The Washington herald., 1918-01-19
3 FACTORIES
IGNORE ORDER
TOSAVE FUEL
DR.. Garfield Orders Sum.
mary Action for Failure
to Observe Order.

g Oniy tnree .Nlolanons OF tne
shutdown order were reported to
the Fuel Administration up to late
last night. They were:
Cleveland o.. factory violation
with coal.
Charleston. W. Va. factory vio-
lations with natural gas.
Philadelphia. Pa. factory yio-
lation with coal.
State fuel administrators in
three different sections were order
ed to take up the matter imme-
diately. investigate and take sum-
mary action. if violations were
hagrant.
The Fuel Administration would
not make public the names of the
yiolators. They viii give the man
ufaeturers the benefit of the doubt.
to show whether the failure to OBJ
serve the order was intentional or
an oversight.
Factories Obey Order.
From an attitude of amazement and
condemnation, American industries,
according to the indication last night,
have turned to support of the radical
step taken by DR.. Garfield to relieve
the coal and congestion crisis.
More than 1900 specific complaints
and protests were received at the off,
ces Thursday; yesterday there were
barely 800 and the majority of these
we're messages inquiring about ex-
Cmptions. From numerous large and
small manufacturers have come tele-
grams and letters promising the gov
ernment full support and giving as
surance that the employees will be
carried on the payrolls jpst the same
during the fveIday period and over
the Mondays. as IL they were kgal
holidayA :
Or. Carried has suddenly become
the transportation dictator Of the
country On his shoulders has been
put the responsibility. not merely Of
seeing that freezing persons get their
supply of coal, but to do that he must
clear the transportation muddle which,
has staggered Director General Nc
Adoo and his advisors.
DIR. GaTneId's Statement.
DR.. Garfield last night defined the
situation as follows:
The whole waterfront of the East
is piled high with thousands of tons
OF war material which is really an
overproduction: there are hundreds
of vessels loading with this material,
hut they cannot move it to the allies.
because they cannot get the bunker
coal. The bunker coal is practically
stalled ten miles inland. behind this
belt Of piled-up war material. The
railroad administration is moving
more coal to the East. further pill
ing Up the coal and cars, and lock-
ing the great belt all the tighter be-
cause the coal cannot be moved to
the ships.
The five days suspension will make
traffic slower, so the congested bunk
er coal cars can be cleared out and
fuel given to the ships. With these
ships moving out and other hundreds
ready to come in and load freight.
the water front soon will be relieved.
the belt broken and the whole situa-
ton of the East opened up.
DIR. Garfield suggested that the Di-
rector General of Railroads issue an
embargo order on all freight so the
slowing-up movement could be aided.
NeAdoO Urges Cooperation.
Director General McAdoo said last
order in contemplation at present, but
that the situation could be relieved
by a larger use of freight cars, COM
mon use of all freight cars and addi-
tional motive power.
He sent this message of instruction
TO the presidents of all railways of
the Eastern and Southern territories:
In view Of the order of the Fuel
Administrator for a hve-day ces-
sation Of Industrial activity in this
territory for the purpose of ac-
cumulaeng and distributing an
ample fuel supply, 1 urge and di-
rect that every possible effort be
made by the railroads to move coal
and to cooperate to the limit with
the Fuel Administration for the ac-
complishment of the desired end.
Il hope that the officers and en-
ployes Of the railroads will do their
part so effectively that there may
be no further occasion for inter-
ruption of the industrial and nor
NAL activities of the nation"