The Benson signal., 1918-01-26
TEXT OF FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
GARFIELD'S ORDER TO RE-
LlEVE COAL SHORTAGE.
Food Plants Are Excepted in EdIct to
Close Factories for Five Days
Munitions and Ship-Making to
Suspend, at Least in Part.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

der had not been completed at late
hour last night. An abstract given out
by the Fuel Administration follows:
Until further order Of the United
States fuel administrator all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity shall
give preference to orders for neces-
sary requirements.
A-Of railroads;
B-Of domestic consumers, hospi-
tails, charitable institutions and army
and navy cantonments;
Cor public utilities, telephones
and telegraph plants;
D-Of ships and vessels for bunker
purposes;
E-Of the United States for strictly
governmental purposes; not including
orders from or for factories or plants
working on contracts for the United
States;
F-Of municipal, county or state
governments for necessary. public
uses;
Cor manufacturers Of perishable
food or of food for necessary imme-
diate consumption.
The order further provides that on
Jan. 1S, 10, 20, 81 and q, 1918, no
fuel shall be delivered to any person,
firm, association or corporation for
any uses or requirements not included
in the foregoing list until the require
ments included in the list shall have
been first delivered.
2-On Jan. 18, 10, 20, 21 and 22,
1918, and also on each and every Mon
day beginning JAN %, 1918, and con-
tinuing up to and including March 25,
1918, no manufacturing plant shall
burn fuel or use power derived from
fuel for any purpose except:
A-Such plants as from their nature
must be continuously operated seven
days each week, to avoid serious in
jury to the plant itself or it's con-
tents.
Manufacturers of perishable
foods.
C-Manufacturers of food not per-
ishable and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as
is authorized by the fuel administra-
tor of the state in which such plant Is
located or by his representative au-
thorized therefor upon application. by
the United States food administrator.
D-Printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as usual except
ing on every Monday from Jan. 81 to
March 25, 1918, inclusive, on which
days they may burn fuel to such ex-
tent as is necessary to issue such edi-
tions as such papers customarily is
sue on important national legal holi-
days and where such papers do not is
sue any editions on holiday, they are
permitted to issue one edition on the
said Mondays.
E-Printing establishments may
burn fuel on Jan. 18, 10, 20 and % to
such extent as is necessary to issue
current numbers of magazines and
other publications periodically issued.
3-On, each Monday beginning Jan.
81, 1918, and continuing up to and in
Guiding Monday, March 25, 1918, no
fuel shall be burned except to such ex-
tent as is essential to prevent injury
to property from freezing, for the pur-
pose of supplying heat for:
Amy business or professional Of
fices, except offices used by the Unit
ed States, state, county or municipal
government, transportation compan-
les, or which are occupied by banks
and trust companies or by physicians
or dentists:
B-Wholesale or retail stores, or any
other stores, business houses or build
ings whatever, except that for the pur-
pose of selling food only, for which
purposes stores may maintain neces-
sary heat until IL o'clock noon; and
for the purpose Of selling drugs and
medical supplies only, stores may
maintain necessary heat throughout
the day and evening";
C-Theaters, moving picture houses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private
or public dance halls, or any other
place of amusement.
On the above specified Mondays, no
fuel shall be burned for the purpose
of heating rooms or buildings in which
liquor is sold on those 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, SUBJ
way or suburban cars or trains in ex-
cess Of the amount used on the Sun
>ays previous thereto.
The order provides that nothing In
this order shall be held to forbid the
burning of fuel to heat rooms or such
portions of buildings as are used in
connection with the production or dis
tribution of fuel
The state fuel administrators are
authorized by the order to issue or
ders on special applications for relief,
where necessary, to prevent injury to