Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-18
GARFIELD BEATS
SENATE ACTION
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR ISSUES
CLOSING ORDER BEFORE
SoLONS CAN ACT
PUTS RULING IN FORCE
AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY
Several Minor Changes Made and Ex
emptions granted to Certain Indus
tries-Several Specially Designated
War Industries Excluded From Order
Senate Request to Be Considered.

istrator Garfields drastic orders re-
stricting the use Of fuel, effective at
midnight last night, was promulgated
shortly before 6 o'clock, within few
minutes after the senate had adopted
resolution asking that the order be
postponed for five days.
Virtually no substantial changes
were made in the order tho some war
Industries specially designated will be
exempted from the provision closing
manufacturing plants for five days and
from the Monday holidays during the
next ten weeks.
Altho the order was made public al
most simultaneous with the announce
ment of the vote in the senate, it had
been signed and prepared for publica-
ton twenty minutes.
It was stated unofficially at the fuel
administration offices that when the
senate clerk arrived with the Hitchcock
resolution he would be told that the
resolution would be given careful con-
sideration but that the order already
was issued and would go into effect.
Text Of Order.
The full text of the revised order
follows:
washington, Jan. IT. 191S.-Regula-
ton making provision for a more ade-
qua te supply of fuel for railroads dom
este consumers, public utilities. and
other uses necessary to the national Sc
curfty.
The United States fuel administra-
ton, acting under the authority Of an
executive order Of the president Of the
United States dated Aug. 20, 1917, APP
pointing said administrator, In further
ance of the purposes Of said order and
Of the purposes of the act Of congress
therein referred to, approved Aug. 10,
1917, and finding it essential effectively
to carry out the provisions OF this act
to make provision for more adequate
supply of fuel for railroads, domestic
consumers, public utilities and for other
uses necessary to the national securl-
ty In certain parts Of the United States
hereby makes and prescribes the fol-
lowing regulations:
Section /. Until further orders OF
the United States fuel administrator
all persons selling fuel in whatever
capacity, shall, in filling their contracts
or orders now in hand, give preference
to necessary current requirements OF:
Railroads, domestic consumers, hospl-
, tails, charitable institutions army and
navy cantonments, public utilities by
product coke plants supplying gas Tor
household use, telephone and telegraph
plants, shipping for bunker purposes
the United States for strictly govern
mental purposes (not including factor
les or plants working on contracts for
the United States), manufacturers or
perishable food or Of food for neces-
sary Immediate consumption, and mum
icipal county or state governments for
necessary use. Any tonnage remaining
after the foregoing preferred shipments
have been made, may be applied In I'LL
ing any other contracts or orders
Section g. On the following days.
namely Jan. 10, 10, 20, 81 and 20. 1918,
the state fuel administrators and their
accredited representatives in the vari-
Gus communities in the territory in
which this regulation applies are here
by empowered and directed to diver:
such fuel as arrives in such communi-
ties In carload lots to meet the current
requirements and to provide an ade-
1uate and norma! supply fc- such con-
umers Of fuel as are specified in Sec
OH l. uCtcUl.
Section 8. On the following days,
,amely Jan. IS. 10, 20, 81 and %. 1918,
nd also on each and every Monday
BEGINNING Jan. %, 1918, and continuing
ID to ad including March %, 1918. no
manufacturer or manufacturing plant
hall burn fuel or use power derived
rom fuel for any purpose, with the
following exceptions:
"(a)-Plants which necessarily must
DC continuously operated seven days
rach week to avoid serious injury to
he plant itself or it's contents. may
Use such quantities Of fuel as Is neces-
Iary, to prevent such injury to tho
plant or it's contents.
Observation-Disclosures or plants manu-
'acturing perishable foods or foods for
necessary immediate consumption.
Manufacturers Of food not
| perisbab BILE and not necessary for i'm
| mediate consumption may burn fuel
| to the extent.authorized by the fuel adj
ministrator of the state in which such
plant is located or by his duly author
lied representative upon application by
the United States food administrator.
"(d)--Plants necessary to the print
ing and publication OF daily papers
may burn fuel or use power derived
therefrom a. usual, except that on ey-
tlas