Sharp County record., 1917-06-15
CONSERVATION OF
COAL NECESSARY
Waste Is Harmful to Essential
War Industries, Says Ma
tionaI Defense Aid.
SAVING ALSO TO CUT PRICES
Supply Is Abundant but Problem Is TO
Get It Out of Ground and Deliv.
cred Promptly at the Prop
er Places.

The pound Of coal that you, Mr..
Citizen, may save today may contain
the last gasp OF energy necessary to
drive Shell home true to the enemy,
and spell victory instead of defeat.
The pounds Of coal many Mr.. Citi-
zens may save today may forge the
shells that may decide the war in
favor OF a worlds democracy.
The pounds Of coal many Mr.. Citi-
zeps may save on many days may
hasten the end of the war and save
thousands Of lives.
This is the statement of Francis S.
Peabody, chairman Of the National
Coal Board, Council Of National De-
fense. in an appeal issued to all the
people of the country in an effort to
have them conserve in the use of fuel
so that there may at all times be a
sufficient quantity available for battle.
ships, the munltion factories, the rail-
roads, and all enterprises that are
making materials for use in the war.
ut is not that we do not have the
coal in this country" continued Mr..
Peabody. perhaps no country in the
world is so blessed with such a su.
perabundance but it is question of
digging 1t out Of the ground fast
enough and having prompt deliveries
by tee railroads at the places where
it is most needed.
'The less coal the householder uses,
therefore, the more there will be for
the essential industries, the men of
which in this industrial war are all
soldiers as much as the man who
wears uniform and marches to the
front.
Householder Can Save.
"But the householder asks where
he comes in. In the first place, in
many homes throughout the country
he can maintain b less number Of coal
fires. He can even shorten the mum
Der of hours they are in operation
He can see that gas stoves are turned
Off as soon as the cooking is over
When the weather Is cool, he can car,
ry lower temperatures III his home
than he has been accustomed to, un.
less there Is illness in the house. A
temperature Of GO degrees instead OF
70 is sufficient. Then he can operate
fewer gas and electric lights and see
that they are turned off when not
needed or when he leaves the room
"And this leads to the suggestion
that, II ever there were need for the
introduction Of the proposed daylight.
saving act throughout the country, II
Is now. Begin work an hour earlier
and quit an hour earlier. That imme,
dlately would take an hours burden
from the street railways, the electric
light companies and the electric pow.
er companies. Tho owl car would be
an hour earlier. People would be
sleeping instead Of using lights gen.
Grated by coal, In compact little Eng,
land, with daylight saving, they have
saved 100000 tons Of coal in year,
I'm time Of war the conl wasted in
this manner Is luxury coal, and that
lends to the thought that Americans
are the greatest advertisers In the
world with their brilllantly-llghted
downtown sections Of great cities
the mammoth electric advertising
signs blazing for miles, and their
elaborate White Cities their Concy
islands and their Drenmlonds,' II Is
oil very well to be up and doing and
pushing your product In be way In
peace times, rejecting much enter
prise upon American methods Of do
ing business. But in war time doesn't
nll this tremendous expenditure of
energy from coal mean the use of
luxury coal which ought to be
stopped from pure spirit Of patriot
isn2
Saving "Luxury" Coal.
"For the time being, let's save this
luxury conl that goes into Nmuse.
monts and oStrOyngnnces and frvoll.
ties. Some American merchants may
cNll this sacrifice, but to my mind Il
isn't sacrifice at oil when we think Of
the Washington widow whose brave
son, member Of United Stntcs navy
crew, gave up his llfo when his vessel
was torpodood by the Germans, the
first navy victim Of the war; Any
how, we MI have to mako sacrifices
IN times Hike those,
"rhc largest anthracite operator In
the United Statos expressed himself
ne entirely puzzled ut the present nit
untioh OF soaring prices In nhtfroelte
coal, lie EnoWs TINT tho production
Is as great us it has ever buen and
can only explain the present situation
by saying that Il Is probably due to
t,,G Altlonnl extravaganza Of the
American householder Conf, he sAya,
Ia being stored Ivy oYerNhSlods and
selfish people, disturbing tho natural
movement Of this necessary com
modify md unduly Increasing the
price, Not only does it do thla, but
II ID tnklng the necessary supply away
fiom the industries Tint need tie coal
In the manufacture If ,,lnterlnl essen
iinl IN thn euprnuafui nrogntutIon of