The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-24

shortages.
There was nothing doing. The rail
roads didn't want such an order Tbev
had a scheme of their own. They sue-
gested that certain nonessential in
dustries be denied coal and freight
facilities. Finally they MADE a ust
Of a they considered no~nessentials-
80 commodities. II these couldn't be
made for lack OF coal and moved for
lack OF cars, said the railroads. tho
problem would be solved.
II would have solved the problem
all right = would have relieved the
congestion. But do you rememba,
Lambs story Of the discovery Of roaz,
pig? The house in which he pig wa.
got burned down-which wasn't a chea
way OF roasting pork.
The mere rumor that there was s,ey
a list scared the cuisines Of the countr.
out Of its wits. Suppose you were max
ing something included in that list? sun
pose the idea had gone through. snf
you could have got no more coal no,
cars? Your bank would have callaS
your loans Your creditors would have
demanded instant payment. You'd bsv.
been in bankruptcy in twenty-fou-
hours And what was happening fe
o would happen all over the countrr
Men would have been thrown out a.,
work by hundreds If thousands. Panic
The panic that would have FOLLOWED
hat action would have made he panic
OF 1907 and 1898 look like boons:
50 that idea was dropped-ss soor
y IS said. as word OF il reached ~.
white house.
Judge Lovett finally yielded to the re
quests for priority orders. and issued
a new edict that ended the reign Of
the blue envelope. Railroad fuel wa
hrst. food second. military supplies ane
~shipbuilding materials third. coal anf
o~y-produets fourth-and coal for gen
eral use NTH. In effect that orde.
gave priority to so per cent Of all tn,
freight-which was still more TIA,
could be properly handled. No one. ex
cept. perhaps. Judge Lovett. expects +
70 give YOU any relief. especially az
your lack or coal.
There YOU have the chief reason
for your coal troubles.
Garfield and the Food Administered
are trying to see that you get co.
The emphasis has been switched Cr
price to supply-which is well.
Don't eaI-Don Waste.
With Garheld's sanction and approve
coal is being pooled as it Cones tr3
the mines, 90 that the railroad has
may be made as short as possible. The
means a real sacrifice for the operstal
Trade names. good will-built Up
years, have been given up. l-ou M
have come to prefer a certain coal d
YOU ordered by lame. You cant do ~.
now. You order and get-just e3.t
l. =. snead. working under Dr.. c.
field. tries 70 see that coal goes wae
It is most needed. And he apportion
coal according to the urgency Of sos.
needs II q town is short OF coal.
wires Sneed. And Snead. VINO knous
every morning where all the coal
diverts coal to that town-or 70 q mu-
nitions plant, a ~shipyard. a steel miA
as the case may BE-.
Sometimes a spoke u pushed ira.
the wheel Of progress. B~lankville beg
Snead for coal. and gets his promise
that it will get coal on a certain d.
Blarkburg. ten miles Up the line. get.
another promise. B~Iankburg. seei1.
Blankville's coal passing through. hel7s
itself-and upsets Snead's CAREFUL;
prepared plans. That sort Of thing goe.
on every day. And YOU can't get AVA
with if. The only way that his short
age can be stopped is for everyone IL
help-to submit TO the authority Of til
Fuel Administration in Washington arc
its state and county representatives.
But Garheld's best card IS conserve.
ton. II you need fifty million moro
tons than yop can get, the only thin
you can do * to pare down needs f.
fit tho snpplr. You'll have 10 forec
49, =.
cities. They use $4,000 tons OF coal r
year. YouH have to save coal in ever
WY you can.
ON Jan. 80 there is to he 2 coal tag
day. Shovels are to be tagged with -
bells rsing the men who ply them
be careful Experts VIII so into rs
tories teaching frenen how to set
best results from the least coal.
And on top Of that. p. d. Move
president OF the Oneida Comunitv. wa
Is conservation chief Under CARTEL
Is working out e plan Tor v~oIunta4
saving by various industries that aaa,-
things less essential to the va
than munitions and ships and arsa,
and naval supplies. lie wants ther
70 agree TO use - per cent less coal
and they are backing him Up sp.e9did
iy. Then. when they've made thei
agreements. he wants government veg
ulation TO make the saving 100 Ne
cent effective. That's mighty diGercnf
from the plan or shutting on coal from
such Industries altogether. .Ard Move
hopes 10 saw thirty milton tons OF eoal
that way.
Quit WranSIina. Move Coal.
Ne, there's plenty of coal under
ground a fucl supply cent ne mine
and moved because Of the car shortage
The freight problems must b. solved
before the coal shortage can be per
nanentlg ended. Priority can be use
ful. but only il it employed c.entihc-
ally. instead OF in the hit-or-miss fash
ION in which il has been used up 10
now. For the moment a reduction
Of consumption ia tho only thing that
can give relief
Use as little coal as possible. Don't
store or hoard coal. That's what Car
field asks OF YOU. But YOU have the
tight TO give some orders to Washing
too. You have g right TO say:
quit passing She buck. stop wasting
time in irving to put the blame on
else, spend that time in get
ting tile coal out 81 the mines and
moving it ON the railroads-to US.