The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
THOUSANDS or FACTORIES CLOSED
BY FUEL Administration ORDER
Sweeping Edict Suspends Business Activities for
Five DAYS Beginning January Is and for
the Nine Mondays Following.
COAL SHORTAGE CAUSE OF EXTREME STEP

to the national security in certain
parts Of the United States, hereby
makes and prescribes the following
regulation
Section l. Until further orders of
the United States fuel administrator,
all persons fuel whatever
all persons selling fuel in whatever
capacity shall, in filling their con-
tracts for orders now on hand, give
preference to necessary current re-
uuirelnents OF railroads, domestic con
sumers, hospitals, charitable institu-
tions, army and navy cantonments,
public utilities, byproduct coke plants
supplying gas for household uses, tel
ephones and telegraph plants, ship
ping for bunker purposes, the United
States for strictly governmental pun
poses (not including factories OF
plants working on contracts Tor the
United States), manufacturers OF per
ishable food or of food for necessary
immediate consumption and municipal
county or state governments tor nee
essary public uses. Any tonnage re-
naming after the foregoing preferred
shipments have been made, may be
applied in filling any other contracts
or orders.
Section 9. on the following days,
namely Jan Is. 10. 20, n and %, 1918
the state fuel administrators and their
accredited representatives in the yari'
Gus communities in the territory in
which this regulation applies, are here
by empowered and directed to divert
such fuel as arrives in communities In
carload lots to keep current require
ments and to provide an adequate and
normal supply for such consumers Of
fuel as are specified in Section !
hereof
Section 3. On the following days,
namely, Jan. Is, 10, 20, q and %, 1915,
and also on each and every Monday
beginning Jan %, 1913, and continu
ing up to and including March %, 1918,
no manufacturer or manufacturing
plant shall burn fuel or use power de-
rived from fuel for any purpose with
the following exception:
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
necessary to prevent such injury to
the plant or It's contents.
T. Manufacturers or plants manu-
! featuring perishable food, or food Tor
necessary immediate consumption.
c. Manufacturers OF food moi per
! ishable and not necessary for imme-
date consumption may burn fuel TO
the extent authorized by the fuel ad
minstrator Of the state in which such
plant is located or by his fully author
lied representative upon application
| by the United States food administra-
/ tor
y. Plants necessary to the printing
and publication Of daily papers may
burn fuel and use power derived
therefrom as usual except that on ev.
cry Monday from Jan u, TO March Is,
1913, 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
plant customarily prints and publishes
on legal holidays other than the Sab,
bath, or if such plants do not custom
| al al Y.ptpt ,r ntthligh edition
such legal holidays, they may burn
fuel or use such power to such extent
as Is necessary to issue one edition on
the said Monday.
h. Printing establishments may
| burn fuel on Jan. Is. 10, 20, Il and %
| 1918, TO such extent as is necessary &c
issue current numbers of magazines
and other publications, periodically is
sued,
Section T. On each Monday begin
ming Jan 81, and continuing up to ant
including Monday. March 25. 1918, nc
fuel shall be burned Except to suci
an extent as is essential TO prevent in
jury to property, freezing for the pur
pose Of supplying heat for)
A. Any business or professional of
fees except offices used by the United
States, state county o. municipal gov
ernments, transportation companies
public utilities companies, telephone
and telegraph companies, banks. trus
companies physicians or dentists.
b Wholesale or retail stores or an!
stores. business houses or business
buildings whatever, except that for th'
purpose o: selling food only. store
may maintain necessary heat on an,
Of the specified days until IL o'clocl
noon and except that for the purpos
Of selling drugs and medical supple
only. stores may maintain necessaT
heat throughout the day and evening,
G Theaters. moving picture houses
bowling alleys. billiard rooms. priyat
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