Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

tent as is necessary to issue such edi-
tons as such papers custOmarily issue
on important national legal holidays
and where such papers do not Issue
any editions on a holiday. they are per-
mitted to issue one edition on the said
Mondays. a..
Doctors Offices vi tied.
"(e) Printing establishments may
burn fuel on January IS. 10. 20 and %
to such an extent as is necessary to
issue current numbers of magazines
and other publicat ons periodically is
sued.
"On each Monday. beginning Janu-
airy q, 1918. and continuing Va TO and
including Monday, March -. 1913, no
fuel shall be burned Except to such an
extent as is essential to prevent injury
TO property from freezing) for the pur-
pose of supplying heat for:
"(a) Any business or professional Of
fees, except offices used by the United
States, state. county or municipal gov
ernments. transportation companies or
which are occupied by physicians or
dentists.
"(b) Wholesale or retail stores or
any other stores, business houses or
buildings whatever, except for the pur-
pose of selling food only. for which
purpose stores may maintain necessary
heat until u o'clock for the purpose of
selling drugs and medical supplies
only. stores may maintain necessary
heat throughout the day and evening.
Theaters Must Close Down.
"(c) Theaters, moving picture
houses, bowling alleys, billiard rooms,
private or public dance halls, or any
other place of amusement.
''On TIE above specified Mondays no
fuel shall be burned for the purpose of
heating rooms or buildings in which
liquor is sold on these days.
NO fuel shall be burned on any of
the foregoing specified Mondays for
the purpose of supplying power for the
movement of surface, elevated, subway
or suburban cars or trains in excess of
the amount used on the Sundays previ-
Gus thereto"
Official Explanation of Order
The fuel administration issued the
following statement explaining the
scope of its coal priority order:
The unprecedented weather cOndi-
tions of recent weeks and the made
quacy of the present coal supply and
transportation facilities to meet the
enormous wartime demands have
rnoJn uacoceorv ip,p,odgato rac+r;ott,,a
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 so directed 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 neces-
Sary consumers must be supplied
Industries Must Be Restricted.
"All industries must be equally re-
strcted in their use of coal In order
that the available supply for the re-
mainder of the winter may be properly
distributed and may be made sufficient
for absolutely essential needs.
ITO meet these necessities the fuel
administrator has ordered as an imme-
diate emergency measure that on the
days of January 10. 49, 20, 81 and 90
preference and priority in the delivery
and use of coal shall be given only TO
those consumers whose consumption
of coal is absolutely necessary.
These include, in order: Railroads.
domestic consumers. hospitals and
charitable institutions, public utilities,
ships at tldewater for bunker purposes.
United States government use, munic-
ipal and county government for nee
esary public use and manufacturers Of
perIshable foods or food for immedi-
ate consumption.
During the five days Of January
IS. 10. 90 81 and 90 designated. no
manufacturing industry shall be al
lowed to operate even If il has its coal
supply on hand
'By this means all industries will be
placed on an equal footing and each
will he called upon to make it's share
of the sacrifice necessary to maintain
the nation at the highest possible point
of economic and military efficiency for
the prosecution Of the war.
"coaIless Mondays" Till March IS.
"In addition to this emergency re-
striction over the designated five days.
the fuel administration has ordered
that all use of fuel except by consum-
ers classed as absolutely necessary
shall be prohibited on Monday of each
week from January 2S to March %
that is on January %, February 4,
II. 1S. % and March 4, II, Is and %.
THE order under which these re-
strictionS are made is designated to
distribute with absolute impartiality
the burden of patriotic denial. All
classes of business are treated alike.
Except on the days covered I'm the
order the normal supply of coal to
consumers will be maintained.
The domestic consumers designated
in the order are given preference and
priority in the delivery and use of coal
at all times, as well as on the days
when other use of coal Is prohibited.
"'The United States fuel administra-
ton counts upon the complete COOP
GRAFTON of every individual. firm and
corporation affected by the order IN IFS
enforcement"