As as industrial fuel users must contribute to the conservation of fuel, the experts say, if the allies are to receive the coal they need this year. The requirement has been estimated at 700,000,000 tons; the output is expected to be not more than 650,000,000 tons. But this shortage need not mean suffering, if care is used in the consumption of fuel, say the railroad men. Much more than the deficit is wasted annually in this country by inefficient methods.
Long ago, just as a matter of business, the Northern Pacific attacked fuel waste in a scientific manner. Methods of conservation were worked out by experts and taught to firemen. When the war came, the campaign was extended for patriotic reasons. Now, at the request of commercial bodies in the northwest, the railroad company is giving the public the benefit of its discoveries.
We hope to arouse the people to an understanding of the importance of fuel conservation. By saving a shovelful of coal a day, the householder can do his bit in making up and if the impending shortage, scientific methods are employed, this saving can be accomplished without any loss of heat.
The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. The public is invited.
Jap Rioters Are Quieted.
Tokyo, Japan.—(By Associated Press.—Ripts over the high prices of rice are said to be subsiding except in North Japan, where they are apparently spreading. Mobs have burned over 30 houses in two towns. 