The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-05-14
Mines Must Be Kept Going Full
Time In Spring and Summer
10 Prevent Serious Short.
ace Next Winter.
IMMEDIATE ACTION URGED.
nsa wha Gees Noe rnas Co operate
With Fasl Atswlnissrasloa aad RAN.
FOa8s fakea As mace Win shs
slaetsr ~ha pod9sa Service At shs
!~aas Or asfusss 90 asY bends.

Greater cooperation IA buying coall
al auee maaf ba obsalnsa 20 the West.
Southwest anA sections ~ tn. Middle
West. tho fuel AdmlnlstgaIlea an.
nuuness at washsngtna. Il the mlnss
are 10 ho xspt going fnil time aarins
tho susnmer month. sad the danger
averted ~ serious shortage ~ coal
ia those sections nsst fall and wlnkrr
oiaclal reports 60 the Fuel Admln' 4
istratlon show that IN tho states o.
illlnals. Michigan. Kansas Missouri.
Oklahoma. Afssn.as. Texas. New Mss'
ica. Iowa. Utah. Washington. Colorado.
Wyoming and Montana consumers of
coal are no, placing their orders In the
volume sspscted. or Va quantities nee
~s.sry 10 insure sgsinss winter short
ass This 10 true also. though to less
extent. 10 ohio and Indiana.
Apparently the consumers Ia shsss
districts have not yet realised the fall
gravity ~ The situation" the fuel
Administration states The mlues IN
show. sections mus, b. kept soinx.
They can be kept soinx only II coal
ordinarily ordered later IN the year ts
ordered now III. domestic consumsvI
who delays placing his order IL tasiaS
y chance of esslns an insufficient cold
weather supply. tho Industrial user
who falls to order his coal now 10
almost certain to face . shutdown
iatrr on.
nuy Ne~--aysrybodyi
The man Who docs not 10 his part
by anticipating his needs and eooper-
aring with tho suei Administrations
and the railroads BY ordering his coal
nov takes his plsc. With the man who
avoids service at the front 90 refuses
10 buy Liberty nonds Every eoel'
user should buy and store coal now tol
meet his requirements ~ far as he 10,
possibly nhis TO DO ".
Every state and local representative
of the Fuel Administration l. ready to
help tho coal consumer In every way
possible to &C., az appropriate and al
equate supply II coal rssrj day that
passes decreases tho margin ~ time
IN which this ssslslanes may be given.
"if yoa cant set the grade of coal
'hni JON hHye been srllins in ihe past
lake another sfads thst you rau act.
u o. beifsr 10 have ln your bins coal
of grade slightly different FROM what
you have been aslnE TO the paaf ihan
10 so Into winter without any coal at
sll
CONSUMERS who 90 not order thsir
coal now are gambling ou tho futurs.
There is rsssou 20 believe fhnt II ey.
sry one Anticipates hls ruei require
monir and puts 10 his order noW no
or. Will have % 40 without neat viii.
ter n. however. there Il delay IN Or
dsrias coal li IL more than likely that
production during tho fail and winter
vil 10 insufficient 10 meet The needle
~ every one
Better Ns~ Kind Than Ne~s
There has been notable neglect 20
certain grnde- ~ eosi that are nov
assllsbis IA large solum. and elsmos-
Gus demand. ia certain quarters 81,
least. for specific Goals that various
consumers have sssd FOR . number oSI
yesrs While there is at N. pr~s~ntI
no shortage % coal 10 the ~est. thsss
may be q denial of selection ~ the pre-
eise ccsl most desired n you sssh to
o. yoar par, place Jour order nov for
the coal nearest a. hand and of which
thsr. 10 . large sssilsbls tonnage ssll
get your bins allied Immediately.
The Fasi Administration is snsicusI
~ith every means ~ i,s command tsI
secur. the hearty cooperation Of shsI
public end 10 move into the bins of1
domestic us>rs particularly their fun
yssrs coal supply before - erss dayl
of October. Whether u succeeds of
DOT 10 sntirsly d~psndsae upsn ysssI
s~s psrsonsi sftitsds and action.
II the anxiety Of the AdrninistrHfioal
seems 10 you evsrdrsws proof Of sAd
necessity of iss rscomm~odstion ED
The provris,y Of the warning wiil reach
yvu In fuli force cusins the ~cmins fHld
snd u1nsss. vhsa coal win not 81
svsiisbis. snd yess vigorous sRsss ~
result b sncs1ss hilars 10 ss~urs 90
sdsssass suppiy. nhs indifferent eel
eonsunes pssoisse 20 And hinssif n
the coal iissf during the ssvers -
RODS of the ccmino vfnsor end CON.