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Show VINAL GIBBONS WRITES Of DUTIES OE THE MINEWOUS His Eminence Directs Most Patriotic Letter to Dr. Harry A. Garfield, Fuel Director. i rtti nidf me The Bun. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 9. Expressing the hope thnt the clergy would do nil In their power to urge mincworkers to (heir highest efforts in the production pro-duction of coal, Cnrdinnl Gibbons Gib-bons has written n letter to Dr. H. A. Gnrficld, United States fuel administrator, which is now for the first time made public in iU entirety. The letter rends: OVi.M. MIIAt'll, N J.. Auk. 23 ilr llmrv A (liirflchl. Hulled Kin ten io, AilmlnlMnitor. Washington, I), i lv liuir Mr (Inrflold- t Iihm mi ili great pleanuro the'pmela-Mti the'pmela-Mti ii r tin pronldrnt of Hut fulled iiulm m till rcgurd to thn filtl nltun-mm. nltun-mm. I tk n grout ninny other Amor-iu Amor-iu I h.ivi born very iniiili alarmed i thr ill ink fur next vvinltr. It In 'b hnd thnt Ihone whono htmlneen ' u ti K nl '"t "f tin" Mirth will r how much depend iiuui their la-r la-r nd what n patriotic work tin-)' -tfi.itn in providing Hint which l II' nt IIk prment tlmi' tin nliicwn or The tin fact thnt vve huvo urn-ilpll'in urn-ilpll'in putn a rrxponnllilllty on ev-rf ev-rf tnaii III Hut muntry either to fight t to work, ox the government nm) kink iil ntcmMiry. f"i Hi imlilli', ,i4. Tin- vrry fnct thnt n-rtuln inJiiif wiirkvm uru put In h deferred ufimlliin I to my mind mi liull-Vn liull-Vn ! llirtn thul thrlr rrnt duty U in tlml imrllculnr kind of work, kuk thriuiKh Hit inrtlmlur kind work whlrh thpy rnn imrfiirni tin anlry will ln niuro Rrenll) livlprd i the wur mure riilly won. Hut Mi It I ttir duty of thoxo wlii nrn ilW tu Unlit, tn rUlit lirnvoly and t ikiw thrlr patrlotlmn to ln tlm In-rmlnf In-rmlnf prlnclpln of tliolr t'liuruRf, i It nrcpiwnrj Hint Hiom w work HeuU work In tlm Iniui Htrpnunun M I'Jlrl'ilU innnurr Thr iirr I think, two lntri of Mf who cult help very much In Mi rtfitrd, Tlio flrit ilnnn Ik i-oiii-4 if Hip famllliNi mid iihIkIiI'ith i thr mm who nro put Into n drfrr-i drfrr-i clAjulflrntlnn. An tho nrflnldnllt m i truly Mid, ihri ii)pli ithould ill III inrn who lire wurklntf, whtm 'Un thry would ruthtir he flRhtliiK. lib thr xrrntrit rcupoi't, nud uluuitd iow that tliry rrciufnlni nnd honor i pttrlotUm with Ii IioIcIh invii to lr porti In thr ronl niln n well n palrlitilmu which linldx a mnu n In th trriichrH. Th other Iniui whhh I think tould ' of try Kteut inwUtniKn nt thin " U th ikrio-. nnd I nlncvrcly H tht ir mlnUtor of rellKlou, lcUJI- In tin- mlnlriK dltrlrtn. will 't Wfnrc hi. roncrrKutlnu Hut Rrcnt Mple Hint pulrlotUm In lUvotlou wintry Hint thuna who love their & must ervo their country In mt ui-i'plulile wny, nnd inunt ' their nrrNlcen, not where they wH thon.e, hut where the KOirn-t KOirn-t Hindu they could ho iiiont u-I u-I iml, that thoe who do tny li-m li-m to ork munt rememher that r tre wnrklntr for tholr country w holding up the Imndn of their Mrymcn now flKhtlnir ncro the ,u. J thnt therefore they munt Wry ounce of enertry and mnu- Into thn work which they nrn k4 la do, 1 hope for the ery bent effortu '"J the pretldcnt'n proclnmnflon. w kind reitnrdn, I um. my donr Mr. rtUld, Your,, very nlncernly, (8ltn.. J. CAIll). (1IIIIIONH W Hki:K op AUMUKT VMtt "WXJHI) IHU THIS OITJIATOUS 'J"Wt of liltumlnouN conl In tho 4 BUten durlnir the week 'ended '"t SUt wum approximately the ' M the week preceding. KM' ' Mace production during thin ij.L,s,',!'000 "t " ocnlnnt m.OOi) net tnnn durlnif the week Anit J in, nnt 11,068.000 net tnrliiK the correnpondlnk week ,!r The averuice production per d.n fr WCBk ondtI(t Auiut ' " 'itlmateu at 8,107.000 not '"TMee over the correspond. Dv '' '"' UUr "f ' l"r rent tlrr "lB lu,r"K' Jo'l)' require-iik.,h" require-iik.,h" ,0ttl yar ' l'" '"' "Mule of trio fuel Bdmlnlntrn-""-Hr rniu for nu Incrensed th. .'rn(5urlnE during th6 nix 4' . '"Klnnlnir with April, and S ' firm five of theno lUii . "on nearly ts.000.000 ' It Imn.me 0,ta "PParent nhort- i,,.J ''? necery to maintain rlo. ,h """y rate of productlsn (. ne OVon molthl, reulBlnnlt M b ,"ar at .T,000 net ton M iVtu, l !n ec" f the aver-k aver-k . ''1V",ucllQI th vo M'u.". l0 Auguat. In the J"n. to the Uit week of Auk- JM, the erase .tally rate of prmlue. Hon him lircn npproxlmntely J, OS 1,000 net ton, compared with nu nvcrnxo dnlly mte In tho period from thn flret of April to the firm of June of !,.. n0 net lonn. It In Hum evident thnt mil) l. mnln-tiilnliic mnln-tiilnliic prodiiitlon nt the leel of the him thrrv montlH HiiourIi the Rood weather xrllim ,.f thr- comhiR net en nionlhn of the coal )ejr will the rll-mnted rll-mnted reiulrementn he met Thew flKiiren of eetlmnted rennlremenln ure IhmmI upon JH. 000.000 tonn per year for Hie enr. dlthted helnenn fifty-two fifty-two weekn or nix working dnyn jnuh. with no ntlownutr for iiiiIIoimI IkiII-ilo)"m i i;ni:it.M. rti:i, nri u.tK ritoM coumAiit) MHiniNtj t'ortt prodiiitlon In L'tnli ham. pen-d nt preM'iit to n hIIkIiI extent throiiRh m nhiirtiiKe of mien mm, lie-tolilliiK lie-tolilliiK to A. I IMernon, nwlMunl to Fuel AdmlnlKtralor Moioul llclner, who Iihm Junt returned from n i. lifer-elne lifer-elne nf ronlmell In Denver Colo. The nhortiiKo In llkel) to Imiimr wrlnil., ho MnteM. with the clurtlmt of thn heel iiiRiir noHeon In ntiout three weekn. It him been ihiimmI b the demand for open (il IX for the hlllpllKUl of "tin r ni-eeflllci for KOierumeut work, n. fur Inmmiei, lumlier from the NorthHivt, lurge iiiuuiiiie of which nre heliiR mill to the rfcmt for nhlpi-urdn. Hlecl nlilpnwnte. f rom tho Wi'M luivit aliMt beeii mueh henvler limn iiinlir ordinary (oudltliinn, nnd liiive lined mail) mm which nrdhmrlly un n,illulili for ionl Ho xLltiM thnt Ulilli mntlern Were not token un. but thul he nnd Ad- lilliilntrntor lleluer were nlnipl) pn-tut pn-tut hi liivltiilloii Hint the) might luiXe n morn couipIpIh kinmledgit of the (till nltuiltloii In thv ntnlcK cunt of Itilx ut'tlon. DcIi'iwIim from Moutnim, llllunln nnd I ud In na were nl the mretliur. tlintixli lint dlitHllj cttuieriiitl. while the bllnlllenH won trilllMeleil by the fuel iidnilulntnttorn fioili Colonido. Kn.i, Nebrunkii, Texon, Arlitiuti nnd New McnImi, 'iIOM: IHI llll.li Itlll MIMtx lll'Tlli: ttH'.NTUV IK I'ASSIII) WAHIII.NOTON, I) C. Kept. 9. Without u dlm-cntlng vote, the limine Initio panned, litter u few mluuten' loiinlderutlou, thn neliuto rcnohitlnu empowerliiR the prenldeut to entabllnh lirohlbltlon xonen iirouud munition fiulorleit, inlnen, nhlpurdH and other war prodiiitlon plrinln, The renolu-Hull renolu-Hull won reported b) the rule com-inlllie. com-inlllie. with the Information Hint Ait-lug Ait-lug Heiretiiry of Wnr frowell regarded regard-ed Un pnwHige nn urgently Impnrtnut. Hut ii brief hearing had bten held earlier In thn day at w tilth Iteprenen-tutlvr Iteprenen-tutlvr Miller of Mlulienola told of the condllluM near Piiluth. th firm large oil In America to go "dry" Acronn the river from a nleel plant U tho Wlncoimlh town of Oliver, which, he wild, wnn orcunlied oliJy for ' booxe purponen" and had demornllJed con-illtlmm con-illtlmm on the nlret vir line running between imluth and the munition The prenldtsil In given full power to entiibllnll dry xoiien when lie deeinn neietwiry and pennltlen of a thnunand dollum flue or u nr'n liiiprlnoninciit are iirovldcd for violation of hH regit-latlonn, regit-latlonn, Mtllli: TIIAV MX TIIOI'KAM oi'iiitATtms mki: itiiiMiiti-h Operulorn of nix thounnnd nnd thlr-teen thlr-teen mine tho country over -nnd with a total production of IO.UI.0M net toun, reporting for the week ending Aiigunt 31nt produced il 4 Pr cent or the total eitlnialed output, the mlnen being operated at 11.5 per ceiit of their full time, nn agalnnt 77 7 per cent during the week P"l,5' rating condition Improved tunnld-erahly tunnld-erahly during tho week UojJ i ' full time, dun to cur nliort'ige f" tt n 186 er com during the '" f '' iTHi of Augunt to 9.9 per cent, labor nl, tage from 4.0 to 8.5 per cent, m lue dhwhlllty from i.3 vr wt to S per cent and other w"''f timn from l.t to 0.8 Pr cent. No !,,rt.lTi" remalne.1 mwUrt "t MTheropenra.orn In Iho dU.rlctn ro-parting ro-parting Increaned produc Ion. w th exception of Northern and l antral OH, aUrlbute their ImP.""-" better trannporcatlon imj H Ion. In Korlheru and Central Ohio while a hotter car nupplV "",e'1' rT' nil on brought about the real lm-nravemtnt lm-nravemtnt DUtrlctR porting ma-terlal ma-terlal decieane were Southern Ohio. Ka nan and Minnourl and Iowa. In BoXrn Ohio nhortage of oar caused , thtt decreano In production, In I W labor nhortage limited production and (Continued on ptr eltrtit.) B CARDWAL GIMNS WRITES Of M B DtiTCT HWEWOflHOtS H i - i (Continued front pa so one ) K In Kansas nnd Missouri liolh lulior H nhorlngo mid mini) dlsnhllll) were tho B llmllliiK fitrtorH |