The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-16
BRIT AIN ORDERS
MASSING OF ALL
WAR RESOURCES

fs%Iondon. Feb 16-FoI1owing up the
announcement Of Premier Asuuith in
ECommons yesterday that the Govern
Ement was taking stock of all its mum
l1tions, men, financial, and industrial
reserves so as to be in a position to
iput forth its maximum strength, two
Orders in Council were issued last
might. These demonstrate that the
lconferred on it by, various war meas
luers to tighten its grip on the vital
resources of the country.
One order in Council empowers the
4 a dmiraIty, the Army Council or the
Minister of Munitions to take posses
sion of any war material, food, forage,
or stores of any description and of
any articles requisite to their produc-
ton, and also to take possession of
any factory in which goods of any
description needed for war purposes
may be manufactured
The other Order in Council provides
for a more stringent control of ship
ping by deer eeing that after March
no British ship exceeding 500 tons, ex-.
cept it is engaged in the coasting
trade, shall be allowed to proceed on
any voyage unless a license to do so
(! is granted by the Beard of Trade.
A royal proclamation has been is
Isued prohibiting the import after
March 1, except under Board Of Trade
license. of the following: All mate
including Esparto grass and linen and
cotton rags; paper and candy board,
including strawboard, pastebeard,
Eni1Iboard, and wood cupboard, and
manufactures Of paper and card
boards all periodical Epu bIieastions ex-;
ceeding 16 pages in length imported
otherwise than in single copies
through the post; tobacco, unmanu-
factured and manufactured including
cigars and cigarettes; furniture woods,
The Royal Commission Sugar
Supplies announces that, owing to re-
strtctions in inportations, the guam
tfty of sugar available in 1916 prob
ably win be from 20 to rs per cent.
less than in 1915 and that therefore
an equivalent reduction in consunp-
ton is necessary. The connTnission ex-
presses the hope that all consumers
J will restrict their use of sugar in this
proportion
The announcement says there win
be no increase made in the sale of
prices at which the commission sup
plies sugar. Retailers are warned
that if they take advantage of the
scarcity in the supply to charge the
ptbli e%cessiEe pricess-they will re-.
eefye no more sugar from the commits
sion.
In the opinion of American import
ers here, the royal proclamation for
bidding importation after March 1 Of
certain commodities, including tobac-
co. furniture, woods wall paper and
wood pulp. would prove disastrous to
American traders were it not for the
saving clause which permits the
bringing of these articles under Ii
censes from the board of trade Amer
lean importers do a. large business in
these commodities
Owing to the provision for trading
under licenses, it is believed the chief
erect of the order will be to give the
British government greater control
over free tonnage A British shin in
an American port which is ready for
loading and is wanted at a home port
will have no difficulty obtaining a IL
cense to obtain a cargo of cornmodi-
ties on the prohibited list Control of
free tonnage and better. regulation of
trade in what are considered luxuries
in war time are the ends sought by
/ the government. 1t is believed here
the prohfbitory rule, accepted with
! the licensing plan, would prove more
effective than any form OF arbitrary
control by the government of the mer-
camille marine.
The effect on the tobacco trade with
; Ing the United Kingdom is expected
to be even less disturbing than any
disturbance which the expectation of
tobacco from America NAV be- There
! is IN storage In the United kingdom
an amount of tobacco much in excess
usually on hand in times Of peace
fOnder normal cfrcun stances the
greater portion of this stored tobacco
would be re-exported but with the i'm
portation prohibition in force it prob
ably viii be used here
American magazines will be greatly
affected by the order which prohibits
their import except to Individual sub
scrtbers- Heavy shipments Of these
magazines have been made in bulk for
distribution on newsstands.
Policemen on the HEADQUARTERS
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