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Show WILL NOT PERMIT ANY INCREASE IN COST TO CONSUMERS WASHINGTON. I'iV. - Tlirt i-onl Mr.ko i-:itiiut bo v'vMiii.romtvt with tho oonsoiit of iho t'o.U'ral novovnmrnt in ;:'.y I';ihu'U that will nun an lulvnnoo in tlu- jrU-t of I'oul to tho 'u-.l'lio, I'uol Adii'.inira:ioa .lurfiold Uochirvl to-ni-lit. lH'!:;rip. liiuto!'' ''mi'!s a'nl tirol of oosa! to msUo tho H'op!o boar additional ad-ditional 1'iir.lon-," 1'v. (.iariiohl .aul tho tuot ihiimu: rat ion alono had un-thorttv un-thorttv to iiu'roao i-val ru-os tu'oo.s-sary tu'oo.s-sary lo 'nv uai;o injvam'os in exoe of tlio 11 tu-r oont ropood b- tho OV-cruiiu'tit. OV-cruiiu'tit. So to-.i lt as ho was i'uol ad-miui--tratir, ho saul, no adan.-o in tho prioo to tlio lonsumor for this jnnposo would lo allowod. Tho oalunot stands l.ao'.; of mo on tho prinoiplo involved," IV. CiarfioKl said, tlioui;li I am responsible for tho presentation of the fuels which moved their decision. " There will be no increase in tho present price of coal as used lunlor tho l.evor net," lr. Garfield continued, con-tinued, "no matter w hat local arrangements ar-rangements and agreements arc put into effect." Declares His Position. Ie added that hia position was absolutely ab-solutely unchanged from that taken on .November 0 with tho authorisation of tho cabinet, l'r. Garfield explained then, in su'uvstin tho It per cent ad-Nance, ad-Nance, which the miners t'tompily rejected, re-jected, that he was not fixing wapo scales and had no authority to do so. Ho indicated that tho increaso suggested sug-gested w-as merely that which tho operators were able to grant w-ithout advancing tho price of coal which the government has fixed. Tho fuel administration 's statement was made after a ilay spent in hearing compromise proposals from uelegutions of business men and others from various vari-ous parts of tlx? country. Vsing tho most emphatic language. Dr. Garfield left no doubt that ho regarded compromise com-promise proposu's as a " monkey-wrench" monkey-wrench" thrown into machinery which he believes will oneratc to adjust tho situation with justice both to ll? public pub-lic and the mine workers. The proposition of the government is that no wage advance in excess of 1-1 per txmt is possible under tho price of $.35 per ton, mine run, fixed on coal by the fuel administrator. At the same time it was pointed out that tho government gov-ernment had no authority to fix wages and that no objection could be interposed inter-posed if operators favorably situated agreed to pay more than the 1-1 per cent advance from their own profit without charging ihe increase to the public. It is not ihe opinion in the fuel administration, however, that enough mines to supply the country with coal can be- operated on this basis. Acceptance of Offer. Piscussir.g restrictions imposed in the use of coal. Dr. Garfield said tonight that local differences in tlv severity of the application of the curtailment orders soon would disappear under measures now being taken by the railroad rail-road administration, which is acting as the fuel administrator's cgent in distributing coal. Ho said further that ih1 production of coal had increased evorv day this week and indicated his belief that a majority of miners would sooner or later accept the settlement ;bii-,is which tho union leaders have injected. in-jected. Another stop "as tnken todav by the fuel administration to restrict 'Oiil consumption by resuming the lived prices on eoke established during tl; win. Distribution of eoko will bo regulated. reg-ulated. Gas coke, however, will not bo iiflected. Attorney General Palmer today confuted con-futed with President Wilson on tho general c mi 1 situation lend took stops to prosecute oil producers in tho west who ure charged in n complaint made bv Senator Cupper of Kansas with increasing in-creasing tho price of oil from $1 to a barrel sinro tl o coal strike. The railroad administration announced an-nounced an enibargo on oil, effective Monday, which is designed to make neiiilnblo a full supply for industries in the west and thus muko it necessary to haul less eonl to that section from tho cast. Vactories in the east using oil ma v obtain their supply as heretofore here-tofore " through a permit system and shipments in transit or on order will not bo affected. Keports on coal production sorvl to increaso tho optimism of officials handling tho fuel situation. Additional mines were said to be in operation now and production was steadily increasing, though it continue lorn) than half of normal. l'iguros made public today bv the geological survey showed that despite tho Thanksgiving day lay-off miners remaining at work since the strike bo-can bo-can produced P,42i.000 tons during tho week ended November -Ji. This was about -1o per cent of normal and 1G per cent greater than the output tho week before. Gloomy Forecast. All bituminous coal mines now in operation must close within a week unless the railroad administration pays for the coal it has confiscated or diverted, di-verted, sai.l a statement today by the American Wholesale Coal association. The association said the railroad administration ad-ministration had refused to pay for the coal until a price it considered fair had been fiied bv Vuol Administrator Garfield, and that Dr. Garfield had refused re-fused to change his price ruling. Minos which will be affected, the statement savs. are producing now 400.-000 400.-000 tons of coal weekly, the solo supply for the nation in the present crisis. "If the mines are to continue to produce coal, thev must have money to meet their pav rolls," said the state-men!. state-men!. "Tho railroad administration is taking 60 per cent of this coal. It has paid for no confiscated or diverted coal for bixtv davs and refuses to pay until un-til a price which it considers fair is fixed bv Dr. Garfield. Dr. Garfield has refused to change hia price rulings, tio long as this deadlock continues, foal mines can get no money for coal which has been mined and shipped." Yould Lift Embargo. Requests from Iiuropean Kover.irr.enis that the- embargo ajjainsl coal exports be itiied were received touay by officials. A representative of the Fr'noh govern -ir.ent laid the catt of Franco before the administration, whl.e lss representatives repre-sentatives described to It. C.ar:'.d the urgency of the coal requirements of Switzerland durinj? the next thiuo nior.tl.s. It was sajd authoritatively that there was no llkeM.iood of the export bin reins lifted until the crisis In t'ols country had passed. Senator Harris, l-emocrai, Oeor-pia. Oeor-pia. Introduced a resolution today asking the secretary of the treasury lo inform the senate rejraT-dlmr t.-.e income rind the profits of coa' operators durtr.pr K17 and 1?1S as shown by th-lr Income fix returns. re-turns. Thi measure went over un--!-.-:' ihe ru.es. The railroad s Jrnlnistration ar-ed tonight to-night on representations l'rvm Illinois, to Pl.-rea-.. the ...""! ''".'1 I'.r lhal .! He l.v c;,is .. d.o. ..; ..M in- cr...,o or 1 i . :n ,.. ,- .l.iv 1" ! ;;, l;il WC--.1C1I1 Kin I iiiii-IIim. -I'-MI li-l.l"U- 1 !" Chicago dlhlild !!! I IV.- un."! ' , oiir. ihe r.-!i...lniK 1 .r .... """'r MiellnllM oi" llhliii.i. None oi th" c.,,,1 lo .... M. 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