Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-22
CLOSE PLANTS TOSAVE FUEL
Business Suspended For Five Days by Fuel Admnisra
tor Garfield and Every Monday For Ten Weeks

Last Thursday morning there was
CONSERVATION in our city when it be-
came known that Fuel Administrator
Garfield had issued an order that from
Jan. 18th until the 22d, and every Mon
day beginning Jan. 2Sth up to and in
cIuding March 25th, 1918, no manufac-
turing plant shall burn fuel or use
power derived from fuel with certain
exceptions. 1t was known all through
the city at an early hour, having been
wired here by authorities to various
manufacturing plants in our city.
The following is an abstract of the
order as given out by Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield:
Until further order of the United
States fuel administrator, all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity shall
give preference to orders for neces-
sary requirements.
A, of railroads;
B, of domestic consumers, hospitals,
charitable institutions and army and
navy cantonments.
c, Of pubic utilities, telephones and
telegraph plants;
d, of ships and vessels for bunker
purposes;
E, OF the United States for strictly
governmental purposes. Not includ-
ing orders from or for factories or
plants working OH contracts for the
United States;
F, of municipal, county or state gov
ernments for necessary public uses;
G, of manufacturer of perishable
- food or of food for necessary imme-
date consumption.
"The order further provides that on
Jan. IS, 19, 20, 21 and %, 1918, no
fuel shall be delivered to any person,
firm, association or corporation for
any uses or requirements not included
in the foregoing list until the require
ments Included in the list shall have
been first delivered
On IAN. IS, 10, 20, 21, and 22 1918,
and also on each and every Monday,
beginning Jan. 2S, 1918, and continu-
ing up to and including March 25,
1918, no manufacturing plant shall
burn fuel, or use power derived from
fuel for any purpose except;
A, such plants as from their ma
ture must be continuously operated
seven DAYS each week, to avoid serious
injury to the plant itself or its con-
tents;
b, manufacturers of perishable
foods;
c, manufacturers of food not per-
ishable and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as
is authorized by the fuel administra-
tor of the state in which such plant is
located by his representative author
lied therefore, upon application by the
United States food administrator;
d, printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as usual eX-
cepting on every Monday from Jan. Il,
to March 25, 1918, inclusive, on which
days they may burn fuel to such eX-
tent as is necessary to issue such ed1-
tions as such papers customarily is
sue on important national Legal holi-
days, and where such papers do not is
sue any editions on holiday, they are
permitted to issue one edition on the
said Mondays.
Z, printing establishments which
may burn fuel on Jan. 1919, 20, 21 and
%, to such extent as is necessary to
issue current numbers of magazines
and other publications periodically is
sued.
On each Monday, beginning Jan. Il,
1918, and continuing up to and includ-
ing Monday, March 25, 1918, no fuel
shall be burned Except to such extent
as is essential to prevent injury to
property from freezing) for the pur-
pose of supplying heat for:
A, any business or professional Of
fees, except offices used by the United
States, state, county or municipal gov
ernments, transportation companies,
or which are occupied by banks and
trust companies or by physicians or
dentists;
B, wholesale or retail stores, or any
other stores, business houses or build
ings whatever, except that for the pur-
pose of selling food only, for which
purposes stores may maintain neces-
sary heat until II o'clock noon, and
for the purpose of selling drugs and
medical supplies only stores may
maintain necessary heat throughout
the day and evening;
c. theaters, moving picture houses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private
or public dance halls, or any other
place of amusement.
On the above specified Mondays, no
fuel shall be burned for the purpose
of heating rooms Cr buildings in which
LIQUOR is sold on the above days.
No fuel shall be burned on any of
the foregoing specified Mondays for