Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-18
GARFIELD'S COAL ORDER
WITH BUT FEW CHANGES
The text of the coal order as re.

The text of the coal order as re-
vised follows:
United States Fuel Administration,
Washington, D. c., Jan. II, 1878.
Regulation making provision tor a
more adequate supply of fuel for rail-
roads, domestic consumers, public
utilities and other uses necessary to
the national security.
The United States fuel adminlstra-
tor. acting under the authority of an
executive order Of the president of
the United States dated August 20.
1917, appointing said administrator,
in purpose OF the furtherance of thu.
said order, and of the purposes OF
the act of congress therein referred
to. approved August 10. 1917. and
finding it essential effectively to car-
make provision for a more adequate
supply of fuel for railroads. domestic
consumers, public utilities. and for
other uses necessary to the national
security in certain parts OF the Unit
ed States. hereby makes and pre-
scribes the following regulations:
Section 1.
Those First Served.
Until further order of the United
selling fuel in whatever capacity shat
in filling their contracts or orders
now on hand, give preference to nee
essary current requirements Of: rail-
roads, domestic consumers, hospitals,
charitable institutions. army and ma
Wy c~antonrnents, public utilities. ~
produce cox plants supplying gas for
household use. telephone and tele-
graph plants, shipping for bunker
purposes of the United States for
strictly governmental purposes tno;
inc1l6jnr f3tfnrieS nr nlantc work jnsr
on contracts for the United States',
manufacturers of ~perishable food or
OF food for necessary immediate con-
sumption. and municipal, county OF
state governments for necessary pub
lie uses. Any tonnage remaining aft
err the foregoing preferred shipments
have been mad may be applied in
filling any other contracts or orders.
Section ?.
ON the following days. namely.
anuary Is. 10, 20, 81 and 22, 1913.
the state fuel administrators and their
accredited representatives in the war;
ious communities in the territory in
which this regulation applies. are
hereby empowered and directed to di-
vert such fuel as arrives in such COM
munities in carload lots to meet the
current requirements and to provid /,
an adequate and normal supply for
''N>hA ~ A"St No "a SPSNS
fled in section hereof.
Section 8.
o the following days. namely,
January Is, 10, 20, 81 and %. 1918,
and also on each and every Monday
beginning January %. 1913, and con.
tinuing up to and including March 25.
1918, no manufacturer or manufac-
turing plant shall burn fuel or use
power derived from fuel for any pur-
pose. with the following exceptions:
"a. Plants which necessarily mus!
be continuously operated seven days
each week to avoid serious injury to
the plant itself or it's contents may
use only such quantities of fuel as is
necessary to prevent such injury to
the plant or it's contents.
Food manufacturers Exempt.
"B. Manufacturers or plants man.
ufacturing p~erishable foods or FOODS
for necessary immediate consump tion.
&c. Manufacturers of food not
| perishable and not necessary for inn
mediate consumption may burn fuel
to the extent authorized by the fuel
administrators of the state in which
such plant is located or by his duly
authorized representative. upon appli-
cation by the United States food ad-
| ministration.
ID. 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 January Fl, to