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The growth of this Institution has been remarkable and its Savings Accounts are rapidly in creasing. Member Federal Reserve Bank. JAMES PINGREE President HYRUM PINGREE Cashier Whatever the merits of this controversy, which, by the way, has f been hushed up almost as suddenly as it was started, it is becoming apparent that there is more or less friction between the executive departments at Washington. Also, one is forced to the belief that bad blood is brewing within the President's own immediate and confi ' dential circle. While the Senate was investigating their activities they quite naturally united in self defense and succeeded in putting up a solid front to their accusers. But it was a forced put, at best, and now it would seem that certain essential parts of the war machinery are, under the stress of the strenuous activities and the pressure of petty prejudice, beginning to shake to pieces. The President, undoubt edly, is fully aware of the situation, without our calling his attention to it; and we trust that he will not lose a single moment in getting busy with his oil can and repair kit, greasing and tightening up the machine. sfc sk THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TIE-UP. KITTLE by little we are learning just how it happened that the industries east of the Mississippi were obliged to shut down temporarily. The direct cause was quite clear to everyone it was the existing shortage of fuel but what caused the fuel shortage? That is the point on which wise men still continue to differ. The highly imaginative press agents of the administration would have us believe that the shortage was incurred, due to a staggering increase in indus trial production and a consequent overloading of the railroads. Also, as an additional reason, we were told that the transportation systems under private ownership had been grievously mismanaged to the point where they were all in bad shape and some of them just about to break down altogether. This, so they tell us, was the situation that 'con fronted the country when the eminent Mr. McAdoo was elevated to the supreme control of the nation's transportation agencies. But it seems that several very salient facts have been overlooked in building up this explana tion. First : the administration's claims notwithstanding, the railroads of America were carrying the greatest tonnage in their history just prior to their being put under government control. True, their speed had slacked up somewhat towards the close of 1917, but practical railroaders charge this condition directly to the difficulties encoun tered in trying to observe the confused priority orders of the adminis tration. Then too, it seems that in the heat of the controversy this fact was forgotten: Last summer Secretary Lane, acting in behalf of the government, effected a tentative agreement with the coal operators, fixing a basic price of $3.00 per ton for soft coal. Secretary Baker ar rogantly repudiated Lane's agreement with a flourish, and persuaded the President to fix the price at $2.00. The mine owners were satis fied with the first price ; they bitterly opposed the one finally agreed upon, declaring that such arbitrary action would force them to oper ate at a loss, in case they operated at all. The result was that the production of coal decreased by an alarming percentage, and much of the coal that was mined contained so much dirt and waste that the boilers consuming it simply could not operate at their normal pitch of efficiency. Locomotives were obliged to pull from 10 to 20 per cent more coal in order to supply them with sufficient fuel to make their regular runs. Ships were compelled to load from 50 to even 100 per cent more coal in their bunkers to complete their voyages. And so, due to this inferior grade of fuel that flooded the market, all the rail roads and industries were forced to either work at a disadvantage, or shut down altogether. Many of them did shut down, rather than ruin their power plants. We hold no brief for the coal operators who cheated, but wp can see a side to their case, at that. They were forced to cheat by the arbi trary authorities of the administration, Mr. Baker deserving particu lar mention in this respect. Surely he could not rightfully expect the mine owners to operate at a loss, and when he attempted this, it was but natural that the coal Barons should throw the screens on the scrap-heap aiid shovel out their product regardless of its low quality. We wonder why Messrs. 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