The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-18
S., 900 Fine If You Break
These Rules
The full text of the fuel order made effective this
morning BY Fuel Administrator Garfield, is follows:

phone and telegraph plants. ship
ping for bunker purposes. the
United States for strictly govern
mental purposes mot including
factories or plants working on
contracts for the United States).
manufacturers Of perishable food
or Of food for necessary immedi-
ate consumption. and municipal,
county. or State governments for
necessary public uses. Any tom
mage remaining after the foreEo-
ing preferred shipments have
been made, may be applied in hll-
ing any other contracts or orders.
SECTION TWO.
"On the following DAYS, name
~. January IS. 10. 20, II. and ~,
tors and their accredited repre-
sentatives in the various commu-
mites in the territory in which
this regulation applies are here
by empowered and directed tn di.
vert such fuel as arrives In such
communities In carload. lots To
meet the current requirement.
and to provide an adequatN and
normal supply for such consum-
ers OF fuel as are specified IN
Section l hereof.
SECTION THREE.
"On the following days, name
Iy. January IS, 10. 20. 81. and %.
1918. and also on each and every
Monday, beginning January -.
1918, and continuing up to and
including March 20, 1913. no
manufacturer or manufacturing
plant shall burn fuel or use pow
er derived from fuel for any pur-
pose, with the following excep-
tions:
"(a) Plants which necessarily
must be continuously operated
seven days each week to avoid Sc
rious injury to the plant itself
quantity OF fuel as 10 necessary
to prevent such injury to the
plant or its contents.
"(b) Manufacturer or plants
manufacturing perishable foods
or foods for necessary immedi-
ate consumption.
"(c) Manufacturers of food not
perishabie and not necessary for
immediate consumption may burn
fuel to the extent authorized by
the fuel administrator OF the
State in which such plant IL To-
Gated or by his duly authorized
representative upon application
by the United States food admin
istrator.
"(dD Plants necessary to the
printing and publication OF daily
papers may burn fuel or use
power derived thereform as usual
except that on every Monday from
January 81 to March IS, 1918.
inclusive, they may burn fuel or
use power derived therefrrom
only to such extent as Is neces-
sary to print and publish such
editions as such plants customa-
lily print ana publish on legal
holidays other than the Sabbath:
or, II such plants do not custo-
marily print or publish any edi-
tions on such legal holidays, they
may burn fuel or use such power
to such extent as is necessary to
issue one edition on the said
Mondays-
"Cel Printing establishments
may burn fuel on January IS, 10,
20, 81, and 20, 1918, to such exc
tent as is necessary to issue cur
rent number OF magazines and
other publications periodically is
sued.
SECTION FOUR.
"On each Monday. beginning
January 81, 1918, and continuing
up to and including Monday.
March 25, 1918, no fuel shall be
burned Except to such extent as
IL essential to prevent injury to
property from freezingD for the
purpose Of supplying heat for:
(a) Any business or prOfes