Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-08
P0TSDAMNATl0N
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Ind vat is- yours Us rncin!"
Fuel will win this war. Never
before. In the history Of civiliza
tdn. did so much depend upon n
single commodity. | wish ] might
write about fuel economy without
mentioning the terrible calamity
that Germany has forced upon the
world I can't do A. when / think
OF fuel ! think Of the war. civil
lizauon is At death~grips with
FOtsdamnatlon"e and the fate Of
humanity now turns upon fuel
coal and oil.
wish II were possible TO make
every producer. carrier and con
sumner OF fuel, and OF the commo-
ditics depending upon fNcl. realize
the compelling duty OF fuel
economy. A few years ago your
habit OF wasting fuel might have
concerned nobody but yourself.
The mmblest person hi the most
remote corner of the earth now has
right 10 ask whether you are
WHHteful Or economical YOU are
a friend Of "Potaihmnation." an
enemy OF civilization and traitor
10 America II you are needlessly
The war was planned by a cold
hluoded chemist and calculating
mathematician. working with test
tube and a slide rule. Roth men
were PrussianS. Ten million lives
have already been sacrificed In the
great world tragedy Men count
for little. II is Confllot of ma
chinery -- the machinery OF pro-
ductiun and Of transportation. what
- the machinery of either without
fueb~-Coal and oil
All OF the nations at war with
Germany are short of fuel-tcr-
ribly short OF II Italy produces no
fuel at all Germany holds the
coal fields Of France. the oil fields
or Rouuauia and Galica and will
reach for the oil fields Of Russia
bordering upon the Caspian sea
The coal producing Industry OF
Great Britain is taxed to the ut
most The United States, with coal
enough In Its mines to supply the
whole world for hundreds N years.
rs short this winter fifty million
tons. Can your Imagination grasp
that vast shortase7 Can YOU visu-
aliEe train OF loaded coal cars
more than nine thousand miles
long the present fuel shortage Of
your country? The United states
hecdlessly and needlessly wastes
one hundred and ffty thousand
tons OF coal each year enough TO
cover our fuel shortage and In ad-
diuon meet our entire war demand.
estimated at one hundred million
tons. Can you visualize n train OF
loaded coal cars 2S 900 miles LONG
the fuel wasted In 1917 In the
United States Of America? You
wasted your share OF IL. Think of
that! And remember that Ger
many will win unless we send our
allies fuel coal aud oil
One uf the coolest days i'm the
early months OF 1917 more than
thirty thouSS.Nd fiat buildings in
Chicago were without fuel. we
could mine the coal hut we could
not move II fast enough from our
illinois fields 70 supply the home
demand Trnnsp portauon was over
buidtncd a year aru Today Il il
overwhelmed, Whcatlcss and meat
less days may be coming. Your in
dlyidual duty is clear. Make the
most OF every pound OF fucl-conl
and oil
When the war will end. nobody
knows why talk about 10? Leave
That to the pacifists II is our
present business to plan md work
aud trht and pay our war faxes
We shall soon know that word
pay ln all of It's possible shades
Of meaning The faster our war
runs the sooner the lob
will he finished Nothing hut fuel
and stil more fuel NIl speed IL mn.
To increase production would be
useless until we learn how To trans
port more luel than we are now
carrying There is only one an
swcr. You must cut down your
consumption of fucl--coal and oil
And YOU can rvrlcc your fuel
consumption. other people are
doing IL without reducing factory
output The fuel administrator
says that YOU can do TO- Hc may
force YOU 20 do n no mnttcr what
happens w your hactory output.
low much fuq have you an honest
.lght to demand under present cir
'uWsluurps. Just enough TO
operate your plant upon an cf-
.iclont basis and no more The
masters are not entitled 10 consider
alton now DO your bit ana stop
'our waste uf fuel coal and OIL
JOSEPH W. HAYS.
Rogers Park, Chicago.