The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-01-24
GARFIELD ORDER
NECESSARY TO
WIN..WILS0N
President Consulted by Fuel
Chief Before Drastic Acton
Was Taken.
U. S. INDUSTRIES SHUT DOWN
Exemption Rulings indicate Effect OF
Mandate viii Be Less Drastic
Than Expeeted-War Work Is
Rushed and Ships viii Be
Able to Sail Soon.

Washington, Jan. 21.-Wlth both
branches of congress railing against
the drastic order of Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield, but with the business men
Of the nation loyalty responding to the
terms of that order, the % states east
of the Mississippi river virtually sus-
pended manufacturing industry.
The president issued brief state
ment TO the people of the United
States justifying the Garfield order as
"a necessity of war. and the fuel I'D
ministrator Issued supplemental state
ment outlining the situation as 1t ex-
lists.
"order Neeessary"-Wilson.
I President Wilson issued the follow
. Ing statement:
I II was, of course, consulted by Mr..
Garfield before the fuel order was is
sued and fully agreed with him that It
was necessary. much as | regretted
the necessity.
"This war calls for many sacrifices,
and sacrifices Of the sort called for by
this order are infinitely less than sac
rifices Of life which might otherwise
Nbe involved.
i ct is absolutely necessary TO get
the ships away. II is absolutely neces-
sary to relieve the congestion at the
ports and upon the railways, IL Is abb
solutely necessary that our people
should be warmed IN their homes II
nowhere else, and halfway measures
would not have accomplished the de-
sired ends.
I Calls on People for Sacrifice.
az action such as this had not
been taken we should have limped
along from day TO day with slowly
improving condition of affairs with re-
gard 10 the shipment of food or coal,
but without such immediate relief as
had become absolutely necessary be-
cause of the COMPOSITIONS Of traffic
which have been piling up for the last
few months.
at have every confidence that the
result of the action Of this sort VIII
Justify II and that the people Of the
country will Loyalty and periodically
respond to necessities of this kind as
they have to every other sacrifice In
volved in the war.
ave are upon war footing and
am confident that the people OF the
United States are willing TO observe
the same sort of discipline that might
be involved In the actual conflict IT.
self"
Letter to Senate.
Doctor Garfeld's letter to the senate
follows:
Permit me TO confirm the message
which sent TO you by Mr.. Baker. clerk
of the senate.
"It Is my earnest desire that the
members of the senate should know
that as an executive officer of the gov
eminent I would not willingly treat a
request of the senate with other than
the greatest respect. The order sus-
pending the operation of Industrial
plants In portions of the United States
was issued only after deliberate con-
sideration. and WILL l firmly believe,
aid effectively in providing coal for
domestic consumers. for the prompt
bunkering of the carrying necessaryshr
bunkering of ships carrying necessary
war material abroad and for the re-
lief OF the serious congestion of the
docks and at many points in the sec
ton covered by the order.
Delay Would Add Confusion.
81 still believe IL should stand. To
delay the application of the order
would only add 10 the congestion. II
would he but natural that industry, In
the interval. would redouble Its efforts
to Increase supplies on hand.
ITO permit factories with coal sup
ply 10 operate during the period Of sus-
pension would allow many producing
articles least essential to the war 10
continue while some producing ar
ticles the most essential would be com.
PEELED 10 shut down. Moreover. con-
tinued production by those well sup
piled with coal would delay II not de-
feat the relief contemplated by the
order.
II should add that the resolution
was presented to me at 6:S5 p. m. yes
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