The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
CONSERVATION Of
NATIONS FUEL
Campaign to be Started With
Object in View of Keep
ing Everybody
Warm.
READY BY OCTOBER 1
All Coal May be Taken by Govern
ment and Distributed to
tho People Of the
Country.
READY BY OCTOBER


WASHINGTON, Sept. ia great
coal conservation campaign, an ao-
visory board from the coal industry
to aid Fuel Administrator Garfield
and priority relief to homes threaten
ed with freezing, are among the gov
ernment's conservative plans for deal
ing with the coal crisis.
This, it was officially learned to-
day, is in addition to the announced
policy Of speedy solution Of price
problems by state fuel controllers,
local retail price committees and
more efficient mobilization OF coal
transportation and production.
BY October first, Garfield hopes to
have the entire scheme well under
way. The campaign will be launched
Immediately.
II everything else fails, the coal
produced will be pooled under gov
ernment control and districted arbi-
trarily by government agencies where
ever most needed.
In Garfield's Office the unusual sight
Of the country's leading coal barons
coming to a government dictator
for orders, may be seen today. The
Ohio coal magnates conferred with
Garfield while operators from the big
Kansas City district. headed by Har-
ry Taylor, met with Assistant Fuel
Administrator Simms. These were
the first OF series Of conferences
with operators from every field at
which the governments plans will be
told and cooperation Of the opera
tors sought.
Operators protesting President Will
sons prices, are given uniform cost
sheets which they must fill out and
return to Garfield.
John P. White, president OF the
today as Garfield's aid in obtaining
ers.
For this White is convinced wage
increase will be necessary to keep
the miners from going to better paid
munition trades. A subs bstant1al raise
Is assured.
White will be joined shortly on the
advisory board by representatives OF
the anthracite and bMuminous oper-
ators, the war industries boards pri-
ority committee, the shipping board
and perhaps other government
branches.
The coal cons ervation campaign
will follow the lines Of Herbert Hoov-
ers anti-food waste, with wheatless
and meatless days. The best meth
DDS Of tending furnace. banking fire
at night and conserving fuel supply
will be taught every household as
well as every apartment janitor and
sky scraper fireman in the country.
Bread Prices VIII Drop.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-Bread
prices will drop with the promised
fall in cost Of flour. sugar and other
elements of baking. The fourteen
ounce loaf viii sell for less than
eight cents, though perhaps not five
cents, high authority in the Hoover
food administration promised today.
The proposition is now before the
National Master Bakers association,
which in response to Herbert Hoov-
er's personal appeal is considering
voluntary reduction in bread prices.
The association will refer the matter
to local bakers everywhere before
giving Hoover an answer. BY Octo-
Der first, however, it is officially stat
ed, the bread price problem will be
settled.
To Regulate Meat Prices.
WASHINGTON Sept. 12.-Licens-
ing OF packing houses is contemplated
by the food administration to aid
regulation of meat prices. prevent
speculation and assure equitable dis,
tribution.
The administration hopes to solve
the meat price and supply problem
through voluntary cooperation Of the
packers, leaders In the industry be.
ing here this afternoon for the first
of a series Of conferences with Her
bert Hoover.
Canada Fixes Wheat Prices.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept 12.-
Wheat prices for the crop of 1917
fixed by the board of grain supervis-
ors for Canada were announced to-
day. They are identical with United
States prices on the Minneapolis and
Duluth basis. Following are prices
$221; No. 2, Manitoba northern. $21S;
No. 8, Manitoba northern, $2.15; No.
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