The Sauk Centre herald., 1918-08-22

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g Many people lacking accurate infor-
NATION on the subject insist that there
is as much anthracite as there ever
was, and therefore there is no reason
far any restriction in its use for do
rnestic purposes. The answer is this:
The shortage Of anthracite for general
use in the country results from the
necessity for its use ON ocean going
vessels carrying our troops and sup
plies % Enropes and TO the neeessity
OF furnishing New England with an
adequate supply Of fuel
, There are situated In New England
on the Atlantic coast, in a small area,
between 85 and so per cent Of all the
munition plants in the United States
without which the present war could
not go on. Their presence there has
resulted in an enormous increase in
population to operate them. The plants.
run the full twenty-four hours. Ex-
perts from the railroad and fuel adj
fninistrations and coal producing COM
panies, after figuring out the largest
possible tonnage Of soft coal that could
be moved into New England, found
that the amount was insufficient for
the fuel needs of that locality. The
gap that had to be filed could only be
fixed with anthracite. Anthracite
mines lie in the western end of Penn
sylvaiiia with short rail haul into.
New England. IF to fill that gap it
was necessary to send every pound Of
anthracite mined into New England,
it would have had to 60 there. If
the fuel needs Of New England could
have been supplied entirely with BIZ
luminous coal, mo anthracite would
have gone there. The amount of ail-j
tracite distributed ontsidsS Of New,
England is what was left after the.
necessary fuel needs of New England
were supplied. The amount that was
left after supplying that locality was
so small that nineteen states hereto
fore using anthracite have been denied
its use during the current fuel year.
Montana, one of the coldest states in
the Union, is not allowed any. Iowa
at first was denied any, but recently
has been allowed 145,000 to use in
Northern Iowa above the line of the
Illinois Central railroad. Kansas, Me-
braska and Missouri, states that here
tofore have made large use of anthra-
cite coal, receive none, nor is any per-
mitted to go to nlanois except in the
thirteen counties including Cook Coun-
ty.
This statement Of the situation ought
to make it plain why Minnesota does
not get-all the anthracite that her
people could use. There is no possible
means Of increasing the amount Of
anthracite that can come to Mime
sofa or any other state outside of New
England. sss
The fuel sifuakl0n IN your country Is
in yoar hands, and the government
looks TO you TO compel the practice of
every possible economy IN the use of
fuel It is often said, and is true, that
coal viii win or lose the war.
The great Italian disaster Of last
year resulted from the fact that there
is no coal mined in Italy. America
and England, the usual source Of sup
ply Of Italy, did not furnish the usual
supply which led to the closing down
of one-half of the munition plants of
Italy, and left the armies of Italy pow
erless to Withstand the onrush of the
German and Austrian troops.
I wish to have you impress most
emphatically upon the minds of all
consumers of coal whose source of
supply is any station in your county,
that they should get their supply of
coal in now, and any consumer who
omits to do this must not complain
later if he finds himself without coal.
With the opportunity now to get his
coal, if he neglects to do so, he will
simply have to pay the penalty.