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title: 'More comfort, less work: Coal is scarce, don''t waste it!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/more-comfort-less-work-1944/
description: Instruction poster with a cutaway drawing of a coal-fired heater and arrowed tips on damper, draft, fuel level, ash bed and ash pit.
section: Collection
---

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# More comfort, less work: Coal is scarce, don't waste it!

Instruction poster with a cutaway drawing of a coal-fired heater and arrowed tips on damper, draft, fuel level, ash bed and ash pit, under the headline more comfort less work. The technique is faint: the sheet offers one benefit (comfort for less effort) beside a plain scarcity statement, Coal is scarce, don't waste it.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
more COMFORT less WORK
FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE RULES
Barometric Damper should operate freely, prevents overheating and saves coal.
Open draft register just enough to keep the room warm.
Do not fill above top of fire brick flues.
BURN THE COAL . . . don't shake it through the grate.
Keep a DEEP bed of ashes when the weather is mild.
. . and a THIN bed of ashes when the weather is cold.
KEEP ASH PIT CLEAN.
KEEP ASH PIT DOOR CLOSED. Avoid admitting too much air at base of heater.
COAL IS SCARCE · DON'T WASTE IT!
[seal:] U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM
ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT 108-E-23
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 O-603835
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
```

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