Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-01-26
MANUFACTURING PLANTS
OBEY GARFIELD'S ORDER
Compliance With Order Released
Ships and Cars Loaded With Neces-
stiles That Were Standing Still.

forbidding the use of fuel.
Most of the plants engaged on wa
contracts were exempted from the OF
der's operation In kilograms sent out
but few Of them learned Of 1t in tim
| and a great majority Of them close'
down with the factories.
| Opposition to the order in congress
| apparently spent itself in debate il
both houses. Friday DR.. Garfield re
piled to the senate's request that the
order be suspended for five days, dis
claiming any purpose to be discour
teous, declining to comply and again
pointing out the necessity for enforce
ment Of his order.
Food Administrator Hoover in a
statement interpreted the order to
mean that no check would be put on
the operations of any sort of food
handling, manufacturing or distribut-
ing
The plants exempted from list pre-
pared by Secretaries Baker and Dan
iels are those manufacturing gas
masks, explosives for the government,
rifles, pistols, machine guns and small
arms ammunition, forgings for the
government, electrical supplies and
tool steel for war purposes, destroyers
and destroyer parts, seamless tubes
and condenser tubes, aircraft and air
craft parts, signal corps equipment,
locomotives, equipment for ships,
wooden goods for the army and navy,
white duck and tentings for the gov
ernment and optical supplies.
All shipyards, although not included
in the exempted list, will continue op-
Grafton under special ruling, as will
hundreds of plants turning out ma
terials which enter directly into the
manufacture of army and navy sup
plies.
Most of the big steel plants and a
large number of the country's auto
mobile factories are included in the
list.
Among the collateral industries
Industries which will be classed as not
coming within provisions of the order
viii be virtually all mines producing
ores.
In his statement supporting Dr. Gar
fields issuance of the closing order,
President Wilson says he was consult
ed and fully agreed with the fuel adj
ministrator as to its necessity. If the
action had not been taken, he de
clared, immediate relief could not
have been found for the fuel and
transportation shortage.
.'This war;" he said, "calls for many
sacrifices and sacrifices of the sort
called for by this order are infinitely
less than sacrifices of life which other
wise might be involved"
DR.. Garfield's statement emphasizes
the railroad congestion which he de-
clares is threatening the food supply,
points to the necessity for moving
ships to Europe and carries an appeal
to capital to bear its share of the bur-
den brought by the closing order by
paying employees for the time they are
idle.
The statement follows:
s''The order suspending temporarily
the operation of industrial plants in
portions of the United States is dras-
tic. Yes, war is drastic This war is
the most extensive and involves great
er sacrifices than any war heretofore.
The American people, led by the pres
ident, entered this war deliberately.
They are stalking everything for the
realization of great ideal and the
IDEAL is practical. We know that de-
must be made a reality at
home as well as abroad, that its bene-
hts must be shared by all and its sac
rifices borne by no single class.
Capital and labor are embarked in |
his war because all Americans are in |
It and the American spirit cries out |
against the least suggestion that the
burden be shifted to the backs of any
me class, least of all Of labor, for +
abor has less financial ability to meet
he prolonged hardships of war than
,apftal. We are realizing the truth
low as never before that capital and
abor are not two, but one. Their prob
he same vital question. The unseIf-
sh and patriotic impulses and the
aim look ahead will lead the country
o approve of the order now in force.
Industry Is in an unbalanced condi-
ion. We lack many essentials food,
lothing. fuel. We have piled up enor-
nous store of things not essential to
lie but very essential to war We
ave piled up so high on our docks
nd In our storehouses that the ships
valuable can not carry them away as
ast as they pile up. For lack of bunk
r coal held back BY traffic congestion
be number OF ships In our harbors In
reases menacingly.
'eThe food supply Is threatened to
a even greater degree than the fuel
npply