The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-25
Fall Text Of Drastic Order Signed
by Fuel Administrator Garfield

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The text Of the order signed yester-
day by Fuel Administrators Garfield
allows:
United States Fuel Administrations,
washington. D. C., Jan. II. 1918.
Regulation making provision for q
more adequate supply Of fusl for rail
roads. domestic consumers, public
Utilities and other uses necessary TO
the national security.
The United States fuel administers
tor, acting under the authority OF an
executive order of the President Of
the United States. dated August %.
1917, appointing said administrators. In
f,rtherance of the purposes of said
order and Of the purposes of the act
OF congress therein referred to, ap-
proved August 10, 1917. and finding 1t
essential effectively to carry out the
provisions of this act, to make provis-
Ton for a more adequate supply of
fuel for railroads, domestic oonsum-
ers, public utility and for other uses
necessary to the national security In
certain parts Of the United States.
hereby makes and prescribed the fol-
lowing regulation:
Section /. Until further order of
united States fuel administrator, all
persons selling fuel in whatever ca
pacity, shall in filling their contracts
or orders now on hand, give prefer
ance to necessary current require
ments Of Railroads. domestic consun-
srs, hospitals, charitable institutions,
amy and navy cantonmentA public
utilities. by-product coke plants sup
plying gas for household use. tele-
phone and telegraph plants. shipping
for bunker purposes, the United
states for strictly governmental pur
poses (not including factories of per-
,shable food or of food for necessary
immediate consumption and munich
pal, county or state governments for
necessary public uses. Any tonnage
remaining after the foregoing pre-
forred shipments have been made
may be applied in filling any other
contracts or orders.
Sec. g. On the following days,
namely January IS, 10, 20, 81 and %,
1918, the state fuel administrators
and their accredited representatives
M the various communities in the ter
ritory in which this regulation applies
are hereby empowered and directed
10 divert such fuel as arrives in such
communities in carload lots to meet
The current requirements and to pro-
vide an adequate and normal supply
for such consumers of fuel as are spe
Gifted in section one thereof.
Sec 8. On the following days.
u nelly January IS, 10. 20. 81 and q,
1918 and. also on each and every
Monday beginning January Il, 1918,
and continuing up to and including
March 25. 1918, no manufacturer or
manufacturing plant shall burn or use
power derived from fuel for any pur-
pose, with the following exceptions:
(A) Plants which necessarily must
be continuously operated seven days
e,ch week to avoid serious injury to
tie plant itself or its contents may
use only such quantity of fuel as is
necessary to prevent such injury to
The plant or its contents.
tR) Manufacturers or plants man
ufacturing perishable foods or foods
for necessary immediate consumption.
(C) Manufacturers OF food not per-
Ishable and not necessary for imme-
date consumption may burn fuel to
the extent authorized by the fuel ad-
ninistrator of the state in which such
plant is located or by his duly au-
thoriEed representative upon applica-
don by the United States food ad.
rninstrator.
tD) Plants necessary to the print
ing and publication Of daily papers