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Show FEAR SHUTDOWN OF STEEL ILLS Operators Show Seriousness of Conditions Following Freight Car Order WASHINGTON, July 10. A shutdown shut-down of sievi mill.s is threatened because be-cause of car shortage, representatives ; of more than a score of steel nianu-I nianu-I facturers toda.v informed the Interstate Inter-state commerce commission. Oaniei IWUlard, chairman of the advisory committee of the auoolatloa of rnii-I rnii-I way eMCUtlveS who also appeared before be-fore the commission was equally insis-tant. insis-tant. however, that any general 8UB-' 8UB-' lienslon of industry would lie averted land th;it i in pro v nun t was possible in 1 th- steel trade. ' 1 bel!-vo there will not be any (general shutdown of industry,' de-I de-I dated Mr W ill. ud The situation I I believe will not get anv worse, and 1 I believe we can make It better." U N WITNESSES A half seen- witnesses appeared lal the closing session ol the commission's commis-sion's hearing on possible modification modifica-tion of its order requiring preference to be given coal mines east, of thei sSlsslsslppii in the assignment or open top curs No indication of tho com- I mission's probable action was given at adjournment Addressing the Shippers, Chairman iClark declared the commission reallz-! j -d the "utter Impossibility ' oi pleas-; pleas-; ing ail of them, bm be urged that they ! lollow the suggestion of Mr WlUard to attempt solution Of car service through cooperation betweon them 'and the railroad Offlolalfl BUILDING Ol Ito Ms i Bj the shippers and the railroads acting through local car service COm- mlttsss, Mr wlllkr'd expected it would t not be necessary to prevent all move-1 Iment of building and that mater lain could be moved for highway re-1 I pairs, maintenance and construction of essential connecting road links Such transportation ho anticipated, i .mill ie bad on tb return movemenl of the open top equipment to the mines. Other witnesses in their testimony j pointed to the necessity of rushing coal tO northern Michigan, Wisconsin. in 'nesota, North and South Dakota while lake transportation was available I w illard described the coal movemenl to that territory ss the most dlHtiir-j i 1 1 , k problem" at present, as.-enlngi I that IB, 000,000 tons must be moved I by wav of l he threat I-akes before the c lose of navlgs i Ion, MOVEMENT OF COAL Plans for the movement of the coall , lo this tenitorv will be considered at il r ling of local operators here Monti Mon-ti ij nnd Tuesday, und by the railwoy.l exeeutives at New York Wednesday Mr, Willard told the commission he hopid the plans developed by these i crnf erenceH would not require new 'emergenev orders from the commission commis-sion to tnaure the oal movemsnl but !if nctessar. he na.Ui would itaJs Cor, I orders laic next week. j |