Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-01-25
TOLD
TO shut Down
Fuel Administrator Garfield IS
sues Edict Affecting Plants
East of Missi- sippi.
FOR NINE IDLE MONDAYS.
All Glasses of Industry Treated Alike.
No Plant Allowed to Opef ate
Even if 1t Has Coal
on Hand.


Neutrality-suspicious. five days, begin
ming Friday, every industry in tne
United States east Of the Mississippi
river, including even the war ii'uus-
tr,as must close down. The states of
Minnesota and louisiana are included.
The text of the order closing down
Industries for five days, beginning Fri
day and on Monday thereafter until
March 25, inclusive, is as follows:
Until further orders Of the United
States fuel administrator all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity Shall
give preference to orders for neces-
sary requirements:
(A) Of railroads
(B) Of domestic CONSUMERS. hospi-
tails, charitable institutions and army
and navy cantonments.
co. Public rtilitieS, telephones and
tele graph plants.
3D. OF ships and ,ssels for bunker
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
(F) Of municipal, county or state
governments for necessary public uses.
(G) Of manufacturers of perishable
food or food for necessary immediate
consumption.
The order further provides that on
January IS, 10, 90. 81 and % of 1913,
no fuel shall be delivered to any per-
son, firm, association or corporation
for any uses or requirements not in
Guided in the foregoing list until the
requirements included in the list shall
have been first delivered.
: On January Is, 10, 20, II and % of
1918 and also on each and every Mon
day beginning January %, 1918, and
continuing 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.
OBJ Manufacturers of perlshable
food.
co Manufacturers of food not per-
ishable and not Immediately in de-
mand who may burn fuel to such ex-
tent as is authorized by the fuel adj
ministrator of the state in which such
plant is located or by his represent
ative authorized therefor, upon appli-
cation by the United States fuel ad-
ministrator.
(D) Printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as. usual except
ing on every Monday from January
q to March %, 1913, inclusive, on
which days they may burn fuel to
such extent as is necessary to issue
such editions as such papers custom
arily issue on important national le-
gal holidays, and where such papers
do not issue any editions on holiday
they are permitted to issue one edition
on the said Mondays.
(E) Printing establishments may
burn fuel on January IS, 10, 20 and 90
to such extent as is necessary 10 issue
current numbers of magazines and
ther publications periodically issued.
On each Monday, beginning January
p, 1918, and continuing up to and in
Guiding Monday, March 25, 1918, no
fuel shall be burned Except to such
extent as Is essential to prevent injury
to property from freezing) for the pur-
pose of supplying heat for
(A.) ANY business or professional
offices, except Offices used by the Unit
ed States, state, county or municipal
governments, transportation compa-
MES or which are occupied by banks
and trust companies or by physicians
or dentists.
OBJ Wholesale or retail stores or
any other stores, business houses or
buildings whatever, except that for the
purpose of selling foods only, for which
purposes stores may maintain neces-
sary heat until IL o'clock noon, and for
thea purpose of selling drugs and me-
dicinal supplies only, stores may main
tain necessary heat throughout the day
and evening.
co. Theaters, moving picture houses.
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private
or public dance halls or any other
place of amusement.
On the above specified Mondays no
fuel shall be burned for the purpose of,
heating rooms or buildings In which
liquor Is sold on these days.