Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1918-01-18
MEET TONIGHT TO
DISCUSS FUEL ORDER
President Turley, of Chamber of
Commerce Calls Meeting of
Local Business Men.

II
manufacturing industries for a
period of FIVE days and then on
Mondays till March 18th, and for
curtailment of other business ac-
tivities during the Mondays
mentioned, is the sole topic OF
conversation among business
men and citizens of Richmond.
In order that there shall be
thorough understanding OF the
matter, President R. E. Turley,
of the Richmond Chamber of
Commerce, has called a meeting
of the business men of Richmond
to be held at the court house at
7:30 to night-Friday-when Mr..
c. c. Wallace, Fuel AdinmIstra-
tor for Madison county, will be
present and a full and free dis
cussion of the order and its ef-
fects upon business here will be
had. All business men and others
interested are invited to be pres
ent.
There has been prevalent some
idea that retail stores and pri-
vate businesses, not manutactur-
ing enterprises, would have to
close down during the five days
beginning January 18th. A care
full reading of the official order,
however, discloses that retail
businesses, stores, etc., are only
forbidden to use fuel on Mon
days up to March 25th, except
that stores selling food, or med
ical supplies, may use fuel till II
o'clock on each Monday.
Sections from the Fuel Admin
istrator's order which are of in
terest or have effect here, are:
Section 3. On the following
days, namely, January 18, 19, 20,
II and y, 1918, and also on each
and every Monday beginning
January %, 1918, and continuing
up and including March Is, 1918,
no manufacturer or manufactur-
ing plant shall burn fuel or use
power derived from fuel for any
purpose, with the following ex-
ception:
(a) Plants which necessarily
must be continuously operated
seven days each week to avoid
serious injury to tn e plant itself
or its contents may use only such
quantity of fuel as is necessary to
prevent such injury or its con-
tents.
(b) Manufacturers or plants
manufacturing perishable food or
food necessary for immediate
consumption.
(c) Manufacturers of food
not perishable and not necessary
for immediate consumption ma
fuel to. the extent authorized by
the Fuel Administrator of the
state, in which such plant is To-
Gated or by his fully authorized
representative upon application.
by the United States Food Ad-
ministrator.
(d) Plants necessary to the
printing and publication of daily
papers may burn fuel and use
power derived therefrom as
usual. except that on every Mon
day from January II to March
Is. inclusive, they may burn fuel
or use power derived therefrom
in only to such extent as is neces-
sary to print and publish editions
as such plant suctomarlly prints
and publishes on legal holidays
other than the Sabbath; or il
such plants do not cuStomarily
print or publish any edition or
such legal holidays, they may
burn fuel or use such power tc
such extent as is necessary to is
sue one edition on the said Mon
day.
Section 4. On each Monday
beginning January Fl, and con
tinuing up to and including
March Is, 1913, no fuel shall be
burned except to such an extent
as is essential to prevent injury
to property, freezing for the pur-
pose of supplying heat for.
(a) Any business or profes-
sional offices, except offices usec
bv the United States, state, coun-
ty or municipal governments
transportation companies, public
utilities companies, telephone
and telegraph companies, banks
trust companies, physicians OF
dentists.
(b) Wholesale or retail store:
or any stores, business houses OF
business buildings whatever, ex
cept that for the purpose of sell
ing food only, stores may main
tain necessary heat on any of th'
specified days until II o'clocl
noon and exceDt that for thu