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Show I COAL FAMINE BEGINS TO HAVE j INFLUENCE ON OOBEN AFFAIRS r W RESTRICTIONS ARE ISSUED I Alarmed by the serious . ituation impending by reason of the i hortage I I) of fuel due to the sink" of coal mln-I mln-I I ers. railroad officials and otherr. interested inter-ested in the handling of fuel in a big way are meeting today in Salt Lake to discuss measures to doie out the dwindling supply. W. H. Chevers, general agent of the I'nlon Pacific at Ogden, is in fttend II f. a nee. Bf. Only vital industries will receive fuel until the crisis is past, it is believed, be-lieved, and it is declared likelv that thousands will be thrown out of work by the general shutdown One of the first plants in Utah to cease operations through lack 1 fuel was the Utah Iron & Steel company in Salt Lake. Garficlds' Instructions. The following order from Dr. G?r Mil fit Id, fuel director, has been -cei.d by railroad officials here .m l explain-what explain-what must be done to avoid Msaster during the crisis. "It is neeessar that coal -hall be In used for only essential purposes. Pub lie utilities consuming coal should dis-fl dis-fl I continue to furnish power, ha1 and R; - l'ht to non-esaential industries and should only consume sufficient coal j I io produce enough light, power and Ji l liraf to nirot the actual urgent needs of the people. Advertising sings and lHI I display signs of various kinds. r.eecs sitatlr.g the use of coal should oe curtailed cur-tailed and no coal should be distributed distrib-uted for such purposes. Pursuant to this policy l havt requested he railroad rail-road administration in 'he di-tribu-tion of coal now or hereafter in its possesion, to limit distribution to these essential and urgent cas'.js. As far as practicable; until ;ho conditions warrant a change in the distribution of coal, will be limited to the first 'ive classes of the priority list. Retail dealers who distribute coal for household house-hold requirements, heating hotel?, building, hospitals, etc., should take j every precaution to see 'hat oal is , only delivered where it is absolutely j required and then only in such limited quantities that the supply ran; be distributed dis-tributed widely and prevent suffering. I The state and other local authorities j can maer tally aid in inspecting and si pi rvislng such distribution b, retail dealers, and the U. S. government will be glad to leave the supervision and control of such distribution by retail dealers entire!) to any state, county, or municipality which may make pro-vision pro-vision therefor. The distribution io retail dealers must necessarily be administered ad-ministered by the railroad administration administra-tion in pursuance to the orders already al-ready made by the United States f.-el ! administration in carrying out the priorities pri-orities which have been prescribed un-'der un-'der the Lever act.' |