The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-17
PROTEST rs MADE
ON THE ORDER
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the order was. issued because Direc-
tor General McAdoo has found if Inn
possible to keep pace with the coal
demands with the present equipment
The effect OF the order. 1T was point
ed out, would be to let the railroad
catch up with the demand for coai.
| at is the penalty of prioritles,
declared Senator Harding of OHIO.
We are getting taste OF wars de-
mails. The blunders OF last year ana
the severity of the winter have
forced difficult situation me
country will protest, but We have to
make the best OF it. / would gladly
/ make any denial to hurry out of New
York harbor cargo vessels held up
| by bunker shortages. We pay for
! blunders in the denials they force
upon US"
| Senator Townsend. Michigan, de-
! clared that the fuel administration
| should have begun denying coal TO
producers of non-essentials long ago.
''If it had. there would have been
/ no need of such an appalling step
he said. eff it is necessary, 1t is an
awful Indictment of the fuel admins
tration's activities"
! Senator Cummins (Iowa) said he
believed the step was necessary ana
therefore proper.
| Senator Mclean, Connecticut, said
he would withhold comment until he
Learned all the facts in the case. On
I the face of it, he said. it looked like
+, A criticism by the fuel administration
of its own efforts.
| Representative Rainey of Illinois,
of the ways and means committee.
was one of the few who stood by the
fuel administration.
TT is the first battle we must night
| to win the war at home" he SAID.
The procedure is so radical that the
necessity for the order must be great
The proposition should be supported
| by the people"
But William H. Carter. Massachu-
sets, who employs 1000 men him.
self. believes the whole plan is eco
nomically wrong.
If, however" he says, 1.-THE presi-
dent declares the step is necessary
the manufacturers who will be great
| ly affected, will carry it out to the
letter"
1T is great hardship and injus-
tice to labor" said J. P. Maher.
chairman of the house labor commit
| tee, land l can't believe it is neces-
sary. 1t will throw thousands out
of work who can't afford it."
sThe domestic consumer should
have COAL said Representative Mad
den. Illinois, "but how is he going to
get il if he can't earn the money to
buy it?'
The country's confidence in the
fuel administration was shattered by
the step, Representative Rodenburg
Illinois, of the rules committee, be
lieyes. 1.-The order will work meal
culable harm and spread discomfort
The said. Minority Leader Gillette ex
pressed opposition to the plan, but
said he wished TO investigate the
necessity for it.
Likewise Chairman Sims ant
Chairman Shirley of the interstate
commerce and appropriations com
nittee were puzzled at the order
and doubted its necessity.
THE order will be positively para
living in its effect" said Represen
tative Mondell; tremendously hal
war activities; greatly hearten oul
enemies. strengthen their determine
ton for conquest by creating the
: wholly false impression that the Goa
supply of the United States has
failed, thus Gripping all war indus
tries.
Asked to Explain.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE sen
, ate subcommittee. investigating Goa
conditions, decided today to summon
, Fuel Administrator Garfield before i
. at once to explain his drastic shut
down order
The decision to summon Garfield
was reached at conference betweel
Majority Leader Martin and Senator
Reed. yardaman and Jones of New
Mexico, members of the investigating
{ committee.
Garfield on Stand.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1f-Whil'
the senate today debated resolution
, requesting Fuel Administrator Gar
! field TO suspend for five days hi!
shutdown order, the senate coal in
, vestigating committee went int
executive session with Garfield.
, Garfield was called from a confer
: euce with Representatives Kitchil
, and Shirley on applications for tn
work of his division to tell the ser
2 ate committee why the drastic orde
was issued with no warning to tn
5 public.
/ SOlD1ulllct tcAa
country has been aroused by tn
order as by nothing else the GOV
eminent has done in the war. Sens
tors showed him thousands of telt
grams of protest from all over tn
. country which have been pourin
into the capitol all morning.
Garfield's appearance marked tn
/. climax of a day of the sharpest de
) nunciation of a government act eve
p heard in the houses of congress.
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