The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-06-08
ARE YOU HELPING THE KAISER,
Delay in Ordering Your Coal vii,
Benefit Americas Arch Enemy.

Despite repeated warnings from
the fuel administration and the cam
palgn OF education lasting more than
/ two months, Fuel Administrator
Okelley of Louisiana declares that
reports show little response to tha
"order your coal now" and sscut n
cord now'' appeals.
In the cities, particularly New Or.
leans; where coal is extensively used.
not more than 20 per cent Of the or
defs for the winters supply have
beer placed SO far. In the country.
the fuel administrations local COM
mittees report little activity toward
laying aside wood fuel reserve dur
ing the summer.
t'Ia 3s eopl le in the cities have been
f'Hifagging along for more than two
months while the fuel administration
| has been making every effort to
arouse them to the necessity of early
buying Of coal and storage Of wood
for use, this winter says Mr.. O'Kel-
ley. hrough the schools, churches,
window displays, circular letters,
| posters, stamps and every other
known means of publicity, the mes
| sage of order your coal now has
heenxariYen home. It is purely up to
the;4a onle themselves. If they do
not secnHe their coal now, there is no
assurance they will have bit this
winter. In the country if the of
ficials of towns and villages do not
heed the scut cord now slogan and
lay aside great woed fuel reserve,
there can be no complaint from them
this winter when coal is denied their
communities. More and more the
acute fuel situation is becoming APP
parent. A great service can be
rendered by every householder and
every farmer if they III only order
coal now, or get in their wood sup
ply.
Louisiana is more fortunate than
other states with respect to the fuel
problem. We get nearly all of our
coal from the Alabama mines, but
they are now rushed with orders.
every farmer if they will only order
now, delivery will be delayed, where
as If they delay placing orders, there
his no assurance they will get any
coal LII the rural communities Lou
isiana is rich in firewood. There ara
millions of cords Of wood available
for fuel. The fuel administration at
Washington has warned us that coal
is going to be denied communities
where wood is available this winter,
and it behooyes everyone in towns
and villages to act accordingly
ss During the warm summer Ilouisi.
anians are liable to forget the fuel
less days of last winter The sitna-
ton will be much WORSE this
ter sliia less Htl, Nj saS tla
Ement, s appeal ID their paf
their own interest. They should or-
der coal now or make preparations
to provide a wood supply. For the
sake of the government in it's war
work they should also heed the warm
ings. Every ton of coal put in this
summer means that much OF a bur-
den lifted from the railroads during
the winter, when they will be sorely
needed for transportation OF coal for
American ships and for handling I'M
mense quantities of supplies for our
great armies 'over there At the
same time, mines must produce 3d.
0OO,0 more tons of coal for war
industries, which will require a
tremendous railroad movement this
fall and winter. Only by working
the mines to capacity during the sum
mer and filling the householders'
bins now, can the fuel administra-
ton hope to avert a fuel crisis which
would paralyze every war industry,
the railroads and the armies.
"If you want to help the kaiser
win the war, very effective way is
! to delay ordering your coal now or
laying aside wood fuel reserve; it
will surely lead to railroad tie-up
and block the war industries in ship
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