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Show ' convenience AM) necessity H - The straits which tho country has H reached on tho fuel'qucstlon, as ovfc H" denccd by the fuel administrator' H - order shutting down Industrial plants H. Is a, reminder that we must ninko H. distinctions botween tho necessities H of life, and tho mereconvcnlencos. H We havo upset our cntlro Industrial H'' fabric, on account of fuel shortage. B Meanwhile wo havo been allowing H;. mora conveniences to run along us Ht' The center of tho fuel trouble) Is H the rallroadds, ns we havo- onough H coal mined. ' Tho government has cut H:'' off somo passenger- trains, but. "a ti; great many are still bolng run fox1 H' .pleasure travel. These trains will i-' have to double up'.-lf' some peoplo K' postpone their vacations until spring,. K there will be no' suffering.- Many Mp business men could save long trips M by use of tho .telephone? M' .. Around large cities, frequont aor- :Y' vices of suburban trains aro run. In the morning and at night when the ., workers are going in and out, this . Is a necessity. Out many trains aro B !'' run ln tho mitiiie f tn day to a" K&. commodate wotu'en who go to the TO' big cities on Bhopplngexpedltlons. Bjf;'-' Many of these trains are a mero con-' 't v venlence, not a necessity. 'V While good progress has been Hgtu . made in cutting off needless lighting p, by biasing electric signs, yet Jn tho fl' average town moro light Is burned p, ' up than la necessary. For a few B-pv weeks a lot of these lights could be - cut" out without hurting anyone. A great many people could Bhut Hf oft the heat from a few rooms of flt- their houses, and live as their fath-ssHw'i fath-ssHw'i , .'" U8e i9i Tnere.are " hundred Hflk - ."tf'T-,&Aays ln which fuel could be saved Mk' ';,, bo as to keep the factories running. M ' Everyone must help. No one' should complain because of trifling Incon- 3' venlonces. |