Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-25
INDUSTRIAL COAL
FOR STATE SHORT
Must Plan to Take From
Domestic Users to Sup
ply Factories
so POTTER POINTS OUT
Declares Allotment 100000
Tons Short of Amount Which
Will Be Needed

While the anthracite coal tonnage
allowed the State of Pennsylvania by
| the Federal fuel administration at
| Washington is larger by 233. 600 tons
than the amount asked for by the state
| fuel authorities for extra amount is for
| factories and is not sufficient by at least
| 800, 900 tons to meet the minimum In
dustrial needs of the State
So declared William Potter. Stat" fuel
| administrator. speaking this afternoon
| at the Chamber of Commerce before the
| annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Retail Coal Dealers Association.
"If | am right" continued Mr.. Pot
| ter. this 100000 tons of anthracite
must he deducted from the amount that
| | have asked for the domestic purposes
| of Pennsylvania. It will. therefore. be
up to every retail coal dealer in this
! State to conserve this amount of do
| mestic coal In order that we shall not
! only keep Pennsylvania' vital war in
| dustrics supplied with the minimum
needs of anthracite. but also keep the
! home fires burning
Con-, Industry vital
Mr. Potter told the coal dealers who
| will be in session here the rest of the
| day and tomorrow. that their industry is
| 50 vital to the life or the nation that.
In his opinion. it will always have some
form Of Government supervision.
you come face to face with the hui
! manities" he said land I am glad to
| say that. with very few exceptions. the
| retail coal merchants have patriotically
ru operated in winning this war by en-
deavorng to distribute their stock with
| evenhanded justice, and with ear never
closed to the cry of the poor and needy
| in coal"
The retail coal trade is so vital a
| factor in the distribution of fuel, Mr
Potter declared that the national fuel
administrator felt it incumbent upon him
to appoint one OF their number member
of his national administration.
"To Philadelphians," added Mr.. Pot
| ter. lit is particularly pleasing to know
| that ! refer to s. Il. Crowell. vice presi-
dent of the George b. Newton Coal Com
pany, and former president of yout
association. who is representative of the
entire retail coal trade within the ma
tional administration"
! Elahorating on the national fuel ad
ministration's refusal to allow Pennsyl
vanja the allotment of anthracite Goa
asked for. Mr.. Potter said:
Must Conserve Anthracite
AS result of this decision, 1T has
become necessary in this great coal state
| to conserve anthracite in every direc
| ton and to cut 1t out entirety IRON
| twenty-nine bitumnous counties. The
| allotment of anthracite granted by Doc
| tor Garfield is the amount this State re
| ceived in the year l9l6-l917, plus gen
! eral increase of 1sA per cent FOR thi!
year. beginning April | last This allot
| ment is all we shall receive. IT Will
/ therefore. be UP to your association t'
| cooperate with us, as you have pa
! triotiCally done in the past, to see tina
| the coal you receive shall be justly dis
! tributed, that no customer shall recelN
| any excess of his necds-his needs In
| cluding the conservation which is ahso
lutely vital. and which can he aided b!
| postponing the lighting of the furnace
| as long as possible in the fall. and ais
| in the various directions which nav
| been made public by the conservation
! department connected with the Stat
! fuel administration of Pennsylvania
| You should exercise the greatest car
| that no anthracite be given to an indus
try that is not essential. or which is no
| in possession of "A permit from Wash
| ington. I do not apprehend that ther
will be any shortage of bituminous 70
domestic purposes"