URGES COAL ECONOMY
Urges Coal Economy ON JUNE 10, Dr. Garfield, head of the Federal Fuel Administration, issued a stern warning to the country as to the necessity of economy in using coal if we are not to suffer from...
...A start has been made in the first field with an order from the Fuel Administration reducing the amount of coal to be used in the manufacture of pleasure automobiles to 25 per cent of the amount used last year—on the face of it a very drastic restriction.—Review of Reviews, July...
...Two general fields of saving are possible: (1) the restriction of coal consumption by industxies not essential to the conduct of the war...
...To meet the demands of the seething war industries, the country will need during the next twelve months at least 80,000,000 tons of coal more than it used during the last year...
...The available supply of mining labor and of transportation facilities will scarcely add 20,-000,000 tons to last year's production...
...Garfield, head of the Federal Fuel Administration, issued a stern warning to the country as to the necessity of economy in using coal if we are not to suffer from an even more serious shortage than last winter...
...and (2) economy on the part of the domestic users...
...This puts it squarely up to the country to save 60,000,000 tons in the twelve coming months...
Vol. 10 • July 1918 • No. 7
