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c. Price at which coke sold pursuant thereto was billed by the seller on December 29, 1917, or the nearest date thereto.

d. The quantity of coke covered by each contract.

e. The quantity of coke delivered on each contract up to December 29, 1917. f. Statement as to whether the purchaser of such coke is the consumer thereof or a dealer therein.

And it is further ordered that all such manufacturers, jobbers, dealers, and distributors of coke furnish to the United States Fuel Administration such other data and information as may be required concerning such alleged contracts from time to time.

Dated this 12th day of June, A. D. 1918.

H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of July 26, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., July 29, 1918, Defining the Terms "72-Hour Selected Foundry Coke" and "Selected Foundry Coke" and Establishing Regulations in regard to the Use of such Coke in Blast Furnaces.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26, 1918.

It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that under certain conditions it is necessary to have a hard burned selected coke for smelting certain metals in blast furnaces and that provision should be made to meet these conditions,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that until further or other order, and subject to modification hereafter from time to time and at any time, the following regulation additional to those already set forth shall be in effect beginning 7 a. m., July 29, 1918:

The expressions "72-hour selected foundry coke" and "Selected foundry coke" when used in Regulations or Orders fixing the prices of beehive or by-product coke, shall include only coke selected in accordance with the usual trade practice for foundry use, and the prices heretofore or hereafter allowed for such coke shall in no cases be charged for any coke shipped after the effective date of this regulation to blast furnaces for smelting iron or other metals unless a special permit has been obtained from the Director of the Coke Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration before the shipment of such coke. Applications for such permits must be in writing signed by both the consumer and the producer, and must show the necessity for the use of such selected foundry coke for smelting purposes in a blast furnace.

H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of July 31, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Aug. 1, 1918, Requiring Weekly Reports of Shipments of Coke to Domestic Consumers or for Retail Distribution.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31, 1918.

It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that the quantity of coke available for distribution for use as household fuel has been greatly reduced by its increased consumption in industries engaged in war work, and that the distribution of such coke should be controlled in harmony with the distribution of other fuels for household use,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

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Hereby orders and directs that until further or other Order of the United States Fuel Administrator, and subject to modification by him at any time and from time to time hereafter, the following regulations shall be in effect beginning 7 a. m., August 1, 1918:

All shippers of coke in carload lots for household use or for general distribution by retail dealers shall, not later than Monday of each week, mail reports of all such shipments during the preceding week, and estimates of probable shipments during the coming week to the Federal Fuel Administrator of each state to which such shipments have been made or are expected to be made, giving the name and address of each consignee with the size and grade of coke, the number of cars and weights thereof shipped or to be shipped to such consignee, and shall mail duplicates of such reports to the Bureau of Coke, United States Fuel Administration, Washington, D. C. H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator.

Letter from the Director of State Distribution to State Fuel Administrators, dated Aug. 1, 1918, Relative to the Distribution Program for Coke.

To All State Fuel Administrators:

WASHINGTON, D. C., August 1, 1918.

There are three general classifications of coke:

(a) Beehive oven coke, made in beehive ovens.

(b) By-product coke, made in by-product coke ovens.

(c) Gas-house coke, or gas coke, made in coal-gas retorts, found principally in public utilities gas plants.

All three classes of coke will be distributed under the general direction of the Coke Bureau at Washington, in accordance with the following plan:

(1) The requirements of war industries and water gas manufacturing plants will be supervised by the Coke Bureau at Washington or the District Coke Representatives, and State Fuel Administrators will have no responsibility in connection with supplying coke to such plants. In the allocation of such orders to gas works that manufacture gas coke, the Coke Bureau and District Coke Representatives will confine same to such gas works as are equipped to load railroad cars and have been accustomed to make rail shipments in the past. It is the policy of the Coke Bureau to confine the use of industrial coke to those preferred industries which require coke for uses that cannot be served by other obtainable fuels. This policy will reduce to a minimum the railroad transportation of gas coke and should result in such coke being generally consumed in the vicinity where produced.

(2) The distribution of gas coke, after the above industrial requirements have been taken care of, shall be under the control of the State Fuel Administrators and their County and Local Administrators.

(3) The distribution of beehive and by-product coke to industries and the allotment thereof to states for domestic and other uses will be controlled by the Coke Bureau. Any coke available for domestic use from by-product plants will be distributed pro rata to those dealers who have handled their product prior to the war. (4) All shippers of coke for domestic use have been instructed to send a weekly report (if possible not later than Monday for the preceding week) to the State Fuel Administrator in the State to which shipments are made. To this report will be added an estimate of the probable shipments during the following week, with the names and locations of the dealers to whom the shipments are expected to be made. (5) All requests for coke shipments to war industries in carload lots should be referred to the Coke Bureau at Washington.

Yours very truly,

UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION,

By A. M. OGLE,

Director, State Distribution.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Sept. 4, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., Sept. 16, 1918, Prohibiting the Reclaiming of Coke from old Breeze Dumps.

WASHINGTON, D. C., September 4, 1918. It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that there is a shortage of labor in the beehive coke districts, and that the labor employed in reclaiming old breeze dumps at beehive coke plants can be more effectively employed in the production of coke needed in the war industries and that the elimination of this work will appreciably relieve the overburdened railroad transportation facilities,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Fuel Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that from and after 7 a. m. September 16, 1918, and until further or other order in the premises the reclaiming of coke from old breeze dumps at beehive ovens shall be discontinued.

H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Sept. 13, 1918, Amending the Order of Sept. 4, 1918, Prohibiting the Reclaiming of Coke from Breeze Dumps, by Authorizing the Coke Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration to Issue Permits therefor under certain Conditions.

WASHINGTON, D. C., September 13, 1918.

It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that the order of said Administrator dated September 4, 1918, prohibiting the reclaiming of coke from breeze dumps at beehive ovens should be so modified as to allow such reclaiming operations when the same can be conducted without diverting labor from the production of coke in ovens or placing an undue burden on transportation facilities,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that when it shall be made to appear to the Coke Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration that it is practicable to reclaim coke from breeze piles at any beehive ovens without diverting labor from the production of coke in ovens, and that the shipment of coke so reclaimed will not unduly burden transportation facilities, said Coke Bureau may issue a permit to the operator of such ovens authorizing such reclaiming operation.

H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Dec. 6, 1918, Effective Dec. 7, 1918, Vacating the Orders of Sept. 4, 1918, and Sept. 13, 1918, Relative to the Reclaiming of Coke from Breeze Dumps.

WASHINGTON, D. C., December 6, 1918.

It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that there is no longer occasion for the restriction heretofore imposed by order of said Administrator on the recla mation of coke from breeze dumps, the United States Fuel Administrator acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that the orders of said Administrator dated respectively September 4, 1918, and September 13, 1918, relating to the reclaiming of coke from breeze piles, and the order of said Administrator dated September 28, 1918, relating to the price of coke reclaimed under the provisions of the said order dated September 13, 1918, be, and the same hereby are, vacated and set aside as of the effective date of this order.

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This order to become effective December 7, 1918.

TITLE II.
CHARCOAL.

H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of July 8, 1918, Effective 7 a. m., July 9, 1918, Fixing Prices of Lump and Screened Charcoal in Carload Lots.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8, 1918. It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that various regulations should be put in force for the better control of the distribution of charcoal and the prices at which same should be sold,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs that until further or other Orders of said Fuel Administrator, and subject to modification by him at any time and from time to time hèreafter, the following regulations shall be in effect beginning at 7 a. m., July 9, 1918: (1) The price of charcoal shall be understood as the price per bushel, 20 lbs. to constitute a bushel, f. o. b. cars at the point from which the charcoal is shipped.

(2) All the maximum prices mentioned herein shall apply to car lots sold to consumers or to dealers for wagon delivery; any commission paid to selling agencies or margins allowed to jobbers, shall be paid by the vendors, and shall not be added to the prices established hereby.

(3) The maximum prices of charcoal shall be:

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(4) In all cases where wagon deliveries are made by the producer to the purchaser, a reasonable charge for such handling and delivery may be made in addition to the maximum prices stated above, subject to the approval of the Federal Fuel Administrator for the State in which such delivery is made.

(5) If Charcoal is shipped in bags the actual cost of such bags may be added to the above prices. The purchaser may return all bags that are suitable for refilling to the point of shipment within sixty days after date of shipment, in which case the price charged for such bags shall be refunded.

H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator.

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Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Aug. 13, 1918, Permitting the Completion at the Contract Price, of Contracts for the Sale of Charcoal Entered into Prior to July 8, 1918.

WASHINGTON, D. C., August 13, 1918. The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States, dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917,

Hereby orders and directs, that contracts relating to charcoal made before the order of said Administrator, dated July 8, 1918, fixing maximum prices for lump and screened charcoal in car-load lots, shall not, in the absence of further express order or regulation by said Administrator, be affected by said order, provided such contracts are bona fide in character and enforceable at law, nor shall said order be construed to impair the right of any shipper to charge and collect the contract price for any shipment of charcoal heretofore or hereafter made under any such contract.

H. A. GARFIELD,

United States Fuel Administrator,

By CYRUS GARNSEY, Jr.,

Ass't United States Fuel Administrator.

TITLE III.

FUEL WOOD.

Order of the United States Fuel Administrator of Oct. 29, 1918, Authorizing State Fuel Administrators to Establish Regulations as to the Length of Rail Shipments of Fuel Wood Cut within the State.

WASHINGTON, D. C., October 29, 1918.

It appearing to the United States Fuel Administrator that in order to assure an adequate supply and equitable distribution of fuel, and facilitate the movement and prevent locally and generally scarcity thereof, Federal Fuel Administrators for the several states should be authorized to control and regulate the transportation and distribution of fuel wood,

The United States Fuel Administrator, acting under authority of an Executive Order of the President of the United States dated 23 August, 1917, appointing said Administrator, and of subsequent Executive Orders, and in furtherance of the purpose of said Orders, and of the Act of Congress therein referred to and approved August 10, 1917, Hereby orders and directs, that the Federal Fuel Administrator for any state be and he hereby is authorized to make and establish such reasonable regulations as to the length of rail shipments of fuel wood cut within such state, and as to the conditions under which such shipments may be made as he shall deem necessary or advisable. H. A. GARFIeld,

United States Fuel Administrator.

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