Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-09-12

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perience Of the Locality.
Improve all Local Methods by c,
and Study Of the Stocking MethO,
5-Buy Your Coal as Near Home rs
Importance 6f Coal.
Now. is the time for every user Of
coal to endeavor to reduce his coal re-
quirements. Heretofore, the man who
used more coal than he needed might
feel that he caused no loss except to
his own bank account. Few were in
fuenced by thought Of conserving the
worlds supply Of coal. Today coal is
a sinew of war, and he who unneces-
sarily reduces the country's available
stock of coal may curtail the nations
energy in the great industrial conflict.
Former Conditions.
In the past, if the available supply
Of coal was not sufficient for all needs
however extravaganza, new mines could
be opened and, by heavier Withdrawals
from the great supply of coal in the
ground even the most eXtravagant
users of coal could be supplied with
out interfering with other industries.
Under such conditions those endeavor-
ing to arouse a widespread desire to
eliminate the wasteful use of coal have
found slow response from public ac-
customed to think more of the present
than of the future, and many in
dustrial plants using SO per cent more
coal in their power plants than neces-
not allowed their attention to be di-
rected to the economy offered by good
methods of stocking.
Present Conditions.
Today there is a limit to the amount
Of coal which should be mined In the
great concentration of national energy
toward prosecuting the war, men are
not available to open new coal mines
to meet extravagant needs. Transpor-
tation facilities are burdened to the
limit Of capacity These and other fac
tors establish definite limit to the
amount of coal which should be made
available for use during the war.
Government Control Of Prices.
Another Important phase of the sit
uation comes from the control of coal
prices by the government. An effect
Of such price regulation may be re
duction in output. 1t is hardly to be
expected that the fixing of prices can
be carried ON without controversies
with producers interrupting operations
and without depressing the adyentur-
Gus spirit necessary to increase output.
Present Demand.
Opposed to these limitations on the
available supply Of coal is the greatest
demand for coal ever known. The
railroads are requiring more coal than
ever before. The war and it's stimula-
ton for industry has called upon our
factories for an output beyond all
previous peak loads. Our allies depend
upon us for coal. Neutral countries de-
pend upon us for coal. Good use can
be made of all available coal.
Users Obligation.
No thinking man can fail. to realize
the obligation which this situation i'm
poses upon the user of coal On vast
scale the situation is similar to that
where people are in an open boat at
sea with limited supply Of food. The
man who wastes coal today is an
enemy of mankind.
Avoidance of Waste.
Under these circumstances all BUSH
ness men are called upon to s. give
thought to avoiding the waste Of coal.
Let every man consider how his coal
requirements can be reduced. Let all
organizations Of business men engage
in vigorous effort to promote the dis
cussion Of wasteful methods in coal
consumption and the adoption in all
power plants of those stocking methods
which produce power without waste of
coal.
POwer-House Practice.
Public obligation and selfish interest
combine today to make this the time
for business men to undertake the long
delayed concerted effort to improve
power house practice. No man today
can say whose requirements may re
main unsatisfied If the available supply
Of coal is distributed without meeting
all requirements. All should act to-
gether SO that no one may suffer be
cause someone has been wastefully ex-
trayagant in the use Of coal.
Stocking Methods.
The Bureau OF Mines of the Depart