The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-06-21
ICE CREAM NOW
BUT COAL NEEDED
HOT WEATHER WILL NOT CON-
TINUE THROUGH WINTER AND
PATRIOTIC PEOPLE WILL
BUY 1T NOW.

pie to think about buying coal with
the thermometer registering around
100 in the shade, but unless these PEG
pie do they will be forced to hold com
munion with weather that will make
its own ice cream, and there will be
nothing about to make it more TEN
perate
United States Fuel Administrator
Garfield makes the following state
ment in connection with the campaign
for the early ordering of coal
THE country must give its attention
to the coal problem during the warm
weather of the present summer, if we
are to avoid the hardships and suf-
fering of coal shortage during the
next winter The natural tendency Is
forget about coal when heat is not inn
mediately needed must be overcome.
The fuel situation confronting the
country is serious.
1.-THE coal demands of the country
for both vituminous and anthracite
are now being estimated. The tenta-
tive figures now available show a 0e-
mand for 735,000,000 tons of both
kinds of coal for the coal year begin
ming April 1, 1918. To reach this I'M
precedented total would necessita.e
the production of 100000 tons more
of coal than were produced last year.
Anthracite production will about equal
that of last year. The total shortage
therefore must be made up in bitumi-
nous production. The Fuel Admins
tration does not expect that this in
crease can be fully met. It is, there
fore, apparent that the full require
ments of coal cannot be filed and the
difference must be made up voluntary
or enforced curtailment in the use
of fuel.
'The war work of the government
cannot be hampered by this prospec-
tive shortage. The ships, the rail
roads and the industries engaged in
war work will have their full quota
day by day. The domestic consumers
viii also be given preference in secur-
ing their supplies.
I'm the territory where anthracite
coal will be supplied during the com
ing winter consumers have already
placed a large proportion of their or
ders for the winter supply. The Fuel
Administration is directing its efforts
toward filling these orders as prompt
] ly as possible.
In the bituminous consuming sec
tons, particularly in the Mississippi
| Valley, a large proportion of the or
ders for the winter supply still rs
main to be placed. These orders must
be in the hands of the dealers and of
the producers if the Fuel Administra.
ton is to make proper and equitable
apportionment of the available supply
Without orders the mines cannot con-
tinue to produce. 1t is significant that
during the week of May 18, mines in
the central and far west lost a ma
terial percentage of their production
because they lacked orders. Reports
for that week show the following loss
in production for that reason:
Illinois-1.4 per cent.
Indiana per cent.
Western Pennsylvania-0.1 per cent.
Kansas and Missouri-2.6 per cent.
Oklahoma and Arkansas-43 per
cent.
Iowa-l3.5 per cent.
Western and Pacific Coast-2.S per
cent.
Rocky Mountain States-10.S per
cent.
''The need for supplying larger guam
titles of anthracite to the Eastern
part of the country has forced the
withdrawal of this kind of coal from
various sections of the west and south.
Bituminous production in these sec
tons must be increased to make up
for the withdrawal of this anthracite.
This can only be done if the mines
are kept working at maximum capac-
ity during the open weather of the
summer. and the fullest possible adj
vantage taken of the increased rail-
road facilities available at this time.
Consumers must place their orders
now, in order that both producing and
distributing agencies may be kept
working at their highest speed.
1.-THE Fuel Administration must have
the full cooperation of every coal con-
sumner in the country to eliminate use
less waste and to secure the highest
possible efficiency in the use of the
available coal supply. 1t will, of
course, be impossible to deliver the
whole supply for the whole country
for all purposes during the summer
months, but the consumer whose or
der is on the books of his dealer or
mine operator now, will receive his
coal before the late conner, who makes
his needs known at the eleventh
hour"