The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-05-30
STORE YOUR COAL.
state Fuel Administrator Issues Ap-
peal to Idaho PeOnle.


tor +. X. Gooding, on his return from
SAT- Lake, where he had been in at
tendance at a conference between w.
f. Hope Of Washington, DR. Garfield.
principal assistant, and the Federal
Fuel Administrators for the eight
northwest and Pacific coast states. ex-
pressed great satisfaction with the ac-
Ton of the conference. He explained
there was "A general discussion of the
iuel problems that have arisen in the
Tar west, and stated that a number of
pertinent resolutions were passed
or greatest Importance to Idaho
people he said, was the resolution
urging the building of the Teton Val
icy spur from briggs to the Brown
Bear and Horseshoe Coal Mines. The
completion of this road would permit
the production in Idaho and shipment
TO consumers with an average haul of
less than one hundred miles of one
fourth the coal used in the state for
domestic and industrial purposes"
Continuing, Mr.. Gooding said. We
must not forget, as the great struggle
Tor liberty progresses ON the battle
fields in France. the need of closer CO.
operation of the people and the gov
ernment, and quicker response to
every demand made by the government.
Ihat our country must assume gigantic
proportions in this worlds war is rec
ognized by all who have any war spirit
| IN their veins. At the best, large
majority of us can do but little. For
one | want to feel when this war is
over that | have left nothing undone
that | could do to help my coun-
try in the greatest crisis in its his
tory.
when our boys come marching
home victorious, which they will some
day. | want clear conscience so that
shall be able to look the boys square
y in the face with feeling that l
have done all l could to help them win
The greatest victory that has ever come
To humanity. Let us all live and do,
SO when this cruel war is over there
Will be no unpleasant memories in af-
ter years so far as our efforts were
concerned, to help win the war. One
OF the pleasant things of my life has
been my work as Fuel Administrator
Tor Idaho. 1t has not been big Job,
but | am mighty glad that have been
given something to do. How well
have done, | am going to leave to the
judgment of the people | know l
have done my best
In asking the people to store coal
| am doing ii because in my best judg-
ment there is confronting us a great
danger of a serious coal shortage in
Idaho, unless we take advantage of
that time of year when there is the
least use for our railroad equipment.
Again. | want to say to the people
of Idaho it is not shortage of coal.
but shortage of cars and motive pow
er that creates coal famines. Soon
we VIII see the greatest movement of
troops and war materials over our
railroad the world has ever known.
our railway system is going to be
taxed to its utmost capacity. We are
building more ships. 1t is going to
take more cars and more engines to
load these ships This is going to
mean fewer cars and fewer locomotives
for the coal trade.
Il want to appeal to the good peo-
pie of Idaho to leave nothing undone
TO store coal even if you have to make
sacrifice in something else Let us
get our needs out of the way so that
1t will not be necessary to ask for a
priority right in the use of cars for
hauling coal, as / was forced to dc
soon after my appointment to save the
people of Idaho, even through mild
winter, from extreme suffering and dis
tress.
AT the present time you are making
"A saving. where coal is hauled to youl
bins direct from the cars, of seventy
cents ton over what the price will
be in the near future / have beer
able to secure a fair understanding
with the operators to the end that the
price of coal will not be increased be
fore the first of June. This is not q
positive agreement, and | shall have
no right to complain if the price il
increased before that time | an
fighting hard. however to have this
same price as at the present. continued
until the first of July, but can give
the people no assurance that il will
be done. | am not urging the people
to store coal because of the saving o1
seventy cents a ton, but | am urging
them with all my force and energy
TO store coal as Il patriotic duty, 81
that the hundreds of engines ant
thousands of ears it now takes t,
serve Idaho for its fuel supply vii
be released for handling war articles.
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