The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
IOWA MINES MUST
INCREASE OUTPUT
STATE is PRACTICALLY CUT OFF
FROM OUTSIDE SUPPLY
ILLINOIS PRODUCT is TABOO
New Order of Fuel Administration il
Strictly Enforced, Would Work
Great Changes. Zone System
is Put in Operation.

Washington, ID. c., March 23--Iowa
coal mines must increase their pro-.
duction by 100000 tons this year,
100000 tons for Iowa consumers and
5, 100000 tons for consumers IN east
lern Nebraska and northern Missouri.
This is the statement which went
forth from the United States fuel ad-
ministration in issuing comprehen-
sive total zone order, relating to ship
ment and mining of bituminous coal,
The order does not effect anthracite.
Get Supply Early.
Iowa consumers are warned to be-
gin to accumulate their winter supply
| in the summer The fuel .administra-
tion says: Consumers in Iowa will
suffer serious shortage next winter
unless they begin to accumulate their
winter supply this summer, The mines
can fill the normal requirements of
these consumers if they are kept min
/ ing every day in the week for winter
and summer" Iowa is radically affect
ed by the order. Governor Harding
came to tta capital recently to protest
| against shutting Iowa off from east
ern coal. While not entirely shut off
under this order it is largely so.
Des Moines is put in the south
western Iowa district as defined in the
order and thus shut off from Illinois
coal If the ruling is strictly adhered
TO. Iowa's total receipts of coal for
| 1917 were 8,S36,000 net tons and the
question is where to get it. Governor
Harding and party maintained that
as some of Iowa coal would deterior-
ate if kept for many months, this had
to be taken into account in fixing the
zones and there was danger the state.
would be visited with shortage as a
result of the zone order,
Zones Defined.
The fuel administration is antici-
lpating these plans, prohibits the move
ment into the whole state of Iowa,
from producing districts in Missouri,
Arkansas, Indiana, western Kentucky,
Tennessee, Kanawha, Kenoya, Thack.
err, eastern Kentucky, Wyoming and
, Colorado, into eastern Iowa from pro
| ducing districts in Iowa, into southern
| Iowa from the lake docks and into
southwestern Iowa from producing
districts in Illinois.
Eastern Iowa is defined as on and
east of line from Mason City, thence
via Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.. Paul
railway to Nora Junction; thence via
/ Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
through Waterloo to Cedar Rapids;
thence via Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul to Ottumwa; thence via Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific to Keokuk.
/ Southern Iowa is on and south of
the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
| st. Paul railroad through McGregor,
Mason City and Rock Valley to Sioux
| City. Southwestern Iowa Is on and
west of line from Sioux City via Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul through
Manila and Adel, TO Des Moines,
thence via Chicago Burlington d Quin.
cy to Abba, thence via Wabash TO Nor.
avia, thence via Chicago, Milwaukee
g. ST. Paul on the line to Chillicothe
Mo.
Can Use Illinois Coal.
| Tonnage from producing districts
mentioned previously amounted TO A.
10000 net tons, of which 1,119,000
tons moved from Iowa producing dis
tricts to eastern Iowa, 1,918,000 tom;
from lake docks to southern Iowa, and
! 1,974.000 tons from the Illinois pro
ducing districts to southwestern Iowa.
No change is made as to coal from
lake docks moving into Iowa north of
southern Iowa. AS TO Illinois, coal NOV
: ing to destinations in Iowa except
southwestern Iowa nor as to Iowa
coal moving to destinations in iowa
west of eastern Iowa as defined in
the order. This entire 4,116,000 tons
is to be replaced by coal shipped from
mines In Iowa and. Illinois.