Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1918 — Should Set Brains of the Country to Conserving Coal [ARTICLE]

Should Set Brains of the Country to Conserving Coal

It requires 2,300,000 tons of coal for the daily needs of the United Staten in times of peace. Just how great has been the Increase in consumption due to war conditions is not authoritatively 1 stated, bpt the country must be burning nearly 3,000,000 tons of coal each day. One-third of this fuel is not consumed in the stoves and furnaces but goes out with the ashes. One-third is used for purposes which 1 are of no real value to the nation and, confer no benefit upon the individuals who burn it The dpier third of the coal used in the United States is the necessary amount which is vital to the conduct of the nation’s /affairs. And the individual and the official and the power plant should set the best brains of the country to the task of conserv-ing-lhe two-thirds of the nation’s coal which now are wasted..—Houston post.