The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-01-24

turing enterprises, with but few ex-
ceptions, in all states east OF the Mis-
sissippi river, were ordered by the
government to suspend operations for
five days beginning Friday morning,
January IS, as drastic measure for
relieving the fuel famine.
At the same time, as a further means
of relief, it was directed that industry.
and business generally including all
normal activities that require heated
buildings, observe as holiday every
Monday for the next nine weeks.
This closed, Mondays, not only fac
tories, but saloons, stores except for
sale of drugs and food, places of
amusement and nearly all Office build
ings.
An abstract which was said to cover
all of its provisions given out by the
fuel administration follows:
Il. Until further order of the Uni
ted States fuel administrator, all per-
sons selling fuel in whatever capacity,
shall give preference to orders for
necessary requirements:
"(a) OF railroads.
"(b) or domestic consumers, hos
pitfalls, charitable institutions, and
army. and navy environments.
"(c) or public utilities, telephones,
and telegraph plants.
ed OF ships and vessels for bunk
er purposes.
"(e) OF the United States for strict.
ly governmental purposes; not includ-
ing orders from or for factories or
plants working on contracts for the
United States.
~ OF municipal, county or state
government for necessary public uses
"(g) OF manufacturers OF perish
able food or of food for necessary i'm
mediate consumption"
Here Are cIassfieations.
The order further provides that JAN
uary IS, 10, 20, 81 and %, 1918, no fuel
shall be delivered to any person, firm,
association or corporation for any uses
or requirements not included in the
foregoing list until requirements in
cluded in the list shall have been first
delivered.
January IS, 10, 20, 81 and %, 1918,
anu dloO CdCn anu CNCIy DC-
ginning January %, 1918. and continu-
ing up to and including March 25, 1918,
no manufacturing plant shall burn fuel
or use power derived from fuel for
any purpose except:
"(a) Such plants as from their ma
ture must be continuously operated
seven days each week, to avoid serious
injury to the plant itself or its con-
tents.
Food Supply Is Exempt.
"(b) Manufacturers of perishable
foods.
"(c) Manufacturers of food not per-
ishable and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as is
authorized, by the fuel administrator
of the state in which such plant is To-
Gated or by his representative author
lied therefor, on application by the
United States food administrator.
"(d) Printers or publishers of daily
paper may burn fuel as usual excepting
every Monday from January 81 to
March 25, 1918, inclusive, on which
days they may burn fuel to such extent
as is necessary to issue such editions
as such papers customarily issued OF
important national legal holiday, and
where such papers do not issue holi.
day editions, they are permitted to Is.
sue one edition the said Mondays.
eel Printing establishments which
may burn fuel January Is. 10, 90
and % to such extent as is necessary
to issue current numbers of magazines
and other publications periodically is
sued.
Property Is Protected.
Each Monday, beginning January
81, 1918, and continuing up to and in
GLIDING Monday, March 25, 1918, nc
fuel shall be burned Except to such
extent as Is essential to prevent injury
70 property from freezing) for the pur
pose of supplying heat for:
"(a) Any business or professional
offices. except offices used by the Uni
ted States, state. county or municipal
governments, transportation compan
ies, or which are occupied by banks
OF dentists;
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Estimated Saving 100000 Tons.
II was estimated the enforcement o
the order would save total Of 30
600 900 tons of bituminous coal, which
probably is about half the .presen
shortage.
Indications were that at the end o