The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-04
R|A,I'LDIR|E|CT0R | !:
ASKS ) DEALERS D |: I.
TO 0 6 CONSERVE [ ! ! r
!. n. COAL j i. ON HAND i
G. A. Walker, M. & !. Depot
Agent, Serves Notice by
. Federal Head of Roads i,
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NEWSPAPERS INCLUDED:
IN THE THIRD =, CLASS.
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Necessary to Use Coal Only.
for Essential Purposes in
Daily Business
NEWSPAPERS INCLUDED !
IN THE THIRD CLASS

railroad company, of which Walter
D. Hines is director general, is noti-
flying The Pioneer, Sentinel, Mayor
L. F. johnson, St. Hilaire Retail
Lumber company, and the Smith
Robinson Lumber company, that to
conserve coal to the greatest possible
extent, effective at once, coal dealers
are directed to contine their deliver
les of coal as follows:
Priority Ruling. ,'.'.1
First-Army, navy or o. other
branches of the federal government.
Second-State, county and munich
pal institutions and private hospitals.
Third-Public utilities, plants,
furnishing light, heat, water power,
transportation, manufacturing and
users Of news print paper. 80
Fourth-Public buildings, offices,
stores, bakeries, laundries, resi-
dences, apartment buildings and
other buildings housing families.
: Fifth-cold storage plants,
Sixth-Creameries, milk bottling
and milk canning factories.
Seventh-Refining of PETROLEUM.
Eighth-Plants not included in
the above list only to extent neces-
sary to protect against fire and freez-
ing.
Hint to Consumers.
These instructions will apply on
coal now on hand in yards and here.
after released Dealers will not de-
liver coal to consumers in any of the
above classes having supply on
hand equal to one weeks require
ments.
Agents will deliver copy of these
instructions to local newspapers,
state, county and municipal authori-
ties, and all coal dealers and local
fuel administrators that have been,
or hereafter may be, appointed by
state or city authorities. 1t is, un-
derstood that local coal committees
and local fuel administrator where
appointed, will cooperate with rail-
road agents in checking applications
for release Of coal, will supervise the,
distribution by retail dealers, in the
use Of power by public utilities and
take such other action as in their
opinion is necessary to insure the
carrying out of the provision Of the
order issued, December /, by DR..
Harry Garfield. United States fuel
administrator quoted below:
Garfeld's Mandate.
ut is necessary that coal shall be
used only for essential purposes.
Public utilities, consuming coal,
should discontinue to furnish power
heat and light to non-essential in
dustries, and should only consume
suhicient coal to produce enough
light, power and heat to meet the ac
tual need of the people. Advertising
signs and displays Of various kinds,
necessitating the use of coal, should
be curtailed and no coal should be
distributed for such purposes. Pur-
suant to this policy, I have requested
the railroad administration in the
distributation Of coal, now or here
after, in its possession to limit dis
tributation to the essential and ur-
gent uses as far as practicable, until
conditions warrant a change. The
distribution of coal will be limited
to the first five classes on the prior
ity list.
Retail dealers, who distribute
coal for household requirements.
heating hotels, buildings, hospitals,
ETC., should take every precaution to
see that coal is only delivered where
1t is absolutely required, and then
only in such limited quantities that
the supply may be distributed widely
and prevent suffering. The state and
local authorities can materially aid
in inspecting and supervising such
distribution by retail dealers, and the
United States government will be
glad to leave the supervision and
control of such distribution by retail
dealers entirely to any state, county
or municipality, which may make
provisions therefore, The distribu-
tlon to the retail dealers must neces-
sarily be administered by the rail-
road administration, in pursuance of
the orders already made by the Unit
ed States fuel administration in
carrying out the priority which has
been prescribed under the Lever act" I"
STORES ON COAL RATES.