Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-02
WHY BUILDING is STOPPED.
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Nation Needs All It's Capital, Labor,
Materials and Transportation for
Essential War Work; Other
Projects Must Wait.

st4s5SS5iE AAUJCCUS V1uSG vti%lG. 400
S J will hereafter be necessary fol
any one to secure a permit who de
siresMto erect any sort of new build
ing or do any sort Of construction
work. except in five specified classes.
s This permit must be obtained from
the War Industries Board and appli.
cations may be made to D. B. Cotton
Reginal Adviser, Pioneer Press Build
Ing, St.sPaul, who has been placed in
direct charge Of the work by the Public
SAFETY net Commission, and who will pass
upon the essential quality Of all appli.
cations for such work. e a ss.4. u.
The object Of this order is to dis.
courage construction work which does
not contribute directly or Indirectly to.
wards winning the war. This was the
main purpose Of the War Industries
Board, and D. McLennan, Chief of the
New War Construction Section. Priori.
ties division of the War. Industries
Board, states as follows in his letter
to the Public Safety Commission:
is, I feel sure, unnecessary to
remind you, and through you all OF
the people of your respective states
that this Nations business bust
nessTand my business-is WAR, and
all other considerat tons must be sub
ordinated to the paramount purpose
Of winning the war. Anything that
interferes directly or Indirectly with
this purpose impairs the efficiency OF
the war machine, and, to the extent OF
such impairment, tends to prolong the
war. - - -.- =:
mo loyal American can with any
patience contemplate giving to ou1
military authorities less than ALL OF
their requirements to enable them in
the shortest possible time to mobilize
and bring to bear against the enemy
the concentrated force of splendidly
equipped armies: This can: only be &C
complished through the strictesti5 econ
5omies in war materials, labor; fuel and
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'Among other economies which the
Government has been compelled to in
saugurate is the deferring of all con
struction of a non-war character, save
such as in the public interest cannot be
deferred, in order that labor and ma
terial needed in war work may be re
leased, and fuel and transportation
conserved. "a = -
OBVIOUSLY it does not follow, be
cause there happens to be an ample
supply -ef building materials or loca
labor In particular community, thai
building projects. not contributing di
,rectly or Indirectly to the winning 81
the: war should not be eurtailed, fol
the labor required for such construc
ton is urgently needed elsewhere il
war work, and in, many cases the de
.mand is imperative that the fuel re
uuired in producing such building ma
terials, and the Transportation service
Ito deliver them, should be conserved
! Orders Curtailing Building Con
- :. structiOn -. 49, = E:
The following kilograms received b!
the County Director OF the : Public
Safety Commission are self ex ! la a
tory:
f. f. ILL.,. st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 25, 1913
A. n. Eckstrom, :,
~ County Director, :~.4 s., f.. - - ~
Commission of Public Safety,
Warren, MINI. =.
Advise all dealers in building mater
ial in your county that no new con
struction of any kind, no matter VIVA
the cost, may be undertaken or mater
ials supplied for without owner tirs
securing government permit.
: y. D. r. COTTON,
.. Regional Adviser