WOOD TO THE FRONT AS WARTIME FUEL 



WITH every section of the country clamoring for 

 coal and with the railroads experiencing the 

 worst traffic congestion in the history of the 

 United States, recourse is had to the forests as affording 

 a solution of the wartime fuel crisis. From those in 

 authority has come the call for the use of wood as winter 

 fuel in the household and wherever else its use is possi- 

 ble. Briefly and baldly stated, there is not enough coal 

 to go around, and unless wood is used in its stead the 

 coal famine will prove disastrous. 



Reduced to figures the coal shortage amounts to fifty 

 million tons. This means two and one-half tons for each 

 of the twenty mil'ion 

 families in the United 

 States. To transport 

 this amount of coal 

 would require the use of 

 a million coal cars of 

 fifty tons capacity 

 apiece. In saving this 

 strain on already over- 

 taxed transportation 

 lines and in conserving 

 the fuel su7jply of the 

 nation it is argued that 

 the individual household 

 can show a measure of 

 patriotism which is vital 

 to the national strength. 



Nor does the demand 

 for fuel conservation 

 limit itself to the house- 

 hold. The United States 

 Government has pointed 

 out that churches can 

 make important contri- 

 bution by using wood in 

 their furnaces. The ex- 

 perts maintain that wood 

 is even better than coal 

 for heatmg churches 

 lodge rooms and other 

 places where heat is not 

 constantly required. 

 When heat is wanted in 

 places of occasional assemblage it is "-equired quickly 

 and in large volume. For such purpose no other fuel 

 answers as well as wood. The saving to be effected by 

 use of wood would in these instances work no hardships 

 and the aggregate would be of tremendous importance in 

 making the available supjjly of coal meet imperative needs. 



Definite plans for the substitution of wood for coal 

 have been worked out by the United States Fuel Admin- 

 istration and state organizations all over the country 

 New England was one of the first sections to take active 

 heed of the situation. Early in December New England 



CUTACORD 



NEW ENGLAND must BURN more WOOD. 

 THE COAL SHORTAGE IS SERIOUS. 

 A condition likely to continue during the war. 



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If you need fuel. BUY WOOD FROM YOUR FARM 

 NEIGHBORS. Order now what you will need later. Let the 

 choppers know who will take their wood. There is another 

 winter coming after this. 



ComparalJTe Fuel Values of Creen and Dry Wood 



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 3 msy be adnptnl (or burning wood by pUring >i 



was several million tons short of its rec|uirements for soft 

 coal. Hard coal had been in fairly plentiful su])])ly dur- 

 ing Se])tember and October, but with the increased needs 

 of winter there was not enough to meet the demand. 

 Every effort was made by the fuel administration to facili- 

 tate shipments and to secure the economical use of the 

 coal received, but even after curtailing or eliminating 

 unnecessary forms of use the situation was steadily be- 

 coming more serious. The outlook for improvement in 

 future deliveries was unfavorable and the fuel adminis- 

 trator took steps to warn the public of the situation and 

 to urge that personal and community prudance, as well 



as national patriotism, 

 required that New Eng- 

 land begm at once to 

 utilize her native supply 

 of cordwood to the full- 

 est possible extent. 



It has been ascertained 

 that the supply of wood 

 now on hand throughout 

 the New England states 

 is considerably less even 

 than normal require- 

 ments. With increased 

 stringency in tlie coal 

 situation practically cer- 

 tain and with the possi- 

 bility that another win- 

 ter will find the condi- 

 tion even worse, earnest 

 efforts are t)eing made 

 to stimulate wood cut- 

 ting and wood using 

 without delay. To this 

 end local committees of 

 public safety in all wood 

 producing localities and 

 county agents through- 

 out the various states 

 have been requested to 

 take inventory of all 

 available supplies o f 

 cordwood stum page 

 within reasonable dis- 

 tance of a market and to endeavor to arrange for its im- 

 mediate conversion into fuel. 



As the te.xt of this camjiaign a poster issued by James 

 J. Storrow, federal fuel administrator for Massachusetts, 

 and published herewith, makes the statement that New 

 England must burn more wood ; that the coal shortage 

 is serious and that this condition is likely to continue 

 during the war. 



The New England movement is typical of the intensive 

 campaigns inaugurated throughout the country under 

 the guidance of the United States Fuel Administration, 



STOVE AND FURNACE WOOD 

 EVERYWHERE IN DEMAND 



War Ships and Munition Plants Cannot Burn Wood 



We Ought Not to Demand the Coal They Need 



New England Volunteers Her Woodlands in the Emergency 



If You Own a Wood Lot 

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Rilalin Fiij Value of a Cmi of Dry Wood Li Tans of Hard Coal 



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BASSWOOD 

 SOFT MAPLi 

 CHESTNUT 

 GRAY BIBCM 

 POPLAR 



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CEDAR 



SPRUCE 

 BALSAM 



/ ihr KTala of by um oi fire bniJi 



JAMES J. STORROW, 



Federal Fuel Admin is Ira tor for Massachusetts, Stale House. Boston 



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