The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-01-24
Edct Issued Wednesday, January l6 BY National Fuel Chief
Instructed Plants to Suspend All Operations
january 49, 19, 20, Fl, g.
ALSO CLOSED MONDAYS TILL MARCH rs
To Further Relieve Acute Fuel Shortage Factories and Stores
s1ust Observe Every Monday AS Legal
Holiday, for Nine Weeks

"(b) Wholesale or retail stores, or
any other stores, business houses or
buildings whatever, except that for the
purpose of selling food only, for which
purposes stores may maintain neces-
sary heat until IL o'clock noon; and
for the purpose of selling drugs and
medical supplies only, stores may
maintain necessary heat throughout
the day and evening.
"(c) Theatres, moving picture
houses, bowling alleys, billiard rooms,
private or public dance halls, or any
other place OF amusement.
ION the above specified Mondays, no
fuel shall be burned for the purpose
of heating rooms or buildings in which
! liquor is sold those days.
mo fuel shall be burned on any OF
the foregoing specified Mondays for
the purpose of supplying power for
movement of surface, elevated subway
or suburban cars of trains in excess of
the amount used Sundays previous
thereto.
"The order provides that, nothing in
this order shall be held to forbid burn
| ing of fuel to heat rooms or such por-
tions of buildings as are used in con-
nection with production or distribu-
ton of fuel.
Estate fuel administrators are au-
thorized by the order to issue orders
on special applications for relief,
where necessary, to prevent injury to
health or destruction or injury to prop
erty by fire or freezing.
1.-THE order is effective in all terri
tory of the United States east OF the
Mississippi river, including the whole
of the state OF Louisiana and Mime
sofa"
Or. Garfeld's Statement.
Fuel Administrator Garfield issued
this statement:
adverse weather conditions in the
recent weeks and inadequacy of the
present coal supply and transportation
facilities to meet the war time de-
mand, have made necessary immedi-
ate restrictive measures as to the use
Of coal, in that part of the United
States east of the Mississippi river.
Movement of coal in transportation
must be so directed as to aid the di.
rector general of railways in dealing
with the railroad emergency created
by recent blizzard conditions.
Domestic consumers of coal must
be lsept warm and other absolutely
necessary consumers must be sup.
piled.
"All industry must be fully restrict.
ed in its use OF coal in order that the
available supply for the remainder of
the winter may be properly distributed
and may be made sufficient for abso.
lutely essential needs during the re.
mainder of the winter.
ITO meet these necessities, the fuel
administration has ordered, as an i'm.
mediate emergency measure, that Jan.
uary IS, 10, 20, 81 and %, preference
and priority in use of coal shall be
given only to those consumers whose
consumption of coal 10 absolutely nee.
essary. These include in order:
Who Gets First Call.
Railroads, domestic consumers,
hospitals and charitable institutions,
public utilities, ships at tidewater for
bunker purposes, United States gov
eminent use, municipal or county gov
ernments for necessary public use and
manufacturers of perishable food, or
food for immediate consumption.
During the five days designated, no
20 otu fndt.cfru shall ha o1Inx,
ed to operate even If it has it's coal
supply on hand. BY this means all in.
dustry will be placed on an equal foot
ing and each will be called on to make
its share of the sacrifice necessary to
maintain the nation at the highest pos
sible point of military and economic
efficiency for prosecution of the war.
"In addition to this emergency re
: striction over the designated five days
the fuel administration has ordered
that all use of fuel except by consum
ers classed as absolutely necessary
: shall be prohibited Monday of each
week from January % to March rs
that is. January %, February 4, IL, IS
25 and March 4, IL, Is and %.
The order under which these re
: strictions are made is designed to dis
tribute with absolute impartiality the
burden Of patriotic denial. All classes
OF business are treated alike"
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The governments move came en-
tirely without warning in an order is
: sued by Fuel Administrator Garfield