The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
|T|CEI IER0N FUEL
ADMINISTRATION

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a pIuSsl W lslxe leul suonlpuoo 10
E ~ wood and coal situation.
Many Of our people are not taking
the conditions seriously and probably
Atbink we either do not know what
< ~ are talking about or are unduly
s 1I5rmed.
@rhe facts are these The coal
n<ike seems ii be over for the pres
/~ot and probably by Jan. lst the
Anines will be producing the normal
'1msnnt and the railroads will be
iandli..g the normal output OF the
mines. but will this mean plenty oil
coal for us?
v All mines contract their coal IN
months of April and May as
\ <and at this season OF the year
There is no coal to be had except on
1contract. The mines contracted Tor
their complete out put for this sea-
v son OF the year long before this time
Therefore they have all their coai
ksold that they can possibly put on
fthe market.
Y The mines have been idle for 40
.Aays and the out put for that time
MAT we expected did not materiaiize
Ind can not be obtained Thus you
Zee we mus, rely upon the contracts
"a our local dealer for coal and they
&ontracted on the basis of getting
toal regularly during the past 20
and that with that amount In
ne hands Of the public the contract
Rfor the month OF December and fol-
Nloving months would meet the de-
mand. which would have been true
mad they received the coal, but faii-
\ |Ing to get these orders filled IL leaves
ns AT least SO per cent short on coal
4. .4his IL true of all coal dealers over
Z<he country hence we can not expect
Ffo get over SO per cent of what We
need this winter.
~ Therefore II " up to you TO do
fenat you can. not us. We viii do
IN we can to get all the coal and
4 oood here we can get and distribute
A ms nearly equal as we know how
but we know that We will not get
.ough TO give each one all they are
I. .1.tustomed TO using in the winter
><(ne What we suggest is that you
| get along on as little fuel as you can
llo with, On warmer days use your
oil stoves. Do not heat your rooms
&nS hotter than you can be comfort
nble with. Most OF us use more fuel
than is needed for heating In cold
wcather. with heavy clothing and
closed rooms Il will not take a very
hot room te keep comfortable In.
Then those who have wagons and
Ntrnms will be forced TO get wood.
N. MANY who can get wood have not
Aone this. They have depended upon
1t(fine coal and continued to gath
ar their crops. This is dangerous
~ for we might have several days
M Merry cold weather and they could
nof get wood and thereby put the
fIxrs OF themselves and family In
DANGER.
Mi conditions.ge, any worse than
- present the local fuel adminis'ra-
Mon will be forced to withhold such
foal and wood as may be shipped in
mere from those who can 90 get wood
for the reason that there are many
Who cannot go after the wood and
kre absolutely dependent on the To-
unl sp- .,y. while men with wagons
nd teams are not thus dependent
ave ask as a, patriotic duty that all
fvho can get wood for their own |
4 Neds do so. In doing that you not |
n nlyf help yourselves but help those !
\ no can not get wood. We know of
u Iances In the town of SNYDER |
tre women and helpless children
t trying to keep warm by burning
Aefds and trash. Other places WHARF
Orc is sickness where fire must be
OBJ ali through the day aud night
"a the parties are without a pound !
~ coal or stick OF wood except
Where furnished by the neighbors. I
Hhcse are facts and the sooner all
onprehend them the better. II every
Itson understood these facts we are
n that they would join us in soiv.
the situation but II the public
tts negIecting the matter the day
awakening will come to the sor-
~ of some.
* We give this as a fair warning TO
: - with wagons and teams that