The Robesonian., 1918-01-21
WHO ARE AFFECTED
Text of Order of Fuel Admins
tration Closing-Storm of Pro
test Raised.

test Raised.
While storm of protest ragged in
Washington and among business in
terests throughout the nation, Fuel
Administrator Garfield, ignoring a
resolution passed by the Senate ask
ing for delay of 5 days, Thursday
night signed the order in preparation
since Wednesday closing down manu-
featuring plants east of the Mississip-
pi river for 5 days beginning at mid
night Thursday night and stopping
virtually all business activity on ev-
cry Monday for period of 10 weeks,
beginning today, January 21.
Full Text of the Order of the Fuel
A administrator.
The text of the order follows:
Regulation making provision for a
more adequate supply of fuel for rail
roads, domestic consumers. public util-
tiles and other uses necessary to the
national security.
''The United States fuel administra-
tion acting under the authority of an
executive order Of the President of the
United States dated August %, 1917.
appointing said administrator, in fur
therance of the purposes of said or
der and Of the purposes of the act of
Congress therin referred to, approved
August 10, 1917, and finding it essen
tial effectively to carry out the pro-
visions of this act to make provision
for a more adequate supply of fuel
for railroads, domestic consumers pub
lie utilities, and for other uses neces-
sary to the national security in GER
tain parts of the United States here
by make and prescribe the following
regulations:
"Section one: Until further orders
of the United States fuel administra-
tor all persons selling fuel in whatev-
er capacity shall in filling their con-
tracts or orders now on hand, give
preference to necessary current re-
quirements of railroads, domestic con-
sumers, hospitals, charitable institu-
tions, army and navy cantonments,
public utilities, by-product coke plants,
supplying gas for household use, tele-
phone and telegraph plants, shipping
for bunker purposes, the United
States for strictly governmental pur-
poses, (not including factories or
plants working on contracts for the
United States) manufacturers of per-
ishable food or food for necessary i'm
mediate consumption, and munici oal
county or state governments for nee
essary public uses. Any tonnage re-
naming after the foregoing prefer
red shipments have been made, NAV
be applied in filling any other con-
tracts or orders.
"Section two: On the following days,
namely, January 18. 19, 20. 21 and
22, 1913, the State fuel administrators
and their accredited representatives
in the various communities in the ter
rltory IN which this regulation applies
are hereby empowered and directed to
divert such fuel as arrived in such
communities in carload lots to meet
the current requirements and to pro-
vide an adequate and normal supply
Tor such consumers of fuel as are
specified in section one hereof.
Section three:On the following days,
namely, January 18, 19, 20, Fl and
22, 1918, and also, on each and every
Monday, beginning January %, 1918
and continuing up to and including
March rs, 1918, no manufacturers or
manufacturing plant shall burn fuel
or use power derived from fuel for
any purpose, with the following ex-
ceptions:
"(A) Plants which necessarily must
be continuously operated seven days
each week to avoid serious injury to
the plant itself or its contents may
use only such quantity of fuel as is
necessary to prevent such inquiry to
the plant or it's contents.
."(B) Manufacturers or plants man
ufacturing perishable foods or foods
for necessary immediate consumption
"(C) Manufacturers of food not
perlshable and not necessary for i'm
mediate consumption may burn fuel
to the extent authorized by the fuel