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WINSTON-SALEM' J THE FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE WEATHER SNOW OA PAGES J TODAY PUBLISHED AT GREATEST INDUSTRIAL CITY OF THE CAROLINAS AOL, XIX., NO. 207 iOUNAL8 OIRCULATlOil H!AJtANTBKD WIN. TON-SA1EM, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1918 HIST ADVBRTUtlMO MEDIUM PRICE FIVE CENTS z FUEL FAMINE SITUATION IN EASTERN STATES MUCH RELIEVED BY DIVERTING COAL FROM CLOSED INDUSTRIAL PLANTS OF FUEL ORDER IS EFPECI Telegrams From All Parts of Country Report Con- (Virions' Greatly Improv ed and Patriotic Observ ance to Order CLEAR CONGESTION ON THE RAILROADS Dr. Garfield Issues State ment on General Situa tion; Many Closed Plants Will Pay Operatives As if at Work (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 19. A marked improvement in coal famine condi- lionn was -reported by the Fuel . Ad ministration tonight as a result of the second day's operation of the Government's fuel restriction order. Houses were warmed, ships were bunkered and in the extreme east, railway congestion was cleared to some extent, Fuel Administration otll cials said, after going through tele gra hie reports from twenty-eight state fuel administrators. In the middle west a heavy snowstorm and zero temperatures, however, were re. duolng rail movement sharply. The only important changes in the closing order made today was a rul ing permitting all places of amuse ment to remain open on the Monday holidays and close on Tuesdays in stead. A large number of indus trial plants were' added to the War and Navy department's exemption list, but the names of none were made public. A special effort was made today to provide ships with bunker coal, and Fuel Administrator Garfield ar ranged with I hairman Hurley of the hhipping Board to place barges and tugs in each Atlantic port where ves sels are held to expedite the work. Pooling was a result of a resolu tion by A. H. Smith, Director Gen eral of Vessels, who declared that sor..e piers, implied with coal had no barges to transport freight whilo other ports were well supplied. Chair man Hurley left tonight for .New York to assist Mr. Smith and J. W. iSeries, representatives of the Fuel Administration, in putting through the pooling arrangement. Reports from New York said that thirteen ships were bunkered there today, despite heavy let- that made barge movement difficult. Kailroad officials reported that coal wa moving much more freely to the piers and that it now was a question only of getting it aboard ships. Men . will be kept hard at work all day tomorrow in the principal Atlantic ports keeping the coal moving. "I am determined to take any ateps." said Fuel Administrator Gar. field tonight, "which maw be noces-r-ary within my authority to facili tate the supply of ships with fuel." A danger threatened the coal out put today. Empty cars began to reach the chief bituminous mining regions' in dim.nlshlng numbers. This was due, it was said, in part, to de lay attending the diversion of coal from coal industries closed down to those permitted to run. In most of the big industrial centers switching work was almost doubled and consequently there was consid erable confusion in distributing ' the coal that arrived. Fuel Administrator Garfield to n :i t issued' a. statement on the gen eral mtion In which he said: "The general compliance and al most complete co-operation in the enforcement of the Fuel Administra tion order curtailing industrial use of fuel were reported to the Fuel Administration today. Local ofllria.s of e Fuel Administration, as well as those throughout tnc cast, report ed that the order was generally ef fective The spirit, of co-operation showed plainly in the many tele grams received by the Fuel Admin istration. Telegrams received today were singularly free from requests for "xcmption from the regulation. Most of them made the flat statement that the regulation would be com plied with, in fact and in spirit, and that manufacturing would be halted and that merchandise would be kept off the crowded railroads. Kailroad officials, co-operating with the Fuel Administration, reported generally Improved transportation conditions in the eastern part of the country. The reports indicated that the way was rapidly being cleared for the move ment of coal for the bunkering of the ships now held up at Atlantic ports and for keeping the country warm. Improvement was also noted in the central west despite the con tinued zero weather which has been iiiVertlng raiiroe.rl nnrration. Harry F. Byrd, fuel administrator of Virginia, reported a complete shut down of factories In his district with consequent relief of merchant freight, thus serving Virginia ports. He said in addition that enough coal had been brought immediately in sight through the operations of tho regulative on.'or to supply the household needs. Telegrams from county administra tors in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Mississippi valley states contained the Information that this part of the coun tfV Is getting warm. This was taken to mean that quantities of coal held back by the reason of congested trar. fie were now getting through to con signees. Despite the efforts of the Fuel Ad ministration to hold down the al ready large exemption .. list, it was found necessary today to extend it considerably. The War and Nfcvy departments found that to keep run ning plants for which exemption lies already been obtained many concerns supplying single parts and raw matert- uls will r.avo to remain In full opera tion. The Navy's program arose partly in connection .with work on destroyers It was foum that work on these rruft rCONTINT'ED ON PAGE FIfTEKNj I OBSERVANCE NG SSlHGTO ROAD OPERATION HOUSEHOLD0 AND SRIPS HAPIDLY Enough Consigned or Al ready Arrived at Ports to Hunker Ships Waiting; Will Insure Bunkering For Some Time WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY Moving in Large Quantities For Domestic Consump tion; Embargo on Open Top Cars Except for the Shipment of Coal I'.v Tie Ar-oci-ft Press.) Washington- Jan. 19. "Reports di rect to the Fuel Administration show ed that coal in transit consigned to or already arrived at tidewater points for bunkering of ships desined to the American forces in Europe and to the nations associated with the United Kiates in war wore today more than sufficient to bunker the ships now in port. Supplies sufficient to Insure the prompt bunkering of vessels for some time to come are en route. Upwarda .of 300,000 tons of coal is in cars for bunkering. and is on tho way to South Atlantic ports. Approximately 10. 000 tons is In cars en route for north ern Atlantic ports. With the improv er." rail conditions this coal should rap. idly fill the requirements for the ves sels awaiting bunkers. . "The United States Fuel Adminis tration today made arrangements for the continuance through the usual holiday tomorrow of the bunkering of vessels destined to the American forc es abroad or to the Allies in EJurope. 4'lans-were- completed -whereby the bunkering machinery at the piers at New York an-' at Hampton Roada will continue in operation tomorrow. This will facilitate the handling of coal which has been hurried to tide water by the fuel administration and will turn over to the railroads empty cars to be returned to tne mines 'At the renuet of't.fie United States Fuel Administrator, tie Director Gen- eral of Railroads today placet! an em- bargo upon tho use of open.iop cars we should not disintegrate the rail for the shipment of products other ! road organizations until Congress has than fuel. "The Fuel Administration was noti fied today that of 3,000 cars of coal moving to the East, 1,0(10 cars were consigned to tidewater for bunkering ships, and 2.000 were on the way to domestic consumers. "Federal Fuel Administrators re ported that coal was going rapidly in to districts for domestic consumption, particularly in those sections where the need was the greatest. ADMIRAL OF CONFEDERATE NAVY DIES IJf MOBILE Mobile, Ala., Jan. 19. Judge Oliver J. Semmes, or forty years judge of the City Court of Mobile, died hare today. Judge Semmes was born at , increased traffic. Norfolk. Va., August 19. 1839. son of Mr. McAdoo urgec1 that the approp Raphaei Semmes, admiral of the Con- riation of $500,000,000 in the bill be fedtrate. States Navy, commander of retained in order to enable the Gov th Sumpter and Alabama. i ernment to increase facilities or make JuCge Semmes served throughout ! good deficiencies although it was hop. the war. He is survived by one son led it would not be necesary to use toe and one daughter, three sisters, Mrs. Kleciri Semmes Colsson of Mobile am.' Mrs. Duke Wright and Mrs. Charles B. Bryan of Memphis and one brother. Raphael Semmes of Montgomery.' nnmrPT s rnu to r ii Argentina Sends Certifi cates Regarding Von Lu.vburg; Will Not Recog nize Charge I) 'Affairs (By The Associated Press.) Puenos Aires. Jan. 19. The Ar gentine government has received a nole from the German government protesting against the confinement of Count Von Luxhurg former German r'i'nistrr to Argentina to a hospital, contending thU Is a continuation of li!s detention on the Island of Mar tin Garcia. Germany admits the Jus tire of the detention of Von Lux burg on the island as punishment for leaving P.uenos Aires without per mission, but argues there is no excuse for continuance of a guard at the hospital. . In reply the Argentine govern ment has transmitted to Berlin cer- Uflci'tes of physicians stating it Is absolutely necessary to keep Von Luxburg closely guarded until he is able to leave Argentina because of i;lK mental condition. The note also requests the Argen tine government to recognize as Charge D'Aalrs ad Interim Secretary 'mint von Donhoff of tho German legation until a successor to Von Lux burg is appointed. Argentina also refuses this request and also de clines to permit Donhoff to continue to .r-t as secretary of the legation maintaining that all legation em ployes lost their official status when Win Luxburg was given his passports. Washington, Jan. 1 9.-CJhairman Oliver of the House Naval subcommit tee unnounced today that the investi gation of operation of the Navy in ths war would be completer.' neit week. It Is understood thut the committee's report will commend the Navy's pre paredness, but will make sam recom mendations looking to an Irrove ment of the service. The committee also will recommend It is said at the navy department, that ill merchant shipr going to the sub marine zones snll be convoyed. nr run flu btnnflfli A CONFINEMENT 0! EOVEROT JEMIITTEE TOLD Direct. . General McAdoo Says Government Opera tion Will be Extended to Canals and Inland Water ways if Necessary COMPENSATION OF SHORT LINE Mav Not Retain the Short TiiriPS Afffr Tnvpstirrnt - UHJlci, rtJltr J.IlveM.ltt tion of Their Status- is Made; Much Accomplish ed (By The Associated Press ) ' Washington. Jan. 19. Director General Mcadoo tooay explained to the Senate Interstate Commerce Com mittee the operation of the Govern control of railroads and urged speedy passage of the railway bill by congress In order to clarify the nolitical situa tion so as to permit the floating ot tiu.flno.nnn.ouo in bonds bv the eov eminent before the end of the present fiscal year. He also asserted Govern- ment operation would be extender.' to canals and inland watererways if it was considered necessary. Mr. McAdoo spent more than two hours before the committee c'uring! which he was freely questioned as to the necessity of Government control of the carriers and the compensation of short line railroads. He will appear again Monday to answer further ques tions and probably will go before the house committee later. Investigations are being made, the Director General said, to determine the status of short line railroads and whether they will be retained by the Uovernment.Those ..not-taken over, he declared, will be compensated and if they suffer damages redrees will have to be obtained in the courts. li!e said it was not proposed to keep con trol of any unnecessary lines. Mr. McAdoo said the present rail roac1 organization would continue to .be employed as long as satisfactory. , "l don't feel that -the Government ; should employ anybody who Isn't neo : essary," he said, "but I do feel that decider.' the future of tue railroads. ! Director General McAdoo said some good has been accomplished in the three weeks of Government control through re-routing distributing and co-ordination. Questioned regarding the necessity for Government control, he sale' it was made necessary by the railroads' lack of facilities to properly co-ordi. I nate. Disclaiming any Intention to j censure the carriers, he said blame for not meeting the transportation situ ation rested upon them because of their failure o Increase their faeill- ies in 1916 and 1917. In those years, he said, they spent less for lmprove- ; ment than in previous years, despite money for this purpose. HELP PACIFISTS : I Senator Chamberlain Advo cates Universal Military Training; Regrets Volun- OT O teer Policy (By The Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 1J. The Na tional Security League here today paid tribute to Senator George Cham berlain of Oregon and Representa tive Julius Kahn of California at a luncheon given In their honor the speakers referring to their effort In Congress in the Interests of national defense. Elihu Root said: "It Is hard to soe without Senator Chamberlain and Representative Kahn how we could ever have come to the (selective draft based upon the ordinary duty of uni versal training which filled our many pacificists and pro-Germans with dul bious fears but which has been ac cepted by the people of the country with alacrity and patriotism." Sen ator Chamberlain responding to toasts discussed the military policy of the United ' Ktate, or as he called it "the lack of military policy." He advocated the adoption of universal military training and referring to the selective draft law said: "I sometimes regret that volun teering had ever been permitted for the reason that in the loss that we sustain In the battles where 'there is a volunteer system as there was In Great Britain we have a horizontal loss killing the young red blood who volunteer for service and leaving those who should have heen spared the fate of their colleagues." Representative Kahn denounced pacificist. "The strong arm of the government," he said, "should reach out and get those people. A few prompt trials and & few quick hang ings would prove most salutary at this time." Ho was followed by Theodore Roosevelt, who said: "Back Mr. Chamberlain; back Mr. Kahn in seeing that every hindrance to hav ing these mi'ti supported as they should be supported by this Nation is I taken sway." A W RU NGS E IS ORGANIZED II ! Base Hospital No. 65, Com " posed of Thirty of the Leading Physicians' Sur geons, and Specialists of State Organized SERVICE ABROAD LN EUROPEAN WAR Dr. J. W. Long of Greens boro is the Organizer; Several Winston-Salem Men in the Unit But Per sonnel Isn't Complete Base Hospital No. 6, composed of thirty of the leading physiacinns, sur geons, (interncsts, dentists and other fpecialjsis in ,N. C, trom Winston Haiem.j Greensboro. Charlotte, Ashe ville, Kaleigh, Wilmington, Wilson a tin other North Carolina towns, has just been organized bv Dr. John W. Done I of Greensboro. The personnel of the uasa Hospital is practically complete, with one or two specialists yet to be decided upon. The organization of this hospital unit was authorized by the Medical Service of the War Department sonic tiine-agcy ml - far the 'past sr.verit weeks Dr. Long has been busy re ceiving volunteers and selecting th; leading specialists of the State from a number of applicants, Hume berj vd neiug a spleuuid representation ot the medical profession of the State. Official notice of the acceptance of the unit by the Medical Service of the Army has been received r.nd orders ! are expected at an early date to go A to mobilization ramp for. a short penod of training and the 'ccption ordered of equipment before being to France. The base, hospital is organized with a view of furnishing a compact surgi cal and medical unit, capable c,C con ducting a hospital of 1,000 beds. Such hospitals lorm the first permanent station for the treatment of the ! m ounded or sick soldiers brought back about 20 miles from the casualty sta. I lions at the nritijJt lines, tlx! konousl ; sick or wounded being cared for be i fore they are sent further back to the I convalescent hospitals. The entire personnel of a base hos nilul of this kind comprises between ::00 and 3tl0 persons, all nurses, or 'ierlies, servants, etc., being provided U'y. I he War Department and are not ! assigned places until the Pane Hos pital is ready for active duty. Dr. John W. Long of ( liierisboro is an eminent surgeon of this State, being well known for his activity in promoting I he organization for the Medical Reserve Corps, which has re sulted in North Carolina's furnishing 14.2 per cent of her ' nilyslclan" and surgeons for Army servioe. placing this State with the first five States of the Union in percentage of physicians and surgeons in the service. A large part of this work hsji heen clone by Dr. Long, who has been untiring in his activity I The personnel of the unit will be announced when the one or two places .still vacant are decided upon. TO GET I AnOHERS FROMJWO RICO Employment Service to Se cure 110,000 Workers for Kailroad Work and For Agriculture rv Tt-e Ass"citH Pre-O Washington, Jan. 19. Arrange, ments for the early transportation of 60,000 common laborers to the Unit ed States from Porto Rico are being made by tho Employment service of the Department of labor. As soon as tonnage Is available 60,000 others will be brought from I'orto Rico and tho Virgin IslanCB sufficient, the depart ment announced today, to take care of any shortage In the domestic sup ply of railroad and agricultural work era Director General McAdoo has asked the employment tservice to assis in ""ppM" the railroads with labor fnr mu ntniinin MtiH Khon Work Th The first men Imported: will be sent to the South anc' southwest for railroad I work, with the understanding that I they will be released for farm serv. j ice during the press of the agricul- j tural season. J R. Roberts, special agent of tho department, will leave for Porto Ri. co next week to arrange transporta tion, registration of the men having been completed some time ar,o. Louis F. 1'OHt assistant secretary of labor, asserted today that all require ments for common lahnr can be met by proper distribution of the domes tic supply anc' by the use of Amerfcjin citizens from I'orto Rico and the Virg in Islands. He condemned agitation for importation of Chinese and Mexi cans as "unnecessary and prejudicial." CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON MONDAY At a mej-ung of the school board hold Vednr-Mliiy even ing, January 16, it was ordered that tho city public schools open Monday morning, Janu ary 21. The schools ' 111 open at tho usual hour. Students will not lie expected lo remain HI school Monday later than Hie usual noon rocewi. During Momla- the snper Uitcndciit, principals, nml teachers will work out u. Kcltexlitlu of hours tlmt will Ik aiiiumm-nl to Um- pupils or Tuesday. DAS HOSPITAL NORTH CAROLINA I FRESH I SIS IN RUSSIAN AFFAIRS IS Social Revolutionists Elect ing Former Kerensky Min ister of Agriculture, Causes Bolshevik Men to Withdraw PEACE CONFERENCE AGAIN SUSPENDED ntral Powers Decline to Withdraw Forces From Russia; Italians Wipe Out Austrians Reaching" No Man's Land CBy The Awc:) l Press ) The. long awaited convening of the constituent assembly has apiarent ly precipitated a fresh crisis in Rus sian affairs, with renewed clsorders as the consequence of a struggle for control in the capital indicated as a possibility. The Bolshevik! evidently are not taking kindly to the new legislative body In which the very first vote of the opening session on Fridayjevjaled a decider.' anti.Bolshevik. majoriity, which easily elected Its sandldate for chairman 244 to 151 and this without the help of the constitutional Demo crats who were not present The; Bolshevik! and their supporters, the extreme social' revolutionists there upon withdrew from the assembly. This break with the niajoiity social revolutionists, who showed, their con trol by electing aa chairman one of their ieae'ers. M. X. Tchornoff, minis ter of agriculture in the Kerensky Government, is interpreted abroad as i probablo prelude to an attempt on the part of the Bolshevik government to UH.se, i itseit ui bupieine control, regardless of what course the present assembly may desire to take. The for cible dissolution of the assembly or ,ts reorganization as a Bolshevik body .re among the possible courses fore cast. .Meanwhile the peace conference proceedings at BrestXitovsk have .ii.iL.iiii'ii suspended am.' Foreign ...Mister Tiolzky is reported to have .etui-nod to l'etrograd on Thursday night. Opinion among foreign ob servers in l'etrograd seems to be that :ho negotiations seem to be working their way to a final break, and the fall of the price of the German mark in neutral markets is" pointed to as an indication of loss of oonfldnc among the neutrals that 'he parleys would culminate in an agreement The sticking point, it is clear from ven Herman accounts, remains the continued declinations of the Central r owers to withdraw ail their troops from tho occupied regions of Russia ..ml tiieir uncertain attitude regarding the return of the deportee.' population before the question of self-determina-is put. The Russians apparently are sticking Just as lirmly as ever to their Jumands along these hnoo. Only one spot on the military map is showing aryy activity out of the ordi nary for midwinter is the right flank of the Ialian river front, on the, low er regions of the l'lave. Hert tha Austrians have made a further etiort to drive the Italian lines near Capo fiile and wedge their way further to. wards Venice. The latest. assault appears to have been no more successful than the oth er recent efforts, the Italians meet ing the enemy with a devastating ar tillery fins ant' wiping out with ma chine guns and rifles the few de tachments that succeeded in getting ara-osH No.Man'a Iand to the de fense of tho barricades. START MONDAY Secretary La lie, Chairman, Announces that Railroad Brotherhood's Claims be Heard First Washington, Jan, 19. Director Oenoral McAdoo's newly appointed wi commission, headed by Secre-, tri.ry Lane, wlil meet Monday to take up labor questions pending before railroad administration and will de vote afternoons for several weeks to hearing and investigating complaints and petitions. (Secretary Iane today said tlm wage demands of the four leading railroad brotherhoods would be first and later consideration would lie riven to other definite wage re- (JUOHtH. H fore the Investigations are ron "!u! ;il it is planned to inquire into labor conditions, wages and living cx lietiKes for ail classes of railway labor regardless of whether definite de mand' have been presented. Ijabor leaders will be called ir) and tha recommendations f the railroad preKlrlcnts and other executives will be heard. Most sessions will he pub lic and the scope, of the Investigation will depend large, y on developments. Secretary Lane said the commis sion planned to travel as little as possible but that It probably would 1 1 -s s the Investigating machinery al rea Iv established by the Department of Labor. "We want to deal direct with rail road men," said tho secrtary, "and gft their views at first hand. This will be a business-like Investigation and ' the end we want to give Di rector General ' McAdoo the best ava.lilile information on the whole labor situation boiled down for his own action. j w ill coNsiDrri watkh rOYVKK LLMSLATIOX Washington. Jan. 19. Oeneral wa ter power legislation which President Wilson has urged upon Congress will lie roiiHiib-red by the new house spe cial committee on water power Moll da r "Vliere is considerable opposition to the Kederal water power commission proposed by the- administration but. PRECIPITATED COilSSlTO WAR CABINET BILL TO BE PRESENTED TO Approval of President Not Been Received, But May1 Finally Acquiesce; Will be Pushed in . Congress Anyway WAR CABINET WILL HAVE Till? EE MEMBERS Secretaries of War and Na vy Not to he Included; Bill for Creation of Direc tor . of Munitions "Also Being Studied (By Tti Associated Prcw.l Washington, Jan. 19. President Wilson and Socrotary Baker, today began studying the Senate Military Co. . ittee's proposed legislation, to esrablis"- a War Cabinet of three men to assist the President fn controlling general direction of the war and to create a Director of Munitions. With but preliminary discussion of the War Cabinet proposal today with Secretary taker, the President, while- withholding ' final judgment, was reported as not being favorably disposed to the plan because o the belief that it might embarrass his personal direction of war activities. Mr. Wilson went to Secretary Rak er's office for a conference after Sen ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, for the Senate Committee, had delivered a Copy of ILe War Cabinet bill to Mr. Baker, and earnestly urged its ap proval by the Administration. It was understood that Mr. Hitchcock was encouraged by the Secretary to hope that th Administration ultimately may acquiesce in the general plan. As It is to be introduced Monday in the by Chairman Chamberlain, the measure provides for tho establish ment of the War Cabinet, th nam ing have been substituted at the eleventh hour for the "War Council," of three men distinguished In business executive administration and public affairs and not members of the Pres ident's cabinet. It specifically gLatea that the beeretaris of War and Navy shall riot be ex-oliicio members. The War Cabinet members would receive salaries of Illi.OUO a year, the same as those of the President's cabinet, but would rank above tl.. executive cabinet in power for control of war policies. The measure also appro priates 7ul),000 to start the War Cabinet in Its work. Chairman Chamberlain plans to press the bill and also that for a Di rector of Munitions .next week in the Henatc, but may withhold urging tho former measure until tho attitude of the President is learned and it can be determined whether amendments to reconcile possible differences! be tween th Administration and to committee members. Democrats and Republicans alike, are insistent upon adoption- of the general War Cabi net plan. They declare they will pro coed with tho legislation even if Administration approval is withheld and express commence of Its adop tion by the Senate and probably the House, despite opposition from tho President. Committee, members explained - to day that the name "cabinet" wo substituted by the committee for "council in order to "get away from the idea of councils of pure.y ad vUjry bodies which have nut work ed well in tho past." It was explained thut tho bill does not preclude appointment to the War Cabinet of members of the executive cabinet, but that ono man could not serve ' th capacities. The committee's decision not to have the. secretaries of War and Navy ex-olflclo members of tho War Cabi net, also was explained In line with tho deair.e to further centralize war policies and duties in a smaller body. However, some committee members believed it possible that Congress might amend the bill. OR FEAII RIGHTS Prussian Cliamlicr of Lords Asserts That German ICm-l-cror lias Exclusive Rights, it is Reported Washington, Jan. I 9. The right of the Uerman Krnperor to tho exclusive making of war or peace has been re affirmed in the Prussian Chamber of Lords In the adoption of a resolution presented by licrlin representatives, said a r.lspatch from Berne. As quot ed in the dispatch tho resolution said. "The Chamber of Lords firmly hop es that when pence is concluded the government will sea that the rights of th rJniperor of Germany are safe, guarded. These rights are conceded to him by the constitution anc' peace should be commensurate with the sacrifice which have been made for the politi cal and economic Interests or low country." Accompanying the resolution was this commentary: "The President of the I'nitnd States has asked if German negotiations at lirest.Lltovsk are In the name of the majority of the Ituichstag or in the name of tha military party. For our part we affirm that it Is tho Herman Krnperor who, In the terms of the' con situation has the exclusive right to make war and peace." haki:rii:s, food mills. kk., os i:i;mimio list Raleigh, Jan. 1').--.state Food Ad ministration Henry A. Pare announc ed here this morning upon authority of United States Fond Administra tor Herbert ifloover that all manu facturers of fertilizers bags and other trades concerned in the production of foodstuffs are exempted from the or der of Federal Fuel Adminisl rator Garfield. This exemption applies ti nil bakeries flour and feed mills, creamerleaeand similar eta4lishiaeita. CONGRESS EMPEROR HAS IR TINNER OF IS THIS ONE Mr. A. WMcAlister, Fuel Administrator For North Carolina, Tells Something; of What He Has and Has Not Done IN MANY CASES HE IS THE SCAPE-GOAT Many Have Charged Him With Many Things he Did Not Do and Forgot the Many Things he Has Done for People (Br The Associate fYesa.1 Greensboro. Jan. IS. Mr. A. W. McAlistcr. Stale Fuel Administrator, today gave out he following stats ment In defense of Fuel Administrator. Uarneld: "Tne scape-goat is one of the most ancient of institutions, for frail hit man nature can't get along without lum. Wnen America goes over the top shouluer to shoulder with allied civilization and the Huns turn their oacas on tile Western front Old Man iiinuenuurg will bo the scape-goat upon which they will ride Into iter- " iiu and they will dig him in the Hli all the harder for the victories that lie failed to continue to Win. The public had to have somebody upon whom to vent its displeasure at this enforced Industrial , holiday that wo are having, and Mr. Uarneld was tha Victim. "How many people have stopped to Inquire who Mr. Uarneld is or what he has done? About all that ths pub- . lie knows .about him is that he is a college president. There have been others. Before he was a college presi dent he was a personal friend of Woodrow Wilson, and a few years ago he wiui an attorney for large coal interests, and a little later was at the head of a concern which operated in the coal industry on a very large scale. Mr. Wilson needed for tho position of United States Fuel Admin istrator a man who knew the law of the coal industry, a man who had hid broad practical experience in that business industry, a man who had nothing to do with politics and above everything he needed a man, and he selected his personal friend, Mr. Qar lield. because ho possessed all of these, qualifications'. "Now let us answer the question "What has Mr. Uaiileld done?" The things that be has not done that have been charged up to him would till a volume. Ful ly In the year 1917 some body said that coal was going to be cheaper and advised tho publio not to make contracts as usual, but to wait.. This Lad to be charged up to somebody, so it was charged op to Mr. Garfield. The fact is that it was not until late In the summer, at a time .subsequent to the period during which practically all the coal con structs are usually placed, that the rederal Fuel Administration was created and Mr. GarUeld asked to take charge of it. This Is one of ths things that he did not do. There are two things that he did do that every American should re member, lie stablized the price of coal, if the prico of coal had not been lixed everybody who has eyes to see and ears to hear knows that the price of coal toduy, a necessity of life which Ih short and which nobody Can get as much of as they want, would lie any price which anybody who has the coal might choose to charge. Con sider where the price of sugar has gone with the price fixed, and con sider where it would have gone If it hadn't been fixed, and then you can j form some Idea as to where the price . of coal would have gone if it hadn't. Iieen fixed. An advance in the price ! of coal of $1.00 a ton means a tajr. i of $ 1.500.0(10.00 upon the poo pie t North Carolina Suppose the price of coal had been left to itself and had advanced tiO.OO a ton, which is not I only probable., but certain, that would I have represented a tax upon the con sumers of North Carolina of 115.000, I ooo.no In one year. "What. Is the other great thing that i Mr. Garfield has done? After the price of coul had been fixed troublo I broke loose 111 the coal fields all over the country. Most of them shut down . on one pretext or another. In a very 'short lime Mr. Garlield brought order i out of all this chaos; the mines were j operating again 40 their fullest capa ! citv: the miners of the entire country ! went to work and stayed at work and ' the whole coal business and all ths labor and capital that is engaged in jit are working today, and on a baste Impon which they will continue to work I without, interruption throughout the j war. This has been the great achieve ment of Mr. Garfield's administration. "He stablized the price of coal; I he put labor and capital to work on I coal ami has kept, them at work. Tho . ! only thing that he has not done ui that he hasn't furnished the trans- portation. That wasn't his Job and he couldn't, have done it If It had been. With the increased production and traffic of tho country during the last year in preparation for war no hu man agency could have done it. Mr. Garlield and the men who are work ing under him in the various States were drafted Into service by Prel dnt Wilson and they are furnishing their own ration. " "This is war! Whatever the cont we must pay so that In the face of the enemy there can never be the re proach that we held back from doing our full share. Those ships lac'en ith our supplies of food for men and food for guns must have coal and put to sta,'. "This statement of Mr. Garfield is obliged to appeal to the reason and to the sense of fairness of every unbias ed mind that considers it. My obser vation is that the average man, if let nlone and allower.' to reach his own conclusions, will usually hit it nbout right, and I have n abiding confi dence that after all the shouting In over the people pf North Curolina are going to settle down to the conviction In NAMED GARFIELD? that Mr. Garfield knew what he wa doing and that they are going to give him their fullest whole-hearted co. operation. I am also sure that those manufacturers who have had to closo five Cays will do It cheerfully when they realize that many of the coal op erators are unable to operate their mines more than five days a month until the traffic congestion is relieved, which the manufacturers of the coun try have been ai ked to relieve by their cooperation In carrying out Dr. G;u field's fuel order." "This is In hnrf. Mr. Garfield's rer (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIFTEEN)
Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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