Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — ANTHRACITE BAN IS OFF [ARTICLE]

ANTHRACITE BAN IS OFF

EVANS WOOLLEN ANNOUNCES HARD COAL TRADS IS ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. J ‘ ■ All restrictions as to dealers and. cities receiving anthracite coal were withdrawn and the distribution placed on an ordinary commercial footing Friday by Evans Woollen, federal fuel administrator for Indiana. The change was made possible, Mr. Woollen said in. a bulletin issued to all county administrators, by the mildr weather during the fall and early winter and the substitution of other fuels for anthracite by many consumers. As a result sixty-one cities of the state which were to have received the major portion of Indiana's allotment will not need their tonnage althougt smaller towns are still asking for anthracite. Under an order issued by the anthracite committee at Philadelphia operators and distributors are permitted to ship to any Indiana dealer after all orders placed in their hands been filled. However, the total tonby the anthracite committee have nage assigned to Indiana is not to exceed that originally fixed, about 384,000 tons. Mr. Woolen also received authority from the federal fuel administration to issue permits for the shipment of soft coal from the eastern states for both industrial and domestic use, but has decided to keep in effect the ruling that only Indiana coal shall be sold to householders. His step is taken to protect retail dealers who have on hand large stocks of Indiana coal stored last summer at Mr. Woollen’s request. For several weeks the office has been with requests for permits to bring in eastern coal by dealers who did not comply with the request of the fuel administration to stock up with Indiana coal. These requests have been refused in every instance orr the ground that it would be unfair to thoWfe dealers who had acted in accordance with the request of the fuel administration. From now on, the order states, the dealer must look to his source of supply for anthracite without the aid. of the sue ladministratioh. Only in necessary cases, such as in the use of anthracite for chicken brooders, will the office step in. Due to the lessening demand for anthracite? it is not thought dealers wal lexperience as much trouble as heretofore in obtaining shipments. __ . • ■ —. *~~7 V" '