Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
SHOVEL TAG DAY
IN LADYSMITH
Save a Shovel Full of Coal a Day
Means Millions of Tons
More to Use

g-Your-Shovel'' Day will be Jan
uary 80 in Ladysmith as well as III all
tho other cities of the United States
/. f. McGill. Fuel Administrator Tor
Rusk county has the work OF organlz-
ing in charge for this county.
w. n. Fitzgerald, Federal Fuel Adj
ministrator for Wisconsin has sent to
tbe local fuel administration letter
giving complete details of the work to
be done.
Tag-Your-Shovel Day falls ON
Wednesday, and it is expected that
governors mayors and teachers VIII
mite i'm arranging for a school holiday
one of the few special national school
holidays ever proclaimed. Two great
printing plants are now turning out the
tags and posters. and it may be taken
for granted that all the children every
where except those who are unfortun-
ate enough to be down with measles or
mumps or something. will be on the
lob january 1OI bostAh'
What is Tag Day
The tags. on the face. bear the word
ing: Save that shOvelful OF coal
day for Uncle Sam On the reverse
are these hints on saving coal:
Cover furnaces and pipes with
asbestos. or other insulation; also
weather strip your windows, or stuff
cracks with cotton.
keep your rooms at Is degrees
1.-THE best heat for health).
''33-Heat only the rooms you use all
the time
,'4-Test your ashes by sitting. If
YOU find much good coal, there is some
thing wrong with your heater. See a
furnace expert"
"5-Write to the maker of your fur
mace or stove for practical directions
for running economically
"G-Save gas and electric light as
much as possible will save coal
for the nation
The Fuel Administration points out
that this tag day is different from all
other tag days. Instead of asking for
cash contributions, the school children
will demand that hOuseh0lders save
mOney-save money for food, for war
savings stamps, for liberty bonds, and
at the same time add to the Govern
ment'S coal pile
Need For Coal Saving
millions carloads of coal more than
was ever taken out of the ground in
this country in Il single year will have
been mined and delivered i'll 1917. An
other million carloads were needed,
bat no human power could make so
sudden an increase in production
where the bare physical requirements
were OH so vast Il scale. But the neces-
sites of the war cannot wait and the
American people must face a typical
American problem, meeting and salts
tying an unheard of increase in de-
mand for coal with inadequate facili-
ties for creating Increased supply.
The school children will not neglect
any coal shOvels. no matter how hum
s,Ie or how exalted they may be. Presi-
dent Wilson's shovel at the White
House will be- tagged, as well as the
Shovels of governors. mayors. million
aires and wage-earners.
i Serious Occasion
In the minds Of the Fuel Administra-
ton officials and the boys and girls OF
the schools Tag YOur-ShOvel Day will
bea serious occasion. Its main purpose
il So help supply the machine power to
help the man power win the war.
Supf Rahr for the Ladysmitl
schools and the children of st. Mary
school will be enlisted i'll the work.
There is no change i'll the local fuel
situation Dealers in coal have q
supply ON hand and are getting enough
more to- care for the demands of Their
customers. Wood is coming i'll fast
now that the roads allow SIeighing
and many are laying in Il supply OF
green wood so that no matter what
the weather conditions may be they
will not be out of fuel There is no re
StrictiOn on wood and one may have as
many cords as he can buy.