Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-11-24
WenHave to Stretch Our Fuel
If We're Going to Keep Warm
Serious Shortages of Coal, Wood and Oil Make HeaCon
serving Practices Necessary for All.

OOd1, SOhS, Ol1, gao "a "oo
whatever you burn for fuel
will be short in supply this win
ter, as they all have been for
the last three years. They may
be even scarcer. The reason is
familiar enough-it's the war.
There are fewer men mining
coal, or making coke, or cutting
wood. On the other hand, indus
trial uses of all fuels and par
ticularly soft coal, have doubled
and trebled. Transportation diff
fculties further complicate a
bad situation. Overwhelmed
railroads cannot haul the usual
volume of fuel, and war plants
get the first chance at what
does come to market.
1t is estimated that we will be
short 80 million tons of coal this
winter. Wood will be extremely
scarce. So will coke, charcoal and
gas-all by-products of these pri-
mary fuels. While the production
of crude oil will be Is per cent high
er than last year, very little OF 1t
can be spared for heating. Most of
it will have to 60 to the gasoline
refineries.
Nevertheless, nobody needs to be
cold. There will be enough fuel to
keep everyone warm, if it is intelli-
gently used. This means that all
leaks that cause loss of heat will
have to be closed. The best posi-
BILE combustion methods must be
used to get every possible heat unit
out of the fuel.
One way to spread the available
coal and wood on an equitable basis
among the As million families of the
nation would be to ration these fuels.
This has already been done with oil.
But the government believes it
can avoid this step. AS an alterna-
tive, a fuel conservation campaign
is being launched by the War Pro-
duction board, the Solid Fuel ad-
ministrator, the Office of War 1nfor-
nation, and other agencies. Book
lets, advertisements, feature articles
and radio programs will be employed
to instruct householders in ways to
get the most out of their coal, wood
or oil.
Expert Advice.
The heating industry, which in
cludes 5000 dealers and jobbers
and many thousands of manufac-
turers, is volunteering its help.
Drawing on their years of expert
ence with heating problems, many
manufacturers have prepared book
lets on fuel saving.
The War Production board recent
ly announced that raw materials
are being made available for the
production of automatic tempera-
ture olS-thermostats and SIM
liar devices-on the basis that the
fuel saved will more than compen-
safe for the small amounts of steel
and other materials necessary to
make the instruments. The auto
matte controls will make possible
fuel savings of Is per cent on the
oNSA o6S, Vic 6SNSAAiASAAI oSStSJ
said. Enough materials to make
950,000 residential, commercial, in
stitutional and industrial heating
plants have been released for the
third and fourth quarters of 1914.
One company, the Minneapolis
Honeywell Regulator Co., has made
7O,628 electric thermostats in the
first three quarters of this year,
compared with an average produc-
ton of about $4,000 over the same
period in average peace-time years.
The electric janitors," for use on
hand-ired coal heating plants, save
up to 20 per cent on fuel consump-
ton by accurately and automatical-
ly maintaining temperatures at the
level selected by the householder.
How to Save Fuel.
Some of the ways to save fuel are
the following recommendations of
heating engineers:
Have your heating plant thorough