The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-12-11


permitted by the oregon club, since
no fuel is used to heat its hall. He
urged similar treatment for the Old
Opera house, on the same ground
d. NJ. Taggart also voiced objec-
tions to the regulation of business
hours and called attention to what he
deemed the injustices of the method
employed. His arguments paralleled
those of Mr.. Hirsch. lie said that
every business man was willing that
all coal be taken from his place of
business but that the hours of bust
nishing light, heat, water power
transportation, and manufacturers
and users of news print paper.
Fourth, public buildings, office
stores, bakeries, laundries, resi-
dences, apartment buildings and
buildings housing families.
Fifth, cold storage plants.
sixth, creameries, milk bottllng
and milk canning factories.
Seventh, refiners Of petroleum.
Eighth, packing plants for slaugh-
tering and refrigeration.
ninth, plants not included In
above list only to extent necessary to
protect against fire and freezing"
Second. the commission following
IIhe precedent established in Chicago
land other middle western cities sim
Iilarly affected II had reached the con
cluslon that the best way to limit
coal consumption was to limit the
hours OF business for which coal
would be needed.
Thirdly. the commission felt that
IL would be unfair to allow one busi-
ness to take undue advantage OF a
competitor by reason OF the fact that
It's building was steam heated and
the other used stoves; or that one
business got along without fuel at all
md placed another at a disadvantage,
and that general regulations had
been established In the expectation
and belief that IN cooperation OF citi-
zens would result in the saving.
The reason for prohibiting dane
ing, he said, was that since the
churches we're being restricted TO one
service daily. and that the lodges
were restricted to two meetings per
month, that the dancing clubs should
be similarly treated. lie also urged
that tho no coal might be used In a
dance hall the fact that the dances
last to n late hour would make ten
denoy on the part OF those who 20 to
them to keep late fires at their
homes and to get fires going on their
return home. especially II the night
was cold. The commission viewing
dancing as essential, there
fore. they had prohibited them en-
tirely.
T.. G. Van Petten declared that the
'club should feel that the city is for
tunate that II has the commission at
work and praised the manner in
which the last load OF coal was dis
trlbuted. He said that the fact that
Ontario was endeavoring to limit the
use OF coal would have a good effect
on the regional distributor at Pooa-
tello In sending cars here.
Mr., Homan had previously explain
ed that he hard taken up the matter
of ontario's regulations with the
authorities at Pocatello and Boise
and that had their approval and
assurance that In view OF the oity's
action II would be treated accord
Ingly,
w. J. Pinney finally brot the sub
ject to a head by offering this mo-
tion; THAT the Commercial club
stands behind the fuel commission. A."
II, b. Cockrum, after endorsing the
position taken by the Argus in deolin-
ing to print the resolution of the
board OF directors, suggested that the
business men get together with the
eommission and work out a system
that limit the amount OF coal used
hut not limit the hours of business.