The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-12-12
WARTIME LIMIT
ON USE OF COAL
Fuel Administrator Garfield Sug.
.:gests immediate Restriction
to Essential Industries
PALMER WARNS THE MINERS.
Production cf Coal Falls to SO Per
Cent. of NormaI-FueI Denied to All
Plants Except Transportation, In
stitutions, and Retail Business.

Washington-The coal situation in
1.-The United -Statts Is becoming alarm
ing. Production has fallen off so much
tiatyafter the breaking of negotiations
to end the strike it was estimated at
between 30 and 3S per cent. of normal.
AS result CT thi@ situation rigid
conservation measures were urged by
DR.. Henry A. Garfield, the Fuel l.
miniStrator, '. no in Il puHllc statement
requested the reinstatement of light
less nights and other economies prac-
ticed in war times.
Placing in effect of these measures
is left largely to the public spirit of
| officials and citizens, but they will be
enforced if voluntary cooperative ac-
ton is not obtained.
The Great White Way in New York
must be dimmed again, advertising
signs cut out and useless lights
| banned.
Coal strike conservation of coal is
to go even further than that of war
times Coal will be distributed by the
Railroad Administration only to the
first five liStings on the priority list
of the Fuel Administration. They are {:
A-The railroad and transporta-
ton services, including coaStWiSe
steamships.
B-The Army and Navy and
other departments of the Federal
Government
C-State, county and municipal
governments and institutions, in
Guiding hospitals, Institutions. &c.
D-Public utilities fhis in
cludes newsprint paper mills MAX
ing paper for dailies and all news
papers. Office buildings, also I'M
der this designation, will get all
the coal necessary for reasonable
use).
E-Retail dealers 3 domestic
consumers are supplied under this
heading).
Industries that are not essential to
the maintenance Of fife and hum" ii
comfort in the emergency will not be
supplied with any coal. Those re
ceiving coal are warned that only
enough will beF supplied for essential
uses Public utilities are asked : to
| limit coal consumption ard to furnish
neither heat, light nor power for non
essential uses There are no pre-
| ferred factories. except those certified
on Government work and those fur
nishing necessary creature comforts.
I Despite this acute situation and
rigid limiting of fuel, supplies the Gov
ernment is determined to fight it out
with the coal miners and with the
concessions will be made to either side
and no new efforts to settle the strike
will be made. This was made plain
by Attorney-General Palmer in a tele-
gram to the Chamber Of Commerce of
MoberIy Mo-, in which he said he did
not approve Of suggestion for al
other conference and that any further
! concessions would be an imposition
upon the American public. He urged
the public to stand firm with the
! Government
The coal strike has spread to outly-
ing districts as result of the failure
of negotiations in Washington and the
governments stand against a wage
increase greater than IA per cent. In
4 many sections outside of the central
| competitive fields, where miners had
remained at work or had returned ex,
pecting to get the benefit of the big
! wage advance looked for as a result
of the strike, numbers spurned the IL
! per cent. proposition. They expected
] to get the benefit of bis retroactive
Fadvance forced by their fellows.
1t was this detection from the mines
/ that brought production down nearly
$50 per cent. to under 50 per cent. ant
/ determined the prompt calling into
effect of rigid economy measures.