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Show Fcpi Effect of Order. ""uith an embargo on general freight still in effect for eastern trunk lines, aud the effect of the restriction extending extend-ing westward, railroads were able to intensify efforts to move coal and food Vaiid to increase the supply of these commodities to most parts of the east. Many industries felt the effects of the fuel administration's order giving preference to the more essential manufacturing manu-facturing plants. Conferees of the railroad and fuel administrations ad-ministrations ou the zone distributing system agreed today on options as a basis tor calculations, the suggestion of the defunct railroad war board to the fuel administration. A number of modifications mod-ifications were made, however, aud the operation of the scheme, it was said, would bo limited to the east, where freight congestion is greatest. Under the plan certain mining districts dis-tricts would be assigned a specific territory ter-ritory to which their output should go, and tbe railroad routes would be pre- |