Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-15

About ZUOO years ago hve foolish
 young women were barred from a
 wedding because they had neglected
 to buy any oil for their lamps. There
 were five others who had plenty of
 oil They were the early buyers. | (Matthew, xxv)
 The United States fuel administra-
 ton is urging every consumer in the
 country to follow the example of the
 wise virgins. As a stimulus to CO.,
 operation in this matter, the price of
 anthracite coal has been reduced 30
 cents a ton from April 1 to Septem ! Der 1.
 There arc two powerful reasons
 for early buying. One is selfish. The
 other is patriotic.
 You will not only save money by
 buying early, but you will guard
 yourself and your family from a repe-
 tition of the hardships of last winter
 The fuel administration is doing
 its utmost to insure increased pro-
 duction of coal. The director gem
 eral of railroads Is working to in crease the transportation facilities of
 the nation Their combined efforts,
 however, may be defeated by the re-
 currcncc of such weather as prevailed
 last winter They will certainly be defeated unless a large majority of
 the domestic consumers cooperate
 with them by buying early. Ii you order your coal immediately,
 you will be certain to get your win
 ter supply. IF YOU DO NOT BUY NOW, YOU MAY NOT GET IT,
 and you certainly will not get any sympathy from your neighbors if you
 Shiver.
 There is something much more inl- portant than your personal comfort, however, involved in this campaign for early buying.
 One hundred million people must be kept warm next winter Hundreds of thousands of factories, upon which the United States and the entire civi- lized world depend for the successful prosecution of the war against Prus- sian autocracy, must be supplied with coal
 The industrial activity of the nation has resulted in production in excess of our transportation facihties-in other words we arc manufacturing moro goods than the railroads can carry.
 There is only one way to meet the situation. Less freight IS moved dur ing the summer months than at any other time. THE COAL MUST BE MOVED IN SUMMER.
 If you neglect to buy your winter supply now, you will put an unneces- sary burden on the railroads.
 Don't say to yourself Tt cant pos sibly make any difference if I don't buy now" Suppose every one of the lO0.0OO,OOO people of the country took that position. What chance do you suppose you will have of getting in your winters coal? What right have you to assume others will buy carly: Are they more provident than you2 Are they more patriotic2
 Ii money is not as plentiful a, it might be, do without few of the clothes you are planning to buy-cut down your summer trip borrow money ii ncccSsary-do some ihing-anything that will enable you To buy your coal now. /
 There will be an increasing demand  for coal cars as the season advances. The United States has taken over nearly 700,000 tons of Dutch ship ping. Before the summer is over many ships will be launched by the shipping board and added to the mcr- ,hant marine of the United States.
 Four hundred million dollars arc O be spent by the government this ear in the construction of storage powder plants, and the and improvement oi locks and wharvcS along the Atlantic oaSt Every factory in the country rill be working at capacity. All this means an enormous increase in rcight traffic and a consequent drain n the supply of coal cars Hundreds f thousands of American men arc at he front in France Increasing mum CTS will be sent during the summer. 'heSc men must be kept in ammuni- on. They must be fed They must c clothed. Coal must be provided pr the factories, for the locomotives. pr the ships, for the men at the ont. YOU CAN HELP BY BUY Nc YOUR COAL NOW. Will you o it. Coal can not be stored at the iucs. lt can be stored in your bins. Ill your bins and do your part tcrscctcd before the l.OOO-foot level
 reached. and 1t is expected that IS white intrusive will lead as 1t JS always done sooner or later in c United Verde Extension mines.
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