The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-28
NO COAL SHORTAGE
# ALL SAVE FUEL,
GARFIELD ASSERTS
Former U. S. Fuel AdminiStra-
tor Gives Clear Statement
Of Situation During This
Winter and Urges Economy

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s-Dr. Harry
A. Garfield, former United States fuel
administrator, in a recent signed article
etates clearly the coal situation in the
United States this winter. He urges
economy both for the national and
world good and for the sake OF the
buyers pooketbook.
Garfield's article says In part:
America does not face a coal short
age Tor the winter OF 19ls-1919, such
as distressed the nation last winter.
a that time thousands of house.
poles were suffering bitterly because Of
JACK OF fuel and hundreds Of industries
we're slackening their business or shut
&nE down altogether.
we race the coming winter with the
assurance that, with proper conserva-
ton ana economy In the use Of all fuel,
We can get through without such dis
comfort In the home and without in
Herfering with the work of essential
Industries.
THE coal supply OF the present will
meet every present known need-but 1t
q not large enough to admit Of ex-
&~rava4ance.
Future Needs Unknown.
1T should be remembered that the
needs of the future are indeed unknown
Quantitiss. There will be new demands
Tor fuel. Europe may look to America
Cor this commodity as she has looked
4er others, for the Germans have dam
aged, beyond the possibility Of imme-
plate repair the greatest coal mines Of
France, certainly in the s%tupendous
work OF rehabilitation, now about to be-
Bin, coal for manufacturing purposes
Rlu be needed In vast quantities.
Through economy in the use OF
xneL the consumer not only fulfills a
MAtEtnttA ANfNF hnt aNft1n1hv aa ,Eau aAVNn
Tor himself and forms the admirable
habit Of thrift. Every pound OF coal
fhat Is wasted represents a certain loss
20 the consumer himself. Statistics tell
US that in the pre-war years from is to
% per cent Of the coal supply of the
nation was wasted by improper sitting,
ny lack Of attention to furnaces and BY
general carelessness.
Like time, coal Is money. No one
would think Of throwing away from Is
70 rs cents Of every dollar he spends.
Xet that Is what he does when he
wastes from Is to Is per cent of his
coal. Look upon coal as money-real
money. Then a different appreciation
81 1t VIII be formed and the tendency
20 waste 1t will be checked for all time,
"~Patrioticaly disposed citizens should
constantly bear in mind that every
pound Of coal saved in domestic use
means Just that much more coal for
che Industrial requirements of our after
the-war program. We nave saved for
the war, now let us a v for the pro-
gram OF peace.
Table Shows Needs.
tremendous as were the needs Of a
year ago, those Of the coming winter
-191S-1919-were estimated at approx
inately 100, 900, 900 tons greater, as
ahnuyn In tho fpIlnuyino tnhla f1ratora1
of course before the end of the war
was in sight:
Bituminous, for manufacture
Bituminous, for domestic use. Is, {, 0SG
Bituminous, for gas, public
utility lines and railroads
(for power) and for mine
heat and power .,.......... PIG, AL 900
Bituminous, for ship bunkers. 5 5000, 900
Bituminous, for coke ovens. 50, 45o, 900
Bituminous, for export 900. IA, COO, 000
Bitunlnous, as oil substitute. 1000, 900
634, 594, 900
I'm the first six months Of the cur
rent year, 81, PIG, 900 tons Of bituminous
coal we're produced, against the esti-
mated half-year demand of about 317,
UOU, u00 tons. WINE TINS p|rOuuCtlOn was
about 5000, 900 tons less than the esti-
mated requirements of %bituminous, it
was more than 4O,O00,0 900 tons greater
than in the corresponding period of 1917,
the year which had held the highest
record In coal mining.
ESQ far in in 1918 the production has
reached 500, 000, 900 tons and there is
every reason to expect 4 to reach and
possibly exceed 600, 600, 900 tons.
80 far the anthracite production has
averaged about 4 per cent greater than
that Of a year ago, but it still is below
the estimated national needs Of 100, 900,
600 short tons.
when the requirements Of both BIZ
luminous and anthracite we're estimated
early In the year. allowance was made
for a fairly liberal supply to all con-
- suniers. Since then, the anthracite
budget has been somewhat reduced,
The total may not exceed 10000, 900
tons.
"Anthracite production so far has beer
Mt The rate Of about 1000, 900 tons for
this year. That tonnage should be
enough for the nation, If proper econ
apaxr &c rvootioad