New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-25
CLOSE FACTORIES
TO CONSERVE COAL
TEXT OF FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
GARFIELD'S ORDER TO RE-
LIEvE COAL SHORTAGE.
Food Plants Are Excepted in Edict to
Close Factories for Five Days-
Munitions and ship.Making to
Suspend, at Least in Part.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE text OF
Fuel Administrator Garfield's coal or
der had not been completed at a late
hour last night. An abstract given out
by the Fuel Administration follows:
Until further order of the United
States fuel administrator all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity shall
give preference to orders for neces-
sary requirements.
A-Of railroads;
B-Of domestic consumers, hospi-
tails, charitable institutions and army
and navy cantonments;
COZ public utilities, telephones
and telegraph plants;
purposes;
E-Of the United States for strictly
governmental purposes; not including
orders from or for factories or plants
working on contracts for the United
States;
F-Of municipal, county or state
governments for necessary public
uses;
COT manufacturers of perishable
food or of food for necessary imme-
date consumption.
The order further provides that on
Jan. IS, 10, 20, 81 and %. 1918, no
fuel shall be delivered to any person,
firm, association or corporation for
any uses or requirements not included
in the foregoing list until the require
ments included in the list shall have
been first delivered.
2-On Jan. 18, 10, 20, p and %.
1918, and also on each and every Mon
day beginning Jan. %, 1918, and con
tinuing up to and including March rs,
1918. no manufacturing plant shall
burn fuel or use power derived from
fuel for any purpose except:
A-Such plants as from their nature
must be continuously operated seven
days each week, to avoid serious in
jury to the plant itself or its con
tents.
B-Manufacturers Of perishable
foods.
C-Manufacturers of food not per-
ishable and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as
is authorized by the fuel administra-
tor of the state in which such plant is
located or by his representative au-
thorized therefor upon application by
tho TTpifod Ofotoo PNod 1r,f,,ictr,k&
D-Printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as usual except
ing on every Monday from Jan. 21 to
March 25, 1918, inclusive, on which
days they may burn fuel to such ex-
tent as is necessary to issue such edi-
lions as such papers customarily is
sue on important national legal Holt
days and where such papers do not is.
sue any editions on a holiday, they are
permitted to issue edition on the
said Mondays.
E-Printing establishments may
burn fuel on Jan. 1S, 10, 20 and 20 to
such extent as is necessary to issue
numbers of magazines and
other publications periodically issued.
3-On each Monday beginning Jan.
81, 1918, and continuing up to and in
Guiding Monday, March rs, 1918, no
fuel shall be burned except to such ex.
tent as is essential to prevent injury
property from freezing, for the pur.
pose of supplying heat for:
A-Apv b,cfp occ or profooc;opo1 NJ
fees, except offices used by the Unit.
ed States, state, county or municipal
transportation compan-
les, or which are occupied by banks
and trust companies or by physicians
or dentists;
B-Wholesale or retail stores, OF any
other stores, business houses or build.
whatever, except that for the pur-
pose of selling food only, for which
purposes stores may maintain
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-Theaters, moving picture houses,
alleys, billiard rooms, private
Or public dance halls, or any other
place of amusement.
On the above specified Mondays, no
,uel shall be burned for the purpose
If heating rooms or buildings in which
liquor is sold on those days.
No fuel shall be burned on any Of
he foregoing specified Mondays for
he purpose of supplying power for the
of surface, elevated, sub.
way or suburban cars or trains in ex-
less Of the amount used or the Sun
previous thereto.
The order provides that nothing in
his order shall be held to forbid the
of fuel to heat rooms or such
of buildings as are used in
with the production or dis
ribution of fuel.
The state fuel administrators are
by the order to issue or
lers on special applications for relief,
where necessary, to prevent injury to
lealth or destruction or injury to
property by fire or freezing.
The order is effective in all of the
erritory of the United States east Of
he Mississippi river, including the
Whole of the states of Louisiana and