The evening world., 1918-01-18

less and meatleqs days and the legIs-
lators say they will be chary over
arbitrary power TO compel sacrifices,
IN view Of what they consider unwise
use OF power already granted.
"sMAckS VERY STRONGLY OF
AUTocRAcY."
Some Senators declare that, In the
coal order, the Nation has had a taste
Of what "smacks very strongly OF
the autocracy we are supposedly
fighting 10 dcthrone."
Some Senators frankly declare they
will do their utmost to force Garfield
out, ever though they can do nothing
directly about the order which he
slgned-apparently with President
Wilson's fun knowledge and approval.
There is some tendency to pass re-
sponsibility for tho fuel order by
friends Of both Garfield and Secre-
tary McAdoo. Gar1cld's friends a
II vas necessary to help McAdoo out
OF n railroad tangle, while McAdoo's
friends say nc had no knowledge OF
NIt OIhfi = EtbDt CIV u was lhHuths
But Garfield n that rail conges-
ton. not a shortage-need for re-
strlcting manufacture TO ave freight
space-is the underlying reason for
the regulation. Cessation OF output for
] fourteen days will enable tho national
railroad to clear Its tracks and get
into shape for more rapid handling Of
freight in the future.
throughout the coal fields, scores.
even hundreds OF mines are lying idle
because OF railroad inability to supply
the cars TO carry away their product"
the Fuel Administration stated. Goal
mines cannot operate without cars.
Cars cannot be supplied while rail-
roads are crippled by tho present
freight congestion, which keeps idle
cars lying useless in freight yards.
COAL IS WAITING BEHIND CON.
GESTED FREIGHT.
war munitions. food, manufac-
tured articles OF every description lie
at our Atlantic ports in tens Of thou
sands OF tons, while literally hundreds
OF ships waiting loaded with war
goods for our men and the ALLIES cam
not take the sea because their
bunkers are empty OF coal. The coal
to send them on their way Is waiting
behind the congested freight hat has
jammed all terminals.
1T Is worse than useless to bend
our energies to more manufacturing
when what we have already manu-
featured lies at tidewater congesting
terminal facilities. jamming the rail-
road yards and sidetracks for Ions
distances back into the country.
Added to this has been the Diff
fculty Of transporting coal for our
own domestic needs. The wheels are
choked and stopped. II was useless
TO continue manufacture and pile
confusion on top OF confusion"
All the Du Pont powder plants and
the plants Of eighteen otner great COM
panies mentioned in last nights official
announcement as being restricted to
manufacture of condenser tubes, are,
by the official modification, to-day
permitted to III full blast.
All the principal munitions plants
will be permitted to work at full ca
pacity under the fuel restriction
order. As announced last night by
the Fuel Administration, only por-
lions of the plants making condenser
tubes would have been permitted to
operate. 1t was an official mistake.
From the food OF applications fol-
exemptions piling in. 1t appeared TIA
steel plate mills and wooden plants
making cloth for soldiers uniforms
would receive favorable action prob
ably being added to the list.
Twenty-three OF the country's larg-
est steel mills have been notified thai
they nay continue operation IL they
run to 100 per cent. capacity on or
ders for steel ship plates for thu
navy and the Emergency Fleet Cor