Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-01-04
TAG YOUR SHOVEL
DAY SET FOR JAN.
90 BY FUEL HEADS

Columbus. - (Special.) = National
"Tag Your Shovel Day." has been set
for Wednesday, Jan. 80, by the fuel
administration at Washington. 1t is
intended as an object lesson to i'm
press the country that 100000 more
carloads of coal are required to carry
the needs of the country in excess OF
the production, Notwithstanding rec
ord breaking consumption.
The crisis must be met, it is an
nounced, by saving in shovelful lots.
The fuel administration hopes that
the 21,35O,000 school children of the
country will perform the patriotic
work of tagging the coal shovels in
American homes.
In this extra effort to save coal for
war purposes, the government is seek
ing the widest publicity.
Tag Your Shovel Day. falls on
Wednesday, and the fuel administra-
ton expects governors, mayors and
teachers will unite in arranging for
school hoIiday-one of the few spe-
cial national school holidays ever pro
claimed.
Two printing plants are now turn
ing out the tags and posters, and the
hope is that all the children every
where, except those who are unfor
tunate enough to be down with
measles or mumps or something, will
be on the job Jan. 80, for Uncle Sam.
The tags, on the face, bear this
wording: "Save that shovelful of
coal a day for Uncle Sam" On the
reverse are these hints on saving
coal:
Clover furnaces and pipes with
asbestos or other insulation; also
cracks with cotton.
2-Keep your rooms at 68 degrees
| (the best heat for HEALTHY.
"3-Heat only the rooms you use all
| the time.
"4-Test your ashes by sitting. II
you find much good coal, there is
something wrong with your heater
See a furnace expert.
"5-Write to the maker of your
furnace or stove for practical direc
tons for running economically.
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much as possible-this will save Goa
for the nation"
The fuel administration points out
that this tag day is different from al
other tag days. Instead of asking fol
cash contributions the school chill
dren will urge that householder
save money-saYe for food, for wa
saving stamps, for Liberty Bonds, ant
at the same time add to the govern
ment's coal pile.
A million carloads of coal NOR,
than ever was taken out of the grounc
in this country in single, year, vii
have been mined and delivered il
1917.
Another million carloads were need
ed, according to the fuel administra
tion, but no human power could maxi
SO sudden an increase in production
where the bare physical requirement
were on SO vast a scale, accordingly
the fuel administration says:
'The necessities of the war canno
wait and the American people mus
face a typical American problem
meeting and satisfying an unheard O
increase in demand for coal with ir
adequate facilities for creating il
, creased supply.
''The school children are to be il
structed not to neglect any Goa
shovels, no matter how humble O
how exalted they may be. Presiden
Wilson's shovel at the white hous
, will be tagged, as well as the shovel
of governors, mayors, millionaire
and wage workers"
In the minds of the fuel administr;
ton official ''Tag Your Shovel Day
will be a serious occasion. Its mai
purpose, it is stated, is to help suppl
! the machine power to help the ma
, power win the war