Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1918 — THE FUEL SITUATION. [ARTICLE]

THE FUEL SITUATION.

In a letter received from the state fuel administrator this week, I was informed that Rensselaer was one of the fifty-four cities that was on the preferential list as to the allotment of anthracite coal and that we would receive about 2,000 tons. This is about one-half of the amount sold by our dealers yearly for this city and vicinity, and as the information is given three months before time to start our fires, we should adjust ourselves accordingly. I would suggest that every consumer of hard coal who can possibly burn wood or soft coal do so; in some cases we can mix the anthracite with the other fuel and so reduce the tonnage. Families who can make- arrangement to have other their families or congenial friends move in with them this winter, can help the situation wonderfully and do a good turn for Uncle Sam. Here then, is our opportunity for us stay-at-home to do a good patriotic turn by helping the government solve one of its most important problems, the fuel question. •It will be my duty to' look after the poor and the families of our boys in front first and I expect to do this. So do not try to see who can get his bin full first and who can have the largest quantity of anthracite coal, but try to figure out some way wherhby you can decrease you tonnage one-half this winter and help yourffellow man and your county. Yours, B. F. FENDIG, “ Jasper Co. Fuel Administrator.