The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-24
PUPILS TO TAG
COAL SHOvELS
22,0O0,OOO to Aid in Fuel
Saving Campaign.
JANUARY 80 IS THE DAY
Children Will Invade Every House in
the Nation, according to Plan. City
and State Officials Expected to Aid.

and State Officials Expected to Aid.
Washington, Dec. 24.-This time it
is an appeal to save. and not to give;
q call for economy, not generosity.
The fuel administration announced
that January 80 will be national tag
your-shovel day.
The 21,350,000 school children Of
the country will be asked to perform
the patriotic work Of tag ing the coal
shovels in American homes.
Tag-your- day falls On We'd
nesday, and 1t Is hoped that govern
ors, mayors and teachers will unite
in arranging for a school holiday to
permit all the children everywhere
except those unfortunate enough to
be down with measles or mumps or
something to assist the government
that day.
The school children will not neglect
any coal shovels, no matter how hum
BILE OF how exalted they may be. Pre- ii
dent Wilson's shovel at the White
House will be tagged, as we'll as the
shovels of governors, mayors, million.
aires and wage-workers.
The tags. on the face, bear this
wording:
Save that shovelful of coal a day
for Uncle Sam"
On the reverse are these hints on
saving coal:
"Cover furnaces and pipes with as.
bestos or other insulation, also wealth
er strip your windows or stuff cracks
with cotton.
Keep your rooms at sixty-eight de.
grees, the best heat for health.
Heat only the rooms you use all
the time.
TEST your ashes by sitting. If You
find much good coal there is some
thing wrong with your heater. See a
furnace expert.
write to the maker of your fur
mace or stove for practical directions
for running economically.
"Save gas and electric light as
much as possible-this will save coal
for the nation"
The fuel administration points out
that this tag day Is different from all
other tag days. Instead Of asking for
cash contributions the school chill
dren will demand that householders
save money and at the same time add
to the governments coal pile.
In announcing tag-your-shovel day
Fuel Administrator Harry A. Garfield
said:
1.-THE United States is mining a rec.
ord-breaking amount of coal in an at.
tempt to supply the record-breaking
demand caused by the war.
"The war demands a hitherto un.
heard of amount of coal. The fuel ad-
ministration Is doing its utmost to
supply this emergency demand.
The miners are doing their part to
aid the fuel administration In its task.
They are mining more coal than ever
before. The oyerburdened railroads
are graphing with the problem of
transporting this unusual quantity of
coal in addition to the great amount
of war freight which is congesting
their lines.
4 "As g. result of all of these efforts
an extra 100000 carloads of coal
hare been, mined this year. This is
50,> 200 tons more coal than has
ever been mined before in any year
In t g history of the United States.
& "H re need another 1000 900 carloads
It is a physical impossibility to pro-
sduee this additional amount at once.
It must be saved from the coal al.
ready available.
1.-THE American people are asked to
do their part in this emergency by
saving shovelful by shovelful in fac.
tory and home this additional coal for
war needs"