Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
SAVE COAL NOW,
AID WINTER PILE
Every Pound Conserved
Worth Two When Cold
Weather Comes
FUEL SECRETARY SPEAKS
E. L. Cole Says Crumblers at
Limited Service Are Not
Patriotic
FUEL SECRETARY SPEAKS

Persons who grumble at the limited
elevator service and the shutting off
Of lights in office buildings and on
streets at nights. who complain against
the skip-stop trolley service and other
conservation regulations. are looking at
the situation from a narrow and selfish
angle. not from broad and patriotic
viewpoint. according to F.. L. Cole, sec
retary of the conservation division Of
the Federal fuel adninistra,io ton for the
State Of Pennsylvania.
Every pound of coal saved now will
be equivalent to two pounds when the
cold weather arrives" said Mr.. Cole.
''The State. as a whole. has been ap-
portioned 7.622,300 tons of domestic an
thracite Philadelphia will get $500, 900
tons. This total is not enough, but 1t Is
all the national fuel administration can
give US.
/ 80 it is up to us to make this amount
Of coal go as far as possible. What we
save by the present conservation meth
DDS will not 60 outside the city. What
other towns In the State save will re-
main in those towns.
Keeping Careful Watch
J.
total number of tons OF coal saved in
each hotel and office building affected by
Z the conservation rulings, and though
we are not prepared &c give out any de-
tailed statement until month has
elapsed. you can say that one big Chest
nut street hotel alone Is saving ton
and half day. and one large Office
building, which has it's own power
plant, is saving three and half tons
I a day. We are confident from reports
received so far that the total of coal
conserved by the present rules will be
most impressive.
There seems to be a vague impress
sion that Philadelphia is being made
the victim of some sort of visionary ex.
pertinent. This is not the case. The
whole matter has been most carefully
worked out, and no order has been is-
sued that has not been unanimously ap-
proved by a board of expert engineers
II other cities and States do not care
to follow our lead, they will probably
regret the fact next January
The fuel administration wishes to
emphasize the fact that the supply OF
coal allotted to Pennsylvania will fai
far short of the demand unless 1t IL
carefully conserved and every ounce
OF power secured from every pound. The
miners cannot dig out enough coal and
the railroads cannot transport enough
to meet every need of the State or the
country. We must get along with what
We will have, and it seems only wise
to save in every possible way now sc
~ to keep the wheels of industry run
ming next winter and to assure healthy
degree Of warmth in the homes Of oui
cifizens.
war Needs Minimize Inconveniences
"The personal and Industrial incon
>veniences that have resulted from thu
conservation orders may loom large
in the perspective of individuals. bur
they should sink into insignifcance wher
the social needs of the State, to sa,
nothing of the demands Of the war ant
the imperative necessity of supplying
our boys over there, are taken int
consideration.
,sss''Who could find 1t in his heart I,
complain against waiting a few min
utes for an elevator or walking an extr,
square or flight of stairs If only H.
stopped TO realize that some humble
family might be kept warm this winte
by the coal thus saved? And who cal
find 1t in his heart to grumble at sucl
trifies, anyhow. for rifles these mat
ters are in comparison to life in
Z vermin-infested trench and the dasl
over the top in that chilly hour befor
dawn? The man who is safe on thi
side of the ocean should be wiling, indee,
eager, to submit to three times what h
/. has been called upon to bear when h
considers how much better off he Is her
than IL he were in France"