Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
Objections to Shutting Fac.
tories Five Days Pour
Into White House.
GOVERNMENT PLANS
SEIZURE OF COAL
Fuel Consigned to Plants Affected by
Order to 30 Turned Over to State
Administrators for Redistribution
Among Industrial Plants Engaged in
Making War Esssntials-CIosins Or.
der Drastie-West Little Affected.


coal investigation committee this af-
ternoon and told his reasons for issuing
the fuel order. The fuel and railroad
situation, he said, made the action i'm
! perative.
!, "The purpose Of the order" said DR..
Garfield, "is not to interfere in the
slightest degree with the loading Of
:oal at the mines"
A modification decided on this morn
Ing, he said. put all consumers in the
preferential list on an equal basis.
DR. Garfield said that the plan was
to permit certain war industries to op-
crate despite the order.
Washington. Jan. 17.-Protests
against the fuel administration order
closing down Industrial plants began
pouring in at the White House and
congress today from all over the
country. Business men suggested many
remedies in lieu Of the fuel admins
tration's plan.
The government will buy all coal
CONSIGNED to the suspended industries.
This will cost the government, 1t is es-
II tirnafed about $4,000, ,0G0. State fuel
tors viii redistribute the
4 cal 70 plants permitted to run. The
fuel administration will issue a series
Of rulings on the order State fuel ad-
ministrators will not be permitted to
make rulings. The order will not in
clude natural gas or use of wood as
fuel nor power derived from water It
us said the exception Of necessary war
industries from operation of the order
might be more liberal than first an
/ Inducements indicated. :
Plans Being Hurried.
The fuel administration meanwhile
hurried on the machinery for carrying
out the plan. Fuel Administrator Gar
field assembled all his legal staff and
began preparation Of the formal order
which is to clear up many indefinite
points in the abstract and statement
issued last night.
It developed that the order had not
been drawn when Mr.. Garfield made
his announcement. 1t was said that
the full text of the order could not be
prepared in time to be givenSout much
before this afternoon and there was
some doubt as to whether it would be
ready for publication today.
Want Employees to Draw Pay.
A call to merchants to utilize their
delivery equipment during the en-
forced fuel holidays to wipe out COM
gestion in the eastern half of the
United States was issued today by A.
w. Shaw. chairman of the commercial
economy board Of the council Of ma
tional defense.
Fuel Administrator Garfield will is
sue. probably during the day, a public
appeal to employers to continue the
pay Of their employees during the time
they are idle. during the fuel order.
The government has no power to en-
force this request but will cali on en-
ployers to do it as a patriotic duty.
Garfield Explains Order.
Under a provision which it was de-
cided today to insert in the order the
government will become the purchaser
OF virtually all coal produced in the
fve-day period.
Z Coal in transit to industries closed
merely will be diverted to state fuel
administrators and turned over to Gus
toners on the preferential list. The
coal will be paid for by the ultimate
consignea
The coal order would prohibit use
Of coal in stores and mercantile estab-
E:h.cents in these terms.
wholesale or retail stores, or any
other stores, business houses or build
ings whatever, except that for the pur-
pose Of selling food only, for which
purpose stores may maintain necessary
heat from ~ o'clock until noon, and
stores for selling drugs may maintain
necessary heat thru the day and eve
ming"
" This would appear to apply to de-
partment stores as well as all others.
To clear up the congestion Of ship
ming at principal Atlantic ports result
,ing from the famine Of bunker coal.
Fuel Administrator Garfield has select
ed an assistant to take charge Of
bunkering at the ports. =
Some Fields Still Closed.
Bad weather reduced coal move.
ments between the Allegheny noun
Stains to the Mississippi river today
less than any time this week. according
10 word received here.
Fresh SHOWS and high winds in the
sYennsylvania mountains buried scores
- coal trains and railroads previously
goDened to coal mines again were COW
ered with high drifts In the middle
"a nyao Ie.1E