The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-18
DRASTIC ORDth IS
MET BY STORMS III
PROTEST EVERY Vii. Rt
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTS
THAT BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE
ON MONDAY TO SAVE COAL.
STOP FACTORIES flu LAYS

SToST NPphcS 10 Sh otosSs GASe W
Mississippi River-State Fuel Ad-
ministrator Besie9ed BY Disturbed
Citizens.
Special to The Herald
NASHVILLE, Jan. 17.-DY. Gar
fields fuel conservation order appears
to have raised storm of excited pro
test all over the country and Nash
vile is not an exception. State Fuel
Myer has been beseig-
ed all morning with delegations OF
local manufacturers an dmanagers OF
industrial plants, his telephone Is
kept busy by those asking for expla-
nations of the order. He promises as
much business as possible and says
everything will soon be made plain
Fuel Administrator Garfield's state
ment in announcing his drastic order
to restrict the use of coal in the Unit
ed States, east of the Mississippi
river, follows:
Adverse weather conditions In the
recent week and the inadeQuacy OF
the present coal supply and trans
portation facilities to meet the. war
time demand have made necessary
immediate restrictive measures as to
the use of coal in that part Of the
United States east of the Mississippi
river.
The movement of coal In transpor-
tation must be SO directed as to aid
the director general of railways in
dealing with the railroad emergency
created by recent blizzard conditions,
Domestic consumers of coal must be
kept warm and other absolutely neces-
sary consumers must be supplied.
All industry must be fully restricted
in it's use of coal in order that the
available supply for the remainder OF
the winter may be properly distribut-
ed and may be made sufficient for
absolutely essential needs during the
remainder of the winter.
To meet these necessities the fuel
administration has ordered, as an i'm
mediate emergency measure, that on
the days Of January Is. IS. 20, q and
22 preference and priority in the use
of coal shall be given only to those
consumers whose consumption OF coal
is absolutely necessary. These in
clude in order: Railroads, domestic
consumers, hospitals and charitable
institutions, public utilities, ships at
tidewater for bunker purposes, United
States government use municipal or
county governments for necessary
public use, manufacturers Of perish
able food or food for immediate con
sumption.
During the five days designated no
manufacturing industry shall be al
lowed to operate, even If it has its
coal supply on hand BY this means
all industry will be placed on an equal
footing and each will be called upon
to make it's share OF the sacrifice
necessary to maintain the nation at
the highest possible point of military
and economic efficiency for the pros
ecution OF the war.
In addition TO this emergency re-
striction over the designated five
days, the fuel administration has or
dered that all use OF fuel except by
consumers classed as absolutely
necessary shall be prohibited on Mon
day of each week from January Is to
March 25- that is, on January IS. Feb
ruary 4, II, Is, Is and March 4, II, IS
and 25
Except on the days covered in the
order, the normal supply OF coal to
all COlSuIitIS VIII DC AiAlhIhahChs t-iS
necessary Consumers designated in
the order are given preference and
priority in the delivery and use OF
coal at all times as well as On the
days when other use Of coal is pro
hibited
The United States fuel ad1ninistra
ton counts upon the complete patr1
otto cooperation OF every individual
firm and corporation affected by the
order in it's enforcement. Every ef
fort will be made by the fuel admins
tration and other government officials
charged with the enforcement of the
order to carry out the plan proposed
without undue interference with the
ordinary course of business.
It is the earnest desire of the fue
administration to prevent entirely any
permanent dislocation Of industry on
of labor.
DOCTORS ORDERS.
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