Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-18

tions and war work to continue. Dr.
Garfield stated that it would be impos-
sible to separate essential from non
essential Industries for this purpose.
Shipping congestion is so great that ces-
Sation of war work will not hamper
the delivery of supplies, he stated, for
vast stores of finished goods are piled
on wharves awaiting shipment and
stopping of manufacture for this pc
riod will enable transportation con-
gestion to be cleared.
Newspapers Excepted
Exception is made in the case of such
plants as from their nature must be
continuously operated seven days each
week, to avoid serious injury to the
plant itself or it's contents. Blast fur
naces and similar establishments would
be excepted under this provision. News
papers are excepted by the following
provision:
Printers or publishers of daily pa
pers may burn fuel as usual excepting
on every Monday from January 81 to
March 25, inclusive. on which days they
NAV burn fuel. to such an extent as is
necessary to issue such editions as such
papers customarily issue on important
national legal holidays, and where such
papers do not issue any editions on q
holiday they are permitted to issue
one edition on the said Mondays.
Printing establishments may burn
fuel on January Is, 10, 20 and p to
such extent as is necessary to issue cur
rent numbers of magazines and other
publications periodically issued"
The lid is clamped down tight on each
Monday until March 25 by prohibitions
which provide that only such fuel suf-
ficient to prevent freezing may be burned
on the Monday holiday.
Business or professional Offices ex-
cept offices used by the United States.
state, county or municipal governments,
TRANSPORTATION companies, or which are
occupied BIZ banks and trust companies
or by physicians or dentists, must close.
Wholesale or retail stores or any 9TH
er stores or business houses or build
ings whatever, must close except those
maintained for the purpose of selling
food only, for which purposes stores
may maintain necessary heat until noon,
and for the purpose of selling drugs and
medical supplies only may maintain
necessary heat throughout the day and
evenings.
Theaters, moving picture houses, bowl
ing alleys. billiard rooms, private or
public dance halls or any other place Of
amusement must close.
No fuel shall be burned in buildings
where liquor is sold on these Monday
holidays.
Street cars including surface, elevated
subway and suburban cars and trains
cannot use fuel on these days in excess
of amounts used on the Sundays previ-
Gus.
Buildings used in production or distri-
button of fuel are not affected in any
way.
Special provisions to prevent injury to
health, suffering, destruction of prop
erty by freezing, of fire and other spec
ial applications for relief may be made
by state fuel administrators where
they deem such suspension of the fuel
adminiStra TONS order imperative.
Sacrifice Necessary
No fuel shall be delivered according
! to the order, to any person or firm for
uses not specified in this list during
the period beginning this morning and
continuing until Tuesday night.
1.-The order is designed to distribute
with absolute impartiality the burden
of patriotic denial. All classes are to
be treated alike" DR.. Garfield ex-
| planned
! Every person in the entire United
| States and especially in the eastern
| half must make his sacrifice in this re-
| gard, ii was pointed out. Every effort
| will be made DR.. Garfield said, to carry
! out the order without undue interfer-
| ence with the ordinary course of bust
| ness but the fuel administration counts
every individual, firm and corporation
| affected by it's order.
The Lever law under which the fuel
| administration acted, authorizes the
! president to establish rules for regula-
| tion of production, sale, shipment, dis
| tribution apportionment or storage Of
! coal and coke among dealers and con-
| sumers BY it's control of priority the
| fuel administration can withhold coal
entirely from industries refusing TO
! obey it's orders.