The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
MAY FIX RETAIL
PRICE ON FUEL WOOD
And Local Committees May Commander
Wood When There Is Great Neces-
sity-The Running Cord"
Is Disregarded.


The following ruling on wood has beer
sent from the Office of the state fuel ad
ministrator, IN which he calls special at
tention TO the fact that local fuel com
mittees in urgent necessity have the au
thority to commander wood TO prevent
suffering for the purpose of protecting
consumers against exorbitant prices; bu,
the one thing which appeals most to tn,
fuel committee Is that l2S feet is q cord
and the so.called running cord is disre.
garded.
To Local Fuel Committees: As wood
as pre-eminently local commodity the
United States fuel administrator has not
as yet assumed full control of its con.
servation and distribution: however, said
administrators has delegated authority to
me as the Vermont fuel administrator to
protect consumers from exorbtant prices
and TO commander wood whenever need
ed to prevent suffering, but said order
does not contemplate action except in
urgent cases.
Therefore each local committee is here
by authorized and directed
(a) To regulate and fix the price OF
wood for fuel within the town or city
under its Jurisdiction il at any time in
the judgment of said committee the pre-
vailing price for wood is unreasonable.
Said committee is also authorized to
modify its price and thus fix new price
whenever in its opinion such a moditica-
tion is right and just.
(bl To commander any wood en- route
to purchaser for domestic purposes or
in stock by dealer and TO direct the de-
livery of such to any person or family
who or which in the opinion of said com
mittee is suffering or is about to suffer
from lack of fuel. The power to COM
maifdeer wood extends 10 the comman
deering of waste from saw mills and
other plants. but not to en- amount that
viii impair the operation of said mill or
plant.
Instructions.
l. Whenever price is fixed by said |
board in the first instance. or later by |
said board shall at once |
notify the Vermont fuel administrator.
On appeal said fuel administrator re-
serves the right to revise or modify the |
ixed price.
9 In determining price each local fuel
committee shall carefully consider the
rarious elements that enter into the cost
# production and delivery and to fix
uch price as VIII be fair to both deal
n and consumer.
3. In fixing a price for wood as fuel
aid committee is hereby instructed that
ts power includes all kinds of wood fuel
nd said committee is requested to OBJ
erve the following classes, kinds and
izes: Classes, dry, green; kinds, hard,
oft, evenly mixed hard and soft, slab,
indlings; sizes, four foot, block inelud- |
lg stabbed or chunked, stove. In desig
ating the price, state first the kind, then
he size, then the price, e. e. "hard block
,.-50.' The price in dollars indicates the
ry wood price; the number Of cents
Dbtracted indicates the amount at
hieh the green wood price is less taan
be dry wood price, provided any differ
nee between the prices of the two is
Iade. !
4. A solid cord OF LIS cubic feet OF ,
ood shall be the unit for which prices
,all be fixed and by which amount sold !
purchased shall be determined. Ao- !
,rdingly the so-called running cord" is
sregarded and the number of cords in = Z
IOaQ OF pie Oh .SDbu 10 utter w a
e ratio the number of cubic feet of n
ich load or pile bears to l28 cubic feet. v
5. Said board may determine the ex
SO amount to be paid by purchaser Il
r cord for delivery when the particular a
ace for deposit is ineonvenient or diff Ct
ult of access. Il
8. In case said board is convinced that Ii
" person or family in whose behalf
1od has been commandeered is unable n
pay for such fuel, said board shall con- $,
r with the overseer of the poor and Sc it
re his authorization of payment for lo
ch by the town or city and so inform fl
e dealer; otherwise said board should Il
form the dealer that payment therefor al
$ been guaranteed by the purchasers. a
local fuel committee should not
rough any neglect in informing the
sler, whose wood has been comman
red, obligate itself for payment of fuel tt
less it is willing to assume the obliga
n II. J. NJ Jones,
Vermont Fuel Administrator