The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03
|||E COAL FOR COUNTRY.
HOME AND BUSINESS.

ShsAington, June 1.-The pound OF
ri G. mat YOU. Mr.. Citizen, may save
& tG1ny may contain the last gasp o.
sS11rrr necessary to drive "a shell home
sss 49, ~ the enemy and spell victory
& read of defeat ~.
THE pounds of coal many Mr'
H fsfflxens nay save today may forge the
VI I&aiis that may decide me war IN ia"
d w az worlds democracy .,
s~f1e pounds OF coal many MI tlei-
sens may save on many Gays may
h.s.&n tins end of the var and save
thousands OF lives
Thss ,s t,e a;elnert bf Francis 5.
n p~ab csy, Chairman Of tae nauonAi
coni board. council Of National de
fenee In an appeal issued TO-DAY 10 an
IL ~ the people of the country IN an el-
4 fort 70 have them conserve N ,hs use
Is a. fuel SO that there may at ali tlnles
= .nfscient quantity available for
haffleshsps tie fnunit,on factories
81 shAs railroads and all enterprises mat
4 - making materials for use in inc
4 wAr. ~ .,a
slaIt h not that We Go not have me
rnal IN this country" continued MI
4 Peabody. Perhaps no country III t'e
world is so blessed with such sn
L.
digging il out Of the ground fas'
enourh and having prompt DELIVERIES
4 Nv the railroads at the places where
Ii IL most needed. ,
The less coal the househotoef oseH'
therefore the more there Will DC 10y
the essencial industries. the men OF
which In this Industrial war are al
soldiers as much as the man VINO
YEAR a uniform and marches to the
front.
How Householder Can Help
.Hu, tho householder asks where
Ne comes in In the first place. III
many homes throughout the oo1I.,y nv,
- rsn maintain less number OF coai
49, Ee ear even shorten the num-
ker OF hours they are in opei atloi',
u IA ran see that gas stoves are tnfhed
rYf as soon as the cooking Is over.
vrhen the weather is cool. ne can
rarrv ,over temperatures in his hone
than he has been accustomed 70. uh
Tess there is illness in the mouse,
Temperature OF sixty degrees t''7'e@n
OF seventy is sufficient Ihen ne 20
nnerate fewer gas and electric Hshfs
"a sea ina. they are turned of when
n nj needed or when he leaves Inc
room. -.to,,
And this leads TO the suggestion
chat ~ ever there were need for the
Introduction of the proposed daSiisht-
saving act throughout the country u
is now Begin work an our carrier ana
outt an hour earlier. That immeh'-
ateiy would take an nout nnIusn
fron, the street railways. the electric
Iirht companies and the electric power
VI ~nmnanfes The owl car would be
~ hoy,r- earlier People would De
sleepins instead OF using lights sener-
afed by coal. In compact little Eng
land. with daylight saving they nave
saved 400 600 tons Of coal in year
time.
DO Away With Brilliant signs
NJ s.fu time Of war the coal wasted In
4 tfis manner is luxury coal and that
Il leads TO the thought that Americans
are the greatest advertisers IN inc
n world with there brilliantly hghteo
Is dnwntoHn sections OF great cities. the
mammoth electric advertising signs
hIaxinr for miles. and their elaborate
" .xrbite cities their Cony Islands and
W their .Dreamla nsss.' 1t lis all very
u we'll to be up and doing, and pushing
n your product is big way IN peace
~ times reflecting much enterprise upor
American methods Of doing business
But in wartime, doesn't all this ire
nendous expenditure Of energy IRON
coal mean the use Of luxury coal
pure spirit OF patriotism?
For the time being let's save this
luxury coal that goes into amuse-
ments and exfravagances and frivo'
4 fities 7ksbrne AMERICAN merchants ma,
call this sacrifice. hut 10 my mind Il
tsn't sacrifice at all when we think Of
the Washington widow whose brave
son. member OF the United states nav,
crew. gave m his life when his vesse
was torpedooi by the Germans. tht
first navy victim OF the war Anyhow
ne all have TO make sacrifices in times
like these and as soon as the countr,
fully realizes this spirit thai monien
We 20 forward to decisive and promp
victory.
Extravagance I'm Home and shop.
THE largest anthracite operator Il
The United States expressed himsel
N entirely puzzled at the present stu
alton OF soaring prices in anthracit
A coal He knows that the production j
Il ~ great as il has ever been and ca
only explain the present situation b
saying that 1t is probably due To tn
national extrava gance of the America
householder. Coal. he SAYS is bein
stored by overanxious and seifis'
people. disturbing the natural move
ri ment of this necessary commodity AM
unduly increasing the price. Not oni
does 1t do this, but it is taking tn
necessary supply away from the In
austries that need the coal In tn
manufacture of material essential I
the successful prosecution Of the wal
n Ia this. too. we must be patriotic an
ungelftsh. with the reward that price
n Will reach a lower level and we viii
have enough coal for the proper con
~ Auct OF the war.
ITO the manufacturer ! would ga
ss that II is the time to pay little NOR
Ss attention 70 your boiler room and SIC
what your firenaen are doing with III
coal Time was In this country tina
coal was SO cheap and entered so littl
.zs into the cost Of Manufacture that feu