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have begun denying coal to | shortage was psychological, and tnat | juoers of non-essentiais long ago. | tummer buying would b fe it had there would bave been no | hoarding. need of euch an appalling step.” he) “I can not speak too strc pald, “Tf it ts necoseary it ia an aw-| this resolution,” said Sena ful indictment of the Fusl Adminis | Repubtic of Massachusetts: +. tration’s activities."* had telephone conversation with deemed Senator Cummins (lows) said he Manufacturer thia morning who said | pellaved the step was necessary and the order meann losing $2,000,000 therefore prover products of hie company, 1 hope al some action will be taken to stay thie order. “Senator McLean (Connecticut) sald would withhold comment until be all the facts In the case. On thé face of it. he said, it looked like @ eriticiem by the Fuel Administra- tion of its own efforts Senator Smith, Democrat Carolina, said a South Carolina tr facturer communicated with bin day, asking if plants using water <power were affected by the onder. called the Fuel Administration (fee on the telephone and was In- formed the order affected all plants not excluded by the order,” said Bena- tor Smith. “Phat damned clerk axein, “eiaoulated Senator Tillman Representative Rainey of lilinots of ‘the Ways and Means Committee was GOVERNMENT TO BUY COAL FOR THE FACTORIES. It developed to-day that under the Puel Adtw the Gov- ernment conl consigned to Industries, These tranmactiona will be conducted through the Treasury Department, and it is estimated will cost the Gov- ernment about $26,000,000. State Fuel Administrators will re distribute the coal to food planta nid other industries permitted to run. The order will not include natural Fas nor ure of wood fuel, power derived from water Tt {is paid that the exception of hecesmary war industries from the pistration’s plan will buy all (he suspended of Gout anus to- 1 gu an nor ’ nd by el OMOration of the order might be : be “PROPOBITION SHOULD BE SUP- “cated. x PORTED, SAYS RAINEY. ‘The Fuel Administration wii! issue “ft is the first battle we must Nght & series of rulings on queries con 4o win the war at home,” he sald prey? the eonservation ordre “The procedure is no radical that the pty Administrators will not be waceasity for the order must be great | rating’ Sanca hee wir, and. the aeieieour should be supported | eat appiitauion, ¢ ‘il have gen "But. Wiliam H. Carter, Massa po eats Federal Fuel Ad-| chusetts, who employs 2,000 men him- lamupccna: eee pat to-day on hia! elf, believes the whole plan 18] nm order. } ‘The order maken exceptions in each \of ite two parts in favor of food pro- ducing and distributing Provision is made for hol omergency cases evonomically wrong “If, however,” he says, ‘the Presi- dent declares the step is ne: eary.| the New England manufacturers, will be greatly affected, will any tt Sut to the letter.” “ft ina great hardship and injus- tide to labor,” said J. P, Maher, Chairman of the House Labor Com- ittee, “and I cant believe it is no fosmary. It will throw thousands out ‘of work who can't afford it.” G agencies, | latitude in handled by State Fuel Administrators, and other ex- ptions are designed actual destruction to prevent of property and total suspension of all activity. “Ll knew there would be a food of complaint sald Dr. Garfield, “but we shall stick rigidly te our pro gramme.” }le sald a great national Chairman Roed of the Senate com- |¢ qmittee investigating coal attempted fo hale uel Administrator |Garfeld Vefore the committee to-day to 6x- plain his order, but the committee | decided against It at present, “The idea 1 am about to express,” said Senator Reed, “was conveyed to me this morning by # practical man, rgency had brought it about and that all the officials, the President, ot | Raijronds’ and the Secretaries of War and the Navy, had agreed no other course was possible if a national to |“alamity was to be averted, The order makes no attempt to spec- ify industries considered essential or | ‘who knows how to run greatdnstitU-| non sustintial, nor, it will be Botad from | tions, and has been & succes. He | ing abstract, are war Industrion, such | to fo of | e ¥ ' t Said nearly all of the factories of the /ay munitions manufacturing, exempt 1 town and five including the Director General ‘United Statos have some coal on hand. | from the Provisions of the five-day It may be that practically all of them | onger, Dr. Garfield said the coal situa- jeun be furnished coal before thelr! tion is too critical to admit of excep- preset supply is exhausted and at) tions being made, With but very few) the same time domestic consumers be! exceptions, the manufacturing indus. | preserved from hardship. tries of the enure territory east of the | "Under theso circumstances, why] Mississippi, substantially half of tho! should any factory that now has coal! country, are ordered suspended for five Be compelled to shut down until its | days. Goal {9 exhausted? Why should tt not] While the first section, relating to! continue to work and Yurniwh employ-| the five days’ cesmation of manufac- tient that people much need during | turing, speaks of the order applying | the cold winter?) Why should we stop /as well on ali Mondays from Jan. 28 every factory because some factories 25, that part of the ordei must stop? How senseless a thing is iva¥' to ie ender holida i specifies next Monday as the first is if there are ten factories in 8) doy upon which the order becomes | effective, Phus, on next Monday not only will all manufacturing be at a standstill, but the retail stores, the theatres and the office buildings will be closed as well, main provision, It Is understood that the question lof making the order apply to banks jand other financial Institutions wa considered, but that it was dee inadvisable to make much an orde the effect on commercial to Maren of them have coal enough to run a month, and three or four of them have coal to run a week, to shut them all down, Of course, practical man might think of tha but to a highly intellectual gentleman be entirely beneath considera- ag under the second APPEALS TO EMPLOYERS TO PAY WORKMEN WAGE Dr. Garfield sent a telegram to-day to John P. White, of the United Mine Workers of America, saying: axe state that orders closing |CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. five and financial affairs generally could not be foretold and anight be utterly de- moralizing. | — pape “pl Industries: for days will not! With net changes frow oe Net ylow down mines, 1am making pro- Than vision for that, and also include in| {HieChsimers |... J8y §| my appeal request that labor be not a Pris wn 8 allowed to suffer during the five days Be 3 | or subsequent Mondays affected by a2% Hy 3 % t the order, I feel confident the great) Am. Sie Farr . w Si + 24 { ‘hase of employers throughout the| 4 Me RS me ot 2 country will regard this as a neces, | {2 Wile & * wit 3 sary incident of the war to be borne 9g: 3 Minas. st hd ae ri by them, and not shifted to labor Ad aut & WF HK ago Sy Senator Calder of New York, Ro-| jisit” “Ohio ‘ts fh wh +a, Steet Botte wa TAN % ;Pigblican, supporting the Hitchcock | hin lisiig 'rrauiedi 4h’ abo i \égolution, cited how a shipbuilder | Wasa ® iaaibage. we ¢ oe t protesting againat the order to-day hee i, + ey tid t ; ld bis ship yard bad enough coal | ee ts ae 4 t 8 ; i 4 t i ‘0 run for three weeks, but would | St Cone, + Be eh BRT save to suspend to-morrow If the | (im, © x it Ea rder goes into effect | Gece, Ered S ay 8 submit,” eald Mr. Calder, “that | (ia Cane % js vat we need in this nation, in many bettie 5 the commissions, are men with {i 1: a business training, who will plan in Now n udvange and co-ordinate thelr work." |! vs lon * Senator Calder said one cause of | {0 Sf) evheen t I the shortage was advice of the Fuel Fine! x Administrator last summer to house- . +a noldera and others against buying i | idvance supplies and stating that the Aa My! How Robert grows-and no wonder Says Father-How he eats » ri eited | Cign on Da ® Ladi tt & Wehat Week w Ww A “ntl ? {this another daylight ing Association meeting McAlpin appointed a special commit- tee to formulate a report on the Fuel Administration order. cluding the largest retail merchants BOARD OF TRADE COMMITTEES | los: cart before the horse. All the ef. Jforts should be bent toward moving oul, The Evening World has been vals of coal Efforts uld have been | to break on the ice in the river t w tow- jing, and, second, to provide for THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918. WHY STOP? HERE ARE SOME NEW IDEAS FOR CONSERVATION HOLIDAYS wre t THINK OF THE VAST STORE OF EATS THAT WOULD BE SAVED BY AN EATLESS DE BAUCH ONCE A WEEK! — — {1 Fee. ve | TARIETY Toosy, | WHEN TD TANK TIME SLICED UCUMBERS THE DILL PICKLES ND THE OFM) Asse L (MOARDLED UP "6y my AB = STEMIOUS LNESS< or THEY Mar 2 2+ & FOODLESS DAY? _ PROAIBITEO | (Continued from First Page.) rs action will be we enemies jcomed by our as an oficlal admission that the United States ts industrially domorailzed, and therefore not to be foared stheap reasons and for others we respectfully and earnestly lrse the revocation of the order.” Clothiers’ Association of The the State of New York sent a tele &ram to President Wilson asking that Garfield's fuel regulations be “recon- sidered and revoked unless tndispen- sable to avold a national calamity.” ‘Tho meseige also stated that if the order became effective many mor- chants of amail means would fail. Tho annual meeting of the National Jewellers’ Board of Trade, in session aftornoon, discussed the fuel order, and appointed a committee to formulate expression af opinion. The National Wholesale Dry Goods Association convention at the Wal- | dorf-Astoria was intensely interested in the order. ‘There was demand that after regular business had been dis- posed of some consideration be given to the new situation. No. ANOTHER ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF DAYLIGHT SAVING. John W. Seott of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co, Chicago, In the course of his business address said: “In the mandate which closes down | the industries of the land for the pur- pose of conserving fitel suply, we see argument in favor of the saving crusade which this association has been carrying on for sevral years, By pushing the clock; ahead one hour we would be carry- out the Fuel Administrator's ideas as a matter of every day rou- tine.” The New York Wholesale Grocers’ at the Hotel After a discusgion of the situation by @ special coal committee of the Merchant Association, a special meeting of the Foard of Directors wan called for 2 o'clock this after- | noon The Fifth Avenue Association, In- of the olty, met at noon to adopt resolutions and decide on a course of action, CALLED. President Lee Kohns of the Board of Trade and Transportation called mombers of its Executive Committee to meet as quickly as possible to-day to state their unfavorable expression. Here are some of the individual protests: MERCHANTS Lose of Wages Greater Than the Saving of Coal, Edward Finkenberg. furniture dealer at 124th Street and Third Ave- he order will work considerable | hardship on the laboring classes, and the saving of coal will not offset the of wages, A manufacturer told mo this morning he would be unable to pay his employees on the workess days, Still, We must do what tie Government expects of ua.” Great Hardship on the Department Stores. Clay Adams, dry goods merchant at 216 West 125. Street “A great hardship will be worked on the department stores, Advertia- ing in the Sunday newspapers will be practically valueless because | women will not remember the an- | nouncements from Sunday to Tues- day, Thousands wil! be thrown out of work and the buying power of the public curtailed. We have not de- cided whether we shall pay our eins ployees for the extra holidays,” Like Patting the Cart Before the Hori Olin J. Blephons, a director of the Pronx Board of Trade “The order seems like puting the giving accurate the arri- twenty-four hours # day work op (he docks. Waats All aatrous, SAVING WEAR AND TEAR. ON TOUR 5. PE NDE RS~ NECK WEAR. - CUFF D.Q%$-YOUR SuS- WUTTONS- SHOE S TRING: et TONS ETC! lb FEEL More LIKE MYSELF IF WE (ONLY aD MOR LUN. aa GALL FUEL ORDERA CALAMITY ‘There a shut-down of fndustry ts not nec- ty.” 495 mon: We ure ready to comply with any order trom the Government that will being comfort to the majority of the not Richard W. Bastin: Kaual Vice President J. H. Schoonmaker of Buller Bros, general merchandise, at Broadway, COLLAR € iain 4 pavitss | WEEK: is plenty of coal and o Have ao employing 1,500 people, help move necessary frotxit and put the railroads In normal con- dition, What we wish ts that all bus inesses will have a chance to make a living. The order because it was n it Seriomsly Affeet The Bro: Hugene H, Rosenquest, President of the Bronx Board of Trade: “At firat blush the order seems dis- Certainly affect Bronx industries, but if it will result in coal going to the who have been without tf, a good thing. It the Fuel Administra- lion has no knowledge of a more seri- ous coal situation than {is apparent the members should be removed. But want knowledge of the full facts, Thing If 1¢ W! Congent! Lawrence, Vice Presi- it will seriously © people it will be to critiel: without ad dent of the Bronx Board of Trade and ident of the Kohler-Campbell Piano Company: “So far as the plano manufacturing industry is concerned, if this order fs meant as a matter of fuel con- servation it cannot be successful. But if the order js intended to relieve the | railroad chao good Fea Lie thin; i Effect © People. conditions it is a the Am Jesse Isidor Straus, of R, H. Macy & Co ompany: “It ts inconceivable that so drastic and even revolutionary a step should be taken of. kn unless the Administration vied#e of ous and menacing than we know France and conditior more gland have been at war for three and a half years and have not had occasion, so far as wo know, to do anything effect paychological > radical. The on our people, unless a satisfying explanation ts im- mediately forthcoming, be very bad, is Ikely to y Interfere With Bloomingdale Brothers: “We have stood by the Government in @ teres very te in supreme and Instance these therefore issued by the Government, of resuits, must be obeyed The public in- crucial times are every order regardless The coal order issued by Dr. Garfleld is certain to very seriously interfere with busi- ness and result in considerable loss 1. It Is questionable whether the remedy provided by Dr. Garfield will ever make up for any losses,” to all Must Stand By Whi ment does. day is the greatest years and thi ve normal. ke OW abe the Gevern- ment Does, Louls 8. Weber of Weber & Mc- Laughlin, coal dealers: “The order is indeed drastic, bat we must stand by what the Govern- the Wai Joseph K Furniture “It ie ‘The demand for coal to- in twenty-five year it is three times Five Days If We Win Smith of the Mason Company, Brooklyn: fair for business men whose information on the subject is meagre What's fiyo di Brokaw © Howara C. Brokaw rittclse t Fuel Administrator, if we win this war? mply Woory” Over the Order, of Broakaw Brothers, clothivrs. “Lam simply woory. This is the —_— most drastic thing I ever heard of, I don't want to appear unpatriotio—~ MANUFACTURERS there must be some great emergency to call forth such an unheard of Of-| A@yecates Only ot; Some No: | to Believe Order 1! william R. Corwine, Secretary of | Joncia the National Association of Clothing | Frederick Loeser & Co., Brooklyn: | Manufacturers: “It is diMoult to believe that the} ‘The Government states that we calamitous order by the Fuel Admin- istrator is justified. If not enough coal can be produced then we are nfident that the country and the untry’s business will approve W ever shutting down of commercial ac- tivit ehlef dimeulty tion It Ia a totally different matter,” Abrahain & Straus, Brooklyn may be necessary. Buf if the ia one of transporta~ The new regulations are very sud- den and drastic, reaching effect and the great hardships are certain to impoee on tndus: they business In view of thelr far- and Woking people T AND A CLOTHESLESS DAY] Also A SOAPLESS DAY@-ANo A STAY UPLESS fRELEASING CAKES ANU CAKES OF IT= WAY NOT GE A TRAMP! WASTREL oF Soap! RISE To! Move A BAMLESS TO SAVE EVERGODY AND EVER IT NG) \ Uh Kenerally, we hone that a solution will be found which will enable the Govern= ment to withdraw speedily these ex- treme measures.” Urges More Perapiration and Dincassion, A. 1. Namm & Sons, Brooklyn "In the absence of such Information }as may be available to De. Garfield and is not known to us his order scem= un necemartly drastle, It reprosenty the principle of surrendering to a ditficuity | rather than the mastering of It. With| © much coal in the vicinity of New York Clty our local prablem seer be a question of ore PE TION and less DISCUSSION Ne Need fer Alarm, Says lowes Morgun. William Fellowes Morgan, presid-nt Merchants’ Agaoclation: “There is no need for alarm, After an analysi# las been made the order does not appear so drastic aa at first | supposed. It dors not mean five full| days, for Saturday Is a halt day and Sunday ts a holiday, so that the order covers but three and one-half days. ‘The Morchants’ Association is stand- ing firmly behind the President.” Lee Kohns of 1. Straus & Sons, and President the New York Board of Trade and Transportation: “Wo will certainly face maralyals of industry and the workingman «will suffer loss of wages if industrial plants are shut down. Unless the sit uation Is clarified without delay there will be endless confusion and uncer- tainty, with all their attendant evils. Every nerve should be strained to ge coal to the places where It is needed Vigerously Protest Against Action of | Government, Thomas Quigley, Vice-President C G. Gunther's Sons, furriers: i} Woe vigorously protest against the to Wittian | action of the Government closing in- dustries for five da Kk. L. Seaman, Walkover Shoe Stores: ‘It seems to me that the order will Work mendous and unnecessary hardship to industry.” Drastic Move, but Not the! ood Time to intendent of Walter Critchley, sup the Cowperthwait store In Brooklyn: “It is a drastic move but this is not a good time to criticize the Gov ernment, which must know better than we do." Raymond Latimer of the Latimer Furniture and Carpet Company of | Brooklyn: | “The suddenness of the measures has put us off guard and caused much ¢onfusion, but the Government knows better than the people affect- ed.” Will Not Affect Sales of Automobth A. L. Newton, sales manager of the Buick Motor Company: “If the rule will save coal, then we are only too happy to comply with it A five-day closing and ten Monday holidays will not materially affect our sales.” Maurice Brill of Brill Bros. “This is the most ridiculous order ismued since this country entered this war, If he thinks It will save coal, let Dr, Garfield go ahead,” Merche of Country Must Not Re Impored Upon, W. O. Harrison of Reed & Barton. silversmiths: “We should all protest against the order. The merchants of the country must not be impowed upon. We should unite in every possible protest Monroe Clothing mpuny “We desire to be included In ex- pression of protest against this order.” ‘The Lane-Bryant Company “We protest against this fuel order and demand its repeal.” Carl H. Schulte Company— “Enforcement of this order will be unfortunate, have mined 10 per t. more coal tn 191% than: in 1916, that the con- sumption has increased 20 per cent, | If these figures be correct would it! not have ben possible to have worked | ont @ curtailment of rome non-essen- or some plan other than @ com. shutting down?" Extremely Serious ik Merchant Charles W. Endel, President of the Now York Clothing Trades Assocta- tlon: , “The order is extremely for rlous for . BM IN, Ea I |W. Storrs Wells of lolse our contribution of $3,000 to WEEK? 1O LIE IN BED A WEEK AND SAVE LAUNLRT- ICE Boor KNOBS -AND OTnER VsErU UTENSILS {1 must nave | I Neues Tw 0 HOURS INTERO | DUE ME On THiS WEEKS. os 2h Ned CQ AND LASTLESS BUT NoTLEASTLESS A FOO)-LESS WEEK! soBT IAI! fies cl EL 4a HOPELESS) Case! > New York. ‘There Js only a short time for manufacturing for the spring sea- son, and this interferes with it, The diffiewity it will cause with labor ts, of course, apparent. Monday |s the worst day of the week that could have been chosen for a shut-down. ‘The buildings and machinery become cooled by closing from Saturday noon to Monday morning, and by Tuesday they wil! be thy ighly chilled, caus ing hours of delay before normal working conditions ure restored.” Working Classes Will i Carry the Burde Charles Spiro of the Columbia Typewriter Factory, No. 37 West] 116th Street: | “I don't think the President should | have sanctioned this order, It will have a serious effect on business people, Such a measure should bave been submitted first to Congress, It is amazing that one man should have such omnipotence, The working closes will have to carry tho bure den.” Five-Day Shot-Down Hardebt P. S. Phillips of the Phillips-Jones hirt Company, whose factory em- ploys 1,200 workers: “The five-day shut-down will be a the Chief ———$—$— — _ ________. AND A SLEEPLESS NIGHT) way TO SAVE 4 iL, More BED TICKING~- SPRINGS~ THE ALSO TO CONSERVE CASTERS ANO NIGHTMARES | (POOR JOE! Ae Got Too FANATICAL AGOUT ITs Ny AHO OVER pwre\ BID IT! ~ ora BREATALESS ING! To PREVENT XTRAVAGANT WASTE OF oxyaen! cabarets and other places of merry-|keep the people from entering the making. stations until repairs are corel Go: instead of allowing them to flood’ in Government Officinin Know More] M100 On onditiaae worse.’ Feae Fubite, Clarence C, Harmstad, Treasurer F. W. H. Crane, President of the] of the Title Guaranty and Trust R. Hoe Company: Company: “There must be a good reason be- hind the order. Naturally, business was stunned by the suddenness of it But we are all in the same boat and people of all classes must row together if that boat is to lead us to “I believe the Government officials know mbre than we or the public about conditions. 1 do know tt will cause hardships among our employees if our works have to close down, as is proposed. However, we are giving and will continue to give our heartlest | safety.” co-operation to the Government in| wait and See How Conditions Work its efforts to relieve the coal sttua- ont. y to Ran as Hereto-| ©. M. Fincker of the Frankyit. t Lieb, Vie n Company: “We have received no order from the Government as yet, We shail continue to conduct our business as heretofore, for we do not expect the Government will ask us to shut down If our customers fail to comply with all the Fucl Administration's orders we shall report them to the Adminis- tration and follow any orders that | body may give us as to cutting off supply.” Uren President (o Reconsider the Order. Julius Kayser & Co. “We urge that the President recon- sider this order and keep employed the thousands of workers in all lines of business, who will otherwise be thrown out of work at a very critical period in our war activity. We also call attention to the practical fact that to maintain a plant at the mini- mum safety temperature will of itself consume per day one-third of the to- tal normal coal tonnage. The con- sumption of but little more will keep production going and give work where work Is neded. ‘Trust Company: “The outstanding necessity is for us to stick squarely behind the Presl- dent, We must not criticise, but must walt and see how conditions work out and do all we can to help.” RH, Pierson, cashier of the Bank lot Manhattan “] have go many troubles of my own just now that I do not care to discuss this latest trouble.” occupies JUDGES AND LAWYERS Be Good Reason Jantices. Justice James J. Meclnerney of the Court of Special Sessions “There must be a good reason for the order which we know nothing about. It seems to me that any one who ventures an opinion on some- thing he knows nothing about is a damn fool.” Justice Henry W. Herbért of the Court of Special Sessions “A thinking man must realize that ® drastic order of this kind is not made without just cause, and when he gets to that point, It is his duty to make his little sacrifice without eom- President of the IW. Order, Say hardship, but we can comply eastly with the Monday closings by working our forces overtime on other nights without using any extra fuel. We cannot pay our employees for the time they are out, for most of them are on piece work.’ Will Help the © Be Ober Peter Aitchison, general superin- tendent of the American Bank Note Company, which employs 1,500 perso: “We must obey the law. It will be a hardship on us, our employees and the people we serve, bu will gave a great deal of fuel and help the country.” In Accord With 0: Works Ha H. F. Quinn, assistant to President the Fairbanks Company, manufactyrers of scales, employthg 9,000 men: “We are heartily in accord with Garfield's order; though {t works a great hardship to us, we are glad to do anything that will promote the succesful conclusion of the war and relieve the coal famine, WIL Protest Thi er rae K, Garvin, President of the Garvin Manufacturing Company: “Whatever protest we have to make and we have one—will voice Itself through the Manufacturers’ Asyocia- tion, meeting to-day.” May Have to Close Dowm Alto-| wether, F. A. Magenbeim, Vice President Mason, Au and Magenhelm, candy manufacturers, Brooklyn: “Our closing down on Mondays would not do as much damage as the order for the five Cay closing. Wo have 100 employees, 50 per cent. of them being girls, and the loss would fall mostly on them. It looks as if we will have to close down alto- gether.” wil try and Mast jer, Though It Leas, bat Will Back Up Government. George B. Chase, President Sterling Plano Company, Brooklyn: “It Is quite drastic, but we propose to back up the Government, We shall use only suMicient heat to con- serve our stock and If it gets too cold we will have to let our men go. lt will mean the loss of thousands of dollars to us.” A. M. Kelly, Treasurer of the Wal- Yace Candy Factory, Brooklyn We are working almost exclusive ly on Government orders and J don't | know whether we are affected by the order, If we have to close, that ts jell there is to it.” Demand Protest to President A, Order, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.: “We must emphatically protest and demand that representations be made to the President against this arbitrary | and unnecessary order, | Wants Saloons and © Als James A, Cameron, President of ‘he Cameron Machine Company of Brooklyn “We have supported every impor- rets Closed tant move the Government has made | er | up to date. The notice of this o was too short for go drastic a move. It practically throws 200 of our em- ployees onto the street with the al- | ternative of recelving no wages oF for no service. I am hostile to any policy which discriminates by closing indugtrieg and net closing saloons, plainin: Justice Clarence Edwards of the Court of Special Sessions: “I don't think that the Judicial De- partment should attempt to Interfere with the Admimistrative except as is appointed by our form of Govern. Declare It Means Nothing bat Ca i 7 ° Dempsey & Carroll, stationers— “We wish to protest emphatically against the order. It means nothing but calamity.” alias ment. Net = Time for Criticlam, Says Prose: BANKERS cuter, Edwin P, Kilros, Assistant District Fears Moral Effect of the Order in| Atrorney: Germany. “The business world n. st make every sacrifice for the country’s good This is not a time for eriticiam. Tha demands of the nation’s administra- tors must be obeyed. Willlam J, Kingsley, Vice Presi- dent of the United States Trust Company, No, 47 Wall Street: “The measure is so drastic it AiMoult to discuss it until we ace | Better f° Cell in Surseen Tham Un- how it ss going to work out, Un- jertanere doubdtedly, however, it will cause a| Judge Thomas C. T. Crain of the! great deal of domestic distress | Court of General Seasons: among workers who already feel the burdens of the war. We should also conalder, I think, the moral effect of this pronouncement in Germany.” heerfully Accepts Any St mn That May Art Nahan Jonas, President Manufacturers’ Trust Brooklyn: “We stand squarely “I assume that the Government knows what it Is about. As one of the papers says, ‘It is better to call in the surgeon than the undertaker.’ ” Judge Charles C, Nott jr. of the Court of General Sessions: “Criticlam might have been proper before the order was passed. Now that It is passed any comment on 11 has no place in the mouth of any public man.’ of Company the of behind the Government in everything it may do,| Whole try Shi Back and we will cheerfully accept any Saye Mulqueen, situation that may arise, The Judge Joseph T. Mulqueen of the Court of General Sessions; “It ls Lighly impertinent for any Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Char- ities, of which I am secretary, will do j its best to alleviate any suffering |tbat may come to persons thrown out of employment.” (Continued on Fourth Page.) Mast Be Good Reason Bebind the | — er Move. o1ego, Walter H. Tappan, Cashier of the|LOGAN,—MARY LOGAN, National City Bank: Services at CAMPBELL FUNERAL ‘Evidently the situation is more serious than any of us thought. There must be a very good reason bi hind the issuance of such An order. It would not be wise to criticise at this time.” Paul H, Hudson, Secretary of the Em) ire Trust Company: “If the electric current fails in the subway the wise plan would be to CHURCH, 1970 Broadway, Thuredar, 11 A, M. Auspices Actors’ Fund, SEAHING.—At San Diego, Cal, Mm ¥. 7. BEARING. Services (CAMPBELI/8), 11 way, Later, SHEPARD.—-PERDINAND SHEPARD. Services CAMPBELL WUNERAI, CHURCH, Broadway, 66th ot, Time later. Bread. Special for To-Morrow, Friday, ol OOO a: e mr. T CARAMELS—-Tou kno Rg fialy H ‘are when produ: pnd cra ia aR mr AT Re Ay 1D Extra Special for To-Morrow, Friday, Jan. 18th itt [irmeor aeare eae aa aa Piet eS Ea ae ate oft: Jan. seca Dn’ ARD ye iy eta ees arte iran } | MILK CHOCOLATE NUT STUFFED DATEA — to this sweet we have the | POUND The Bpecl'ied Welxht Includes the Container * UEL ORDER MEANS $730,000,000 WAGE LOSS TO WORKERS ”