The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-17

] lpl NtNAClA OA Ah6 Oiutl NOuAQ save n
 total of thirty million tons of bi- luminous coal, which probably is about half the present shortage. The indi-
 cations were that at the end of the
 ten weeks of Monday holidays 8 per- manent policy of restricted consump- ton would have been determined upon. This plan will limit the use of coal 10 the less essential industries under a self-ratiouing basis.
 Louisiana and Minnesota, which lie | partly on both sides of the Mississippi ! were specifically included as whole ! in the list of states to which the order applies
 The order is expected to go far to- wards clearing choked and congested 1 railroad tracks and terminals. It was regarded tonight as likely that Secre- ! tary McAdoo, director general of rail- , roads, might declare a rail embarog against the shipment of the products of plants closed down if necessary further to relieve the roads. The critical coal situation is blamed 1 on the unusually severe weather of last week which has made it impos- sibe in many instances to move coal at all and which has cut off the fuel l supplies of whole cities.
 Officials who worked out the cur
 tailment plan came 10 the conclusion. they said tonight, that the homes must be kept warm at all costs. Reports have poured into the federal fuel adj ministration's offices for days telling of intense suffering in many parts of the country.
 Fuel Administrator Garfield issued this statemept
 Adverse weather conditions in the recent week and the inadequacy of the present coal supply and transportation
 facilities to meet the war time de- mand have made necessary imme- ! diate restrictive measures to the use of coal in that part of the United States east of the Mississippi river. The movement of coal in trans l portation must be so directed as to aid the director general of railways 1 in dealing with the railroad emer- gency created by recent blizzard con- dilions. Domestic consumers of coal must be kept warm and other abso- lutely necessary consumers must he supplied.
 Ali industry Will be fully re-
 stricted in it's use Of coal iii order that the available supply for the remainder Of the winter may be properly dis tributed and may be made sufficient for absolutely essential needs during l the remainder of the winter
 ITO meet these necessities the fuel 1 administration has ordered as an im- mediate emergency measure that on the days of January IS, lg 20, 21 and 1 22 preference and priority in the use oi coal shall be given only 10 those 1 consumers whose consumption of coal ! is absolutely necessary These in- cludc in order
 Railroads, domestic consumers, hospitals and charitable institutions, { public utilities ships at tidewater for | bunker purposes, United States gov ernment use, municipal or county gov ernments for necessary public use. manufacturers of perishable food or food for immediate consumption ! During the five days designated no manufacturing industry shall be al Flowed 10 operate even if it has it's coal supply on hand By this means 1 all industry will be placed on an equal footing and each will he called upon to make its share of the sacrifice necessary to maintain the nation at
 he highest possible point of military l and economic efficiency for the prosecution of the war
 "ln addition to this emergency re- str.ction over the designated five | days. the fuel administration has or
 dered that all use of fuel except by consumers classed as absolutely nec-
 assary. shall be prohibited on Monday
 of each week from January 2S to
 March -5 that is on January 2S, Feb
 ruary {. IL, IS, 25 and March {, II. IS | and 2j
 The order under which these re- 1 strictions are made is designed to dis I tribute with absolute impartiality the | burden of patriotic aenial All classes 1 of business are treated alike
 Except on the days covered in the
 order the normal supply of coal to all
 consumers will be maintained Tho necessary consumers designated in tho
 order are given preference and pri-
 ority in the delivery and use of coal at all times as well as on the days
 when other use of coal is prohibited
 "The United States fuel admins
 tration counts on the complete patri-
 otic cooperation of every individual
 firm and corporation affected by the order in its enforcement Every ef- fort will be made by the fuel admin
 istration and other government off
 cials charged with the enforcement
 of the order to carry out the plan pro
 posed without undue interference with the ordinary course of business.
 Tt is the earnest desire of the fuel