New Britain herald., 1918-01-18

more adequate supply of fuel for rail- roads, domestic consumers, public utilities, and other uses necessary to the national security.
 The United States Fuel Administra- tor, acting under the authority of an executive order of the President of the United States dated 23d August l9lI, appointing said Administrator. in furtherance of the purposes of the said order and of the purposes of the act Of Congress therein referred to, approved 10th August, 1917, and f1nd- ing 1t essential effectively to carry out the provisions of this act to make provision for a more adequate supply of fuel for railroads domestic con- sumers public utilities, and for other uses necessary to the national secur- lty in certain parts of the United States, hereby makes and prescribes the following regulation:
 SECTION 1.
 Until further order of the United States Fuel Administrator, all persons selling fuel. in whatever capacity, shall, in filling their contracts or or ders now on hand, give preference to necessary current requirement of rail- roads, domestic consumers, hospitals
 
 cantonments public utilities. by-prod- uct coke plants supplying gas for household use, telephone and tele- graph plants, shipping for bunker purposes, the United States for strict ly governmental purposes (not includ- ing factories or plants working on contracts for the United States), man. ufacturers of perishable food or of food for necessary immediate con- sumption, and municipal. county, or state governments for necessary public uses. Any tonnage remaining after the foregoing preferred shipments have been made may be applied in filling other contracts or orders.
 SECTION 2.
 On the following days, namely, January IS, 19, 20, Fl and 22, 1918. the State Fuel Administrators and their accredited representatives in the various communities in the territory in which this regulation applies are hereby empowered and directed to di- vert such fuel as arrives in such com munities In carload lots to meet the current requirements and to provide an adequate and normal supply for such consumers of fuel as are speci- fled in Section 1 hereof.
 Section 3.
 On the following days, namely, Jan. IS, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1918, and also on each and every Monday, beginning Jan. 2S, 1918, and continuing up to and including March 25, 1918, no manufacturer or manufacturing plant shall burn fuel or use power derived from fuel for any purpose, with the following exceptions:
 (A) Plants which necessarily must be continuously operated seven days each week to avoid serious injury to the plant itself or its contents may use only such quantity of fuel as is neces- sary to prevent such injury to the plant or it's contents.
 (B) Manufacturers or plants man ufacturing perishable foods or foods for necessary immediate consumption.
 co Manufa cturers of foods not per1shable and not necessary for inn mediate consumption may burn fuel to the extent authorized by the Fuel Administrator of the state in which such plant Is located or by his duly authorized representative upon appli- cation to the United States Food Ad- mnistrator.
 D) Plants necessary to the print ing and publication of daily papers may burn fuel or use power derived therefrom as usual, except that on every Monday from Jan. 21 to March 25, 1918, inclusive, they may burn fuel or use power derived therefrom only to such extent as is necessary to print and publish such editions as such plants customarily do print and pub fish on legal holidays other than the Sabbath; or, if such plants do not cus- tomarily print or publish any editions on such legal holidays, they may burn fuel or use such power to such extent as is necessary to issue one edition on the said Mondays.
 (E) Printing establishme may burn fuel on Jan. IS, 19, 20. 21 and %. 1918. to such extent as is neces- sary to issue current numbers of mag