Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-19
Fuel Administrator Garfield
Tells Factions to Get
Together at Once.
PEOPLE WILL GET
COAL, HE SAYS
oar6sld's Notice Contains Thrsats
mat public win Kst Be Denied Fus!
Under Any cireumsta"es' -i"d'e's''
hjs powSrs and Duties Ar 0rsassr
Than Those Of Secretary OF Labor
b ve,sse Conference FixxIsd.

e Warrington, Nov. 1S.-Scale com
mfttees OF miners and operators IN the
central field went into executive seS-
sion today 70 negotiate a new contra'.
aft6r Fuel administrator Garfield haa
urreA upon them the necessity OF pro-
ducing the coal the country needs
III eoeakias with the authority OF
President wilson's cabinet Fuel Al
mini,trator Garfield told representa-
Ayes Il the miners and operators tns
reopie nsed. must have. and will have
cs.i. and a. long - the government
stands they will not be prevented from
rettins IL by anything the miners OF
. cneratorv may do. DR.. Garfield se1o
his purpose was to inform the CONFER.
ence what date he would fix and what
wage advances, II any. could be ootns
by the public.
II .T represent the people OF the Un.-
41d states In a different sense tnan
the secretary Of labor" DR.. Gartlelu
told the conferees. It IL my sole rune
zion to exercise those powers conieIieu
on the fuel administrators to see tna'
an adequate supply Of coal Is iurrls
"a the people and to see that IN eiInes
az stress ths prices asled and sece'veo
tor coal ars not excessive.
.svvA all. realize now that In the great
eoal industry the public is an import
mt partner. At one time the opefA
Z i6rn and miners considered thenseives
;usa,sllarly lndependcns. But the -
u become paramount y.
L. .srn1 neoolo Of the United 1tates
x,Y3i nok C6asent 70 pay IN exe1slve
mice fnf coal. Hut tho question noN
- wlat - an excessive ps1ceT NUW
WIN the people 90 without this COM
mofaityf Tho people must and VIII
have coal and they VIII not DO pro-
vented BY anything tho operators ana
miners may do unless tho government
s8es into I chaotic condition. Tho
people want the operators to have 2
Inst return, but what u q Just return !:
The miners deserve just compensa'
tion III their labors, but what Is 9
Just rlturnr'
Cost Figures Analysed. ,
Dr.. Garfield Baid he was not 70,
nrepared to say what increase could
he given miners, a. Al the data waa
not vet in hand. One item was ths
income taxes for 1918. which the oper.
ators have claimed should be included
in the cost Of production. This the
government has disputed.
\ During 1918, he said. s1.Sso.oVo.oo'
was paid Tor coal. the average oeinl
Z. - rVNAnNfynVA co..
was s2.l6 Der ton, the miners receiv'
ing S7Bo.ooo.ooo. or an average OF $i.S'
per ton. while two thirds went to the
miners, but Dr.. Garfield said the re-
mainder Was not all profit as income
and excess profits taxes had to DO DO
Quoted.
& I'm 1917 the excess profits take.
amounted TO 50 cents ton syerag'
ever the country. but It IL difficult =
estimate tor 1918. a. taxes In 1914
to come out Of the margins are some
what less, believe. than in 1917. but
/ VIII continue my investigation to de-
se.rnine them..
Do you thing the miners should hav'
& consideration. because they have u
II pay taxes {. asked John l.. Lewis.
MI .The question u whether the con
SINNER should pay the excess tax an:
give the operators their normal profit
J. said MY. Garfield. Even II tn
= government should take all the excess
profits. that would not prevent tn
miners from asking for an increase.
ii Hines Making Plans.
4 Chicago, Nov. 1s.-The daily grow
Il inE menaee OF the local coal situation
was the subject today .of further dis
cussion ~ Walker D.. Hines, directo
Il general OF yailrSads. and seven region
a directore.s Possible action includes
4 furthbr reduction in passenger trail
seryic> ana shutting OF coal from non
es1entiai Industries. Mr.. Hines sal
rhe vouid issue q statement regardin
lactinn 10 DO taken.
"What W viii consider u wha
means can ~ employed by elimina
tion of consumption except where
= Is Indispensable. You don't have TO 3
n ! railroad man to figure that whe
you are consuming moro coaf than
produced there 10 an end some time.
Meanwhile reports were Of = vanish
ins sunnlv. It soft coax
Embarse Postponed.
y That the present problem confront
Ing the administration IL to distribut
coal 50 a. to avoid the shortages an
not TO place an embargo was the opin
ion Of Walker n Hines and the n
gional directors who held . conferenc
today ii Qhicaso, II was decided tbs
c,irtailment Of transportation and In
N dustry win depend on development
and r. u. Spencer, Of Washingto,
who 4 N charge Of affairs that cor
Germ ths rsSi0nal directors. will hand
the situation In Chicago. The confes
ence waA devoted to arranginS 4
suppiyina coal whore needed. II
avoiding Of shortages involves tlen
hAuls or coal, ana this ID presentin