OCR Text |
Show COAL SAVING PLANS HE Campaign of Education Is to Be Followed With Pledge Cards. CHICAGO, Oft. 24. A national campaign cam-paign of education regarding the conservation con-servation of coal, to be followed by a system of pledge cards, is to be instituted insti-tuted under governmental supervision, according to speakers at a conference today of manufacturers from Illinois an, I Wisconsin. That great danger of a conl shortage is imminent unless a war saving method be adopted in conserving coal, was a note of warning by W. Chamberlain Kobinsou, director of the bureau of oil conservation, and Osborn Monnett, assistant as-sistant advisory engineer, both of Washington. Wash-ington. That gasless Sundays arc of the past if proper coal conservation bo observed, was the prediction of Mr. Robinson while Mr. Monnett hold that if the coal were not conserved that dire results would ensue. Regarding the coining campaign of education and pledge rards, Mr. liobinson liobin-son said that the plans have not been fully, worked out as yot, but the cam-paign cam-paign of education would bo followed by a system of pledges, and if neither were beneficial that "some other plan will be employeo, ' ' Mr. Monnett said there will be n demand de-mand fur about. 00,000,000 tons of coal this year, while the estimated output would be only 650,000,000 tons, concluding conclud-ing his remarks with the declaration that "the man who stands between our hovs and the need for coal is a traitor.'' |