South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-18


der restricting the shipment Of fuel.
effective at midnight Thursday. was
promulgated shortly before o'clock
within a few minutes after the sen
ate had adopted a resolution asking
that the order be postponed for five
days.
The text Of the order follows.
United States fuel administra-
ton. Washington, Jan. Il, 1918.
Regulation making provision for
more adequate supply of fuel for
railroads, dom este consumers. puo-
lie utilities. and other uses necessary
10 the national security:
The United States fuel admins
traitor, acting under the authority
Of an order o. the president of the
United States dated August %. 1917.
appointing said administrator IN
furtherance of the purposes Of said
order and of the purposes of the
act of congress therein referred 10,
approved Aug. 10, 1917, and find
ing it essential effectively 10 carry
out the provisions of this act 20
make provision for a more adequate
supply of fuel for railroads, domes-
tic consumers public utilities, and
for other uses necessary TO the ma
tional security in certain parts OF
the United States hereby makes and
prescribes the following regulation:
Section 1.
Until further order of the United
States fuel administrator. all per
sons selling fuel in whatever ca
pacity. shall in filling their contracts
or orders now on hand, give prefer
ence. TO necessary current require
ments of railroads. domestic con-
sumers, hospitals, charitable institu-
tlons, army and navy environments,
public utilities, by-product coke
plants supplying gas for household
use, telephone and telegraph plants,
shipping for bunker purposes, the
United States for strictly govern
mental purposes mot including fac
tories or plants working on con-
tracts for the United States) manu-
facturers of perishable food or OF
food for necessary immediate con-
sumption, and municipal. county or
state governments for necessary
public uses. ANY tonnage remaining
after the foregoing preferred ship
ments have been made, may be ap-
piled in filling any other contracts
or orders.
Section ..
"On the following days, namely,
Jan. 10, 19, 20, q and p, 1918.
the state fuel administrators and
their accredited representatives in
the various communities in the ter
ritory to which this regulation APP
plies are hereby empowered and di-
rected to divert such fuel as arrives
in such communities in carloads to
meet the current requirements and
to provide an adequate and normal
supply for such consumers of fuel
as are specified in section one here
Of.
Section 5.
"On the following days, namely,
Jan. Is, 10, 90, q and p, 1918.
and also, on each and every Monday
beginning Jan. 2S, 1918. and con-
tinuing up 70 and including March
%, 1918, no manufacture or manu-
featuring plant shall burn fuel or
use power derived from fuel for any
purpose with the following excep-
tons:
ca Plants which necessarily must
be continuously operated seven days
each week TO avoid serious injury
to the plant itself or its contents
may use only such quantity of fuel
as is necessary 10 prevent such in
jury TO the plant or its contents.
CD Manufacturers or plants man.
ufacturing perishable foods or foods
for immediate necessary consump-
ton.
Co Manufacturers OF food not
perishable and not necessary for i'm
mediate consumption may burn coal
TO the extent authorized by the fuel
administrator Of the state in which
such plant is located or by his duly
authorized representatives on apph-
cation by the United States food ad-
ministrator
Cd Plants necessary TO the print
ing and publication OF daily papers
may burn fuel or use power derived
therefrom as usual, except that on
every Monday from Jan. = 10 March
%, 1919, inclusive, they may burn
fuel or use power derived therefrom
only to such extent as is necessary
TO print and publish such editions
as such plants customarily print and
publish on legal holidays other than
the Sabbath; or if such plants do
not customarily print or publish any
editions on such legal holidays, they
may burn fuel or use such power
TO such extent as is necessary to is
sue one edition on the said Mon
days.
(e) Printing establishments may
burn fuel on Jan. Is, 19, 20, p and
%. 1918. 10 such extent as IS neces-
sary TO issue current numbers Of
magazines and other publications
/ periodically issued.
Section 4.
ION each Monday beginning Jan.
! q. 1918, and continuing up 10 and
including Monday, March %, 1918,
no fuel shall be burned (except TO
such extent as is essential to prevent
! injury to property from freezing) for
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