Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-03
IOWA CLOSED TIGHT
rHosg WHO HAVE MUST
DIVIDE. SAYS HARDING
Unemployed Men Urged TO 90 TO
Woods and Assist In Cutting Fuel
Hours Of Retail Business In Many
citiss and Towns Being Curtai'sd--
Little Coal Reaching Chicago.
Special to r,mcs Republican.

Special to Timcs- Republican.
Des Moines. Dec. 3.--Closing orders
far more drastic than any that pre-
vailed during tho war arc now In force
in scores of the cities and towns OF
Iowa In a we'll nigh super human ef-
fort to conserve coal.
Advices from oil SOURCES Of ,nfor-
nation are to the effect that the coal
supply Is now far behind the daily
consumption and reserved stocks arc
rapidly diminishing. II IL claimed that
In tho eastern field production Is, 40
per cent of normal bu, reports differ
on the amount of coal thus being pro-
duced. I.
Fuel Cor,r,isrionnr Charles Webster
is expected back from Chicago today.
whore no has spent several days In an
effort to secure shipments Of coal for
Iowa. Governor Harding returned
Tuesday morning. He attended Gov
ernor Gardeners conference Sunday
and spent Monday with Commissioner
Webser trying to get coal In Chicago.
There were only 500 cars Of coal
shipped into Chicago Monday" said
Governor Harding on his return here.
This Is only a handful when the
needs of the territory supplied by
Chicago and that Of Chicago itself are
considered and the mercury lowering
near the zero mark. It simply means
that we are absolutely up against 1t
and must conserve to the limit. II
tho people haven't already understood
this 1t Is high time they were doing so.
The man who has coal must divide
with the man who ia without 1t. Men
who are out of work can not be bet
ter employed than in an effo~t to Sc
cure fuel. There Is considerable wood
to be had in many communities If
men have the time to get 1t. But peo-
pie must conserve to the limit"
Conservation Everywhere.
Local fuel administrators over the
state have been given full authority
in the matter Of distributing coal. The
governor declares that city councils
and school boards have fun authority
to regulate, all business concerns and
all public places where coal is con-
sumed. L..
Restrictions imposed in many COM
munities cut down the hours during
which stores may remain open. curtail
tho operation Of street cars and public
utilities, and close places whose busi-
ness Is regarded as nonessential.
In Des Moines retail stores begin
ming today open at 10 q. m. and close
at I p. M; drug stores as late as Z: 80;
banks from 10 a. m. to p. m; fac
tories ana jobbing houses from a. m.
to p. m: clubs, noon hour only;
restaurants to serve food from 10 to
1880: fraternal organizations and
lodges are closed: city hall and court
house to be open from q. m. to 4 p.
M: hotels are exempted insofar as or
der relates to food. Street car service
to be cut to two-thirds normal. but
owl cars viii operate. Theaters and
churches may remain open but can not
use sign lights and must shut off heat
when audience Is seated.
Chairmen have been appointed IN
each city precinct to work with the
fuel administration In making a COM
plete coal .survey Of the coal supply all
over town. The survey will deal with
the coal on hand. actual needs Of fam
flies and redistribution wherever pos
sible to reduce suffering.
This Is similar to the plan insti-
tuted In Sioux City Monday and which
has also been operative in other Iowa
cities and in Omaha, Eeb., Creston.
Sibley. and several other towns re-
ported to the state fuel administration
q restricted schedule.
Dies Moines operators have been in
session but nothing has been given out
at the present writing whether or not
they will attempt to follow the Boond
plan. II has been reported that tho
miners Of the Boone district would not
20 to work under this proposal unless
Il was in force generally thruout the
district