The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-06
WANT VERMONTERS
TO CUT MORE WOOD
Fuel Administration Continues Cam
paign to Assure New England of
Heat and Power.

BIZ ELLINGTON, Nov. 6.-The serious
ness of the coal situation in Vermont
and other sections of the country as
well, is shown by the notice received by
J. w. O Sullivan, local chairman of the
Vermont fuel administration, to the eff
feet that all persons are asked, more
than ever, to conserve whatever sup
plies of wood they may have on hand
and to put aside as much wood as they
can get hold of for the coming winter.
1t is believed that there is no cause
for immediate alarm as to the effect
Of the local coal shortage in this com
munity, but reports Of the various meet
ings being held in New England and the
country at large seem to indicate that
drastic action is needed at once.
| No word has been received by the
local committee in regard to the ac-
! ton to be taken in reference to Fuel
/ Administrator Garfield 5 order TO j.
ID. Storrow, New England fuel admins
traitor, to seize any soft coal and send
/ ii to any manufacturing plant in New
England which is in distress, when the
occasion arises, but it is expected that
notice will be received here in a day
Tor so.
How hard it is to secure coal be-
cause of its scarcity, how hard ii IS
to keep transportation open for coal in
New England and how necessary it is
to secure emergency fuel from the
farm woodlands were outlined bv j. j.
Storrow Saturday Ill Boston at the
conference held ia regard to the coal
situation.
II. j. ". Jones fuel administrator
for Vermont, reported at this meet
ling, the start OF a campaign TO slim
ulate woodcutting in Vermont. All Of
the SIS fuel committees in the state have
been urged to encourage wood chopping
land plans for procedure in Burlington
and vicinity are expected to be complet-
Ted in few days.
The plan to get cordwood into the
markets at reasonable price as out
lined by Mr. Storrow III Boston, after
dealing with plea for everyone to use
wood as much as possible and urging
farmers and owners of woodland tracts
to cut wood promptly and extensively,
advises that as far as possible portable
sawmill machinery should be used III
order to save the expenses of add
tional handling In some instances the
wood can probably be cut advantageous
" into one-f foot lengths. The machinery
used III this process requires a diff
, ferent class of laborers, thus reducing
the number of skilled laborers usually
required for the cutting of wood.
After touching on the necessity for
, local organization and the possible need
for capital, ii is recommended that ii
each state there be appointed represent
ative committees from the several coun
! ties and wood using industries, shes,
committees to take charge of the fue
situation under the direction of the
, state fuel administrator.
The special committee ON nationa
defense of the American Railway asso
citation issues the following statement
authorized by Fairfax Harrison:
''The railroads war board has re
ceived reports indicating that the ef
forts Of the railroads and coal ship
! ipers, to prevent the threatened Goa
> shortage in the Northwest during tn
: coming winter has been more success
: full than seemed possible during the sun
! mer. With five weeks or more left be
: fore the close of navigation on tn
Great Lakes - ,34S. 100 Of the 100000
Il tons which it was estimated will be rt
e quired, have already been sent to til
: Northwest The commission on car scrN
a lee is now directing efforts to the wor
T. of insuring an adequate coal supply 70
= domestic and industrial uses of coal /
all other sections of the country. Will
a greater supply of coal has been mine
y and shipped than ever before the dill
l fculty today is that the consumptio
all over the country is greater than eve
:, before.