Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-05-23

Front or Refuses to Buy Bonds.
Greater cooperation in buying coal
at once must be obtained IN the West,
Southwest and sections of the Middle
West, the Fuel Administration an
nounces at Washington, If the mines
are to be kept going full time during
the summer months and the danger
averted of a serious shortage of coal
in those sections next fall and winter.
Official reports to the Fuel Admin
Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New Mex
leo, Iowa, Utah, Washington, Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana of
coal are not placing their orders In the
volume expected, or In quantities nee
essary to insure against a winter short
6 This is true also, though to less
extent, in Ohio and Indiana.
apparently the consumers in these
districts have not yet realized the full
gravity Of the situation" the Fuel
Administration states. 1.-THE mines in
those sections must be kept going.
They can be kept going only If coal
ordinarily ordered later in the year is
ordered now. The domestic consumer
who delays placing his order is taking
a chance of having an insufficient cold
weather supply; the industrial user
who fails to order his coal now is
almost certain to face a shutdown
later on.
Buy Now-Everybody!
"The man who does not do his part
by anticipating his needs and cooper
| ating with the Fuel Administration
and the railroads by ordering his coal
now takes his place with the man who
| avoids service at the front or refuses
I to buy Liberty Bonds. Every coal
user should buy and store coal now to
| mccL LIS REQUIREMENTS ~ 1d1 do AS 10
possibly able to do so.
"Every state and local representative
of the Fuel Administration is ready to
| help the coal consumer in every way
possible to get an appropriate and adj
equate supply Of coal. Every day that
passes decreases the margin of time
in which this assistance may be given.
"If you can't get the grade Of coal
that you have been getting in the past
take another grade that you car get.
1t is better to have in your bins coal
of a grade slightly different from what
you have been using in the past than
to go into winter without any coal at
all.
Consumers who do not order their
coal now are gambling on the future.
There is reason to believe that if ev-
cry one anticipates his coal require
ments and puts in his order now no
one will have to do without next win
ter. If, however, there is delay in or
dering coal it is more than likely that
production during the fall and winter
will be insufficient to meet the needs
Of every one
Better New Kind Than None.
"There has been notable neglect OF
certain grades Of coal that are now
available in large volume and cla1nor.
GUS demand, in certain quarters al
least, for specific Goals that various
consumers have used for q number Of
years. While there is at the present
no shortage Of coal in the west, there
may be a denial Of selection of the pre-
else coal most desired. If you seek t.
do your part place you order now FOL
the coal nearest at hand and of which
there is a large available tonnage an(
get your bins filled Immediately.
"The Fuel Administration is anxiou,
with every means at it's command tt
secure the hearty cooperation Of til.
public and to Owe into the bins O
domestic users particularly their full
years coal supply before the first da;
of October. Whether it succeeds O
not is entirely dependent upon you
> w personal attitude and action.
IF the anxiety Of the Administrator
seems to you overdrawn proof Of tn
e necessity of its recommendation an,
the propriety of the warning, will reac
you in full force during the coming fal
. and winter, when coal will not b
= available, and your vigorous effort ma
result in another failure to secure a
r adequate supply. The Indifferent coe
consumer promises to find himself /
t the coal line during the severe d.
10 rods of the coming winter and con
PEELED TO accept q day to day supply G
fuel and possibly be entirely denied"