[FINANCES] RABAUT DE SAINT-ETIENNE (Jean-Paul)Livre Rare Book
Delaware at War Rules Pertaining to Summer Orders. By Order Federal Fuel Administration of Delaware
réf. 3734326Wilmington Delaware n.p. ca. 1918. Broadside. 20½ x 12½ inches. Heavy stock paper. Folds; light wear and toning with two small losses at corners; about very good. The Federal Fuel Administration of Delaware issued this broadside in the summer of 1918 outlining five rules for coal orders as consumers prepared for the winter. Established at the outset of the First World War the U.S. Fuel Administration controlled coal distribution and pricing appointing state administrators to prevent shortages. Delaware’s administrator Charles H. Ten Weeges was granted enforcement powers over both retail and wholesale transactions. Emphasis is placed on limiting deliveries to “normal requirements” with some consumers restricted to receiving “no more than two-thirds of normal requirements.” Orders were to be placed with consideration for needs through March 31 1919. The broadside warns that “Any person who willfully make a false statement upon their application is subject to prosecution under the Lever Act which imposes a penalty of $5000 fine or two years’ imprisonment or both.” A revealing document of wartime rationing and its impact on the Delaware home front. unknown
