Show One More Gar Garfield field Blunder VS EE YS TE ices advices oC or the time past fort forty eight eight hours indicate Fuel Vt-Fuel i Administrator Garfield has litts rushed into print with another mother blunder blinder In the heat of a summers summer's day lY known to the time American public J ell made it the forthcoming winter holds no fuel hardships for tor our mi people E Cl Events ts indicate that a cool wind arose immediately following the time announcement for we find Mt in ill less than four t hours tile the same fuel administrator ad ad- R declares th time the e production to late dato is jS still tons behind the estimated requirements r is to be considered a jewel in wartime just as much much muchas as in the time days of peace antI and we wc cannot understand 1 why wh the fuel administrator should make ope mie announcement today and hasten to correct it to to- morrow The tendency of the first report whether I ia to hamper our military pro pro- I bas d on fact or not is pram gram ram Without attempting attempting- to analyze the psychological effect of the time announcement we can safely conclude that it docs does not stimulate production nor docs does it promote V 11 t economical use of coal which is vital ital to our pro pro- j 1 We Y c need not refer to figures to convince con ourselves the Hie needs of our nation that coal oal is one of greatest The Time growth gro of our military pro program ram is is dependent upon I loal oal for fuel is one of the thc first considerations in every increase mili- mili undertaken to our ii i industrial plan lar lary efficiency The Time figures of last years year's consumption tion arc are not indicative o of or thi this years year's needs because we have more industrial plants engaged in war in War work an and andas natural increase in in a as a result there w will ll be a tion We Ye do not know what changes the next next- few months will ivill ill brin bring in the coal fields and it would seem in the mines are arc that announcements based on coal goal premature premature pre pre- mature if not mi-alca mi misleading ing One thing is certain and that is that we cannot produce produce produce pro pro- duce and store too much coal to meet tho the government o needs Our war nr plans must be laid on an clastic elastic scale coal is is vital ital in determining determining- the extensions we e can make make to meet future needs Until we wo know what conditions conditions conditions con con- will ill prevail in the time fields in the coming months what transportation and distribution facilities will be he available R and what the proportions proportion of our industrial machine will be six months from now we endanger our wa-p wa plans b by assuming a n satisfied air and seeking seeking- to assure the time public that our fuel problem is solved Pa ra Ja a Pa |