Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-29
PRESIDENT ISSUES PRCcLAMA.
TON DESIGNED TO SAVE
SEA TONNAGE.
NUMEROUS ARTICLES
BARRED UNLESS o. KID.
Economy Measures Aim Especially at
Many luxures and Other Articles Not
Board to Pool Al! Tonnage and All
Neutral Tonnage to be Controlled.

Washington, Nov 29.-President Will
son last night issued a proclamation
under which it will be impossible to
import many articles into the United
States without express consent of the
government.
The embargo on imports was issued
in order to conserve American tonnage
for war purposes, and TO facilitate i'm
portation of raw materials and other
supplies for manufacture OF munitions.
The presidents action was made pos
sible by congress in the embargo act
providing that the government should
prevent importation of commodities ex-
cept by license whenever public safety,
in the judgment of the president, should
require such course.
Only Necessities Permitted.
Importation of articles regarded as
non-essential to the health and COM
fort of the nation in war time will be
shut off under the presidents new or
der. England has reduced the importa-
ton of articles for private consumption
so per cent since the beginning of the
war and it is possible that eventually
the American curtailment will approach
or surpass that figure.
An imports licensing division Of the
war trade board is being organized un-
der the direction of Clarence NJ. Wool
ley. president of the American Radiator
Company. James B, FEgan, Jr.. of
Chicago, has been placed in charge of
the complex machinery that will be re-
quired to record and Issue licenses and
direct the release of cargoes abroad for
shipment to this country.
Will Promote Economy.
President Wilson's proclamation lists
all the articles for which import Ii
censes Will not be granted. Luxuries
are prominent on this list, and also
many articles hitherto considered ne
cessitfes of life by thousands Of people.
The embargo on the importation of
luxuries will go far. It is believed. TO
promote economy and to demonstrate
that similar articles of domestic manu-
tacture can be eschewed.
When the embargo Is in full effect II
Is expected that many ships will be
released from the European, South
and oriental trade as a re-
suit Of the slump in private CONNER
cial importations. and this tonnage will
be impressed into the government SER
vice for war purposes.
All Tonnage Pooled.
The shipping board will pool all ton
mage leaving American ports under the
direction of Edward F. Carry. head Of
the operating department of the ship
h0o ~ IN, "a
of essential war materials
to Europe. In New Rork the direction
of the pool will be in charge Of Irving
T. Bush, chairman of the New York
port board. Port boards in other At
lantic cities will similarly cooperate
with the shipping board.
The pooling of tonnage will be ad-
ministered along the same lines as the
pooling arrangement OF transportation
facilities now being organized by the
railroad war board. 1t will mean the
reduction of some Of the coastwise
schedules, it was stated to
the point where there Is no unnecessary
of sailings.
Control Neutral Tonnage.
In handling ocean tonnage under the
pool the operating director of the ship
ping board, thru his agents in the sew
eral ports will requisition any available
ship in port for the emergency move
ment Of war supplies. No distinction
will be made in this connection between
American and allied tonnage. 1t is ex-
pected the United States will soon have
virtual control Of neutral tonnage
A regulation has been perfected be-
tween the railroads carrying shipments
to seaboard for export and representa-
tives of allied traffic control, whereby
requests for permits Of modification to
rail embargoes will be made directly to
the railway traffic executive. In the
future all requests for embargo permits
for goods consigned to Russia, Italy
France and England will be made to
the traffic executive at 165 Broadway.
New York City, and duplicate requests
need not be made Of the allied traffic
controllers.