Brooklyn:
We are working almost exclusive
ly on Government orders and ] dom
know whether we are affected by thu
order II we have TO close, that Il
ell there is 10 II"
Demand Protest to President Asnins
the order.
, brunswick Bake -Collender Co.:
we must emphatically protest ant
, demand that representations be mad
20 the President against this arbitrar
and unnecessary order
Wants saloons and Csbarets Close,
James A. Cameron, President o
the Cameron Machine Company o
Brooklyn:
I'VE have supported every impor
tant move the Government has mad
up TO date. The notice OF this orde
was too short for so drastic a move
|, II practically throws 200 OF our en-
poyees onto tho street with the al
, Tentative OF receiving no wages o
else our contribution of $4,000 to A'Ou
for no service. am hostile to an
policy which dlScriminates by clos'n
{ industries and not elosing 1aloon'