The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17


conference, which was attended also
by Secretaries Baker and Daniels.
On the Monday holidays besides
manufacturing plants, the following
consumers will be forbidden to use
coal: Business and professional offices
except to prevent freezing
those used for government offices, or
banks and trust companies and those
housing physicians and dentists;
Wholesale and retail stores, with the
exception of drug stores and those
that sell food; all amusement places
and saloons. State fuel administra-
tors may close the banks and trust
company buildings if they think nee
essary.
The critical coal situation is blamed
on the unusually severe weather of
the last week, which has made it i'm
possible in many instances to move
coal at all, and which has cut off the
fuel supplies in whole cities.
Fuel Administrator Garfield issued
this statement:
adverse weather conditions in the
recent week and the inadequacy of
the present coal supply and trans
portation facilities to meet the war
time demand have made necessary i'm
mediate restrictive measures as to
the use of coal in that part of the
United States east of the Mississippi
river.
"The movement of coal in transpor-
tation must be directed so as to aid
the director general of railways in
dealing with the railroad emergency
created by recent blizzard conditions.
Domestic consumers of coal must be
kept warm and other absolutely nee
essary consumers must be supplied.
"All industry must be fully restrict
ed in its use of coal in order that
the available supply for the remain
der of the winter may be properly
distributed and may be made suf-
ficient for absolutely essential needs
during the remainder of the winter.
ITO meet these necessities the fuel
administration has ordered as an i'm
mediate necessary emergency meas
ure that on the days of January Is,
10, 20, 21 and p preference and prior
ity in the use of coal shall be given
only to those consumers whose con-
sumption Of coal is absolutely neces-
sary. These include in order: Rail-
roads domestic consumers, hospitals
and charitable institutions, public util-
tiles, ships at tidewater for bunker
purposes, United States government
use, municipal or county governments
for necessary public use, manufactur-
ers of perishable food or food for
immediate consumption.
During the five days designated
no manufacturing industry shall be
allowed to operate even if it has it's
coal supply on hand, By this means
all industry will be placed on an equal
footing, and each will be called upon
to make its share of the sacrifice
necessary to maintain the nation at
the highest possible point of military
and economic efficiency for the pros
ecution of the war.
In addition to this emergency
restriction over the designated five
days, the fuel administration has or
dered that all use of fuel, except by
consumers classed as absolutely nee
essary. shall be prohibited on Mon
day of each week from January %
to March 25-that is, on January 2S,
February 4, II, Is, 25 and March 4,
II, 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 class
es OF business are treated alike.
Except on the days covered in the
order, the normal supply of, coal to
all consumers win be maintained. The
necessary consumers designated in the
order are given preference and prior
ity in the delivery and use Of coal
at all times as well as on the DAYS
when other use of coal is prohibited"