Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-30
CONTROL IS
NOW WAR WEAPON
President Forbids Shipment of
Any Goods to Europe with.
out License.
TIGHTEN NET ELSEWHERE.
Lists Extended for which License In
Required in Shipment 70 All Other
Allies and Neutrals.

Washington. Aug. N.-President Wilson
frightened the governments control OF
exports tonight by issuing an order for
bidding the shipment of any goods to
European neutral countries except under
license. and by extending the lists for
which license is required In shipment to
the allies and ncutrals other than Euro
pean countries to include cotton. all
meats, sugar and most of Americas other
export commodities.
USE AS WAR WEAPON.
In statement accompanying his proc
lamation the President said one Of the
first intentions of the government will
be to see that no American products are
made 1.-The occasion Of benefit to the
enemy, either directly or Indirectly" on
cials interpreted the order as forecast
ing a vigorous use of export control as
war weapon and policy of the strictest
rationing Of countries contiguous to Ger
many.
Exports to Germany and her allies also
are formally prohibited by the Presidents
order and this Is understood to mean
that the export control is about to super
sede the British system of giving letters
Of assurance for American cargoes. Up
to now there has been nothing except
ment Of American goods to Germany
To-night's order In this respect accom-
plishes one Of the purposes sought in the
trading bill with the enemy bill pending
in Congress-.
EXTENDS LICENSE LIST.
Corn bullion, currency and evidences
Of indebtedness are placed under export
license restrictions to European neutrals,
whenever regulations governing their ex-
port have been promulgated by the Sec
rotary Of the treasury.
The Presidents order contains the first
formal announcement Of the transfer Of
administration Of the export control from
the department of commerce to the ex-
port administrative board, Of which
Vance Mccormick is chairman. When
the administrative board made the fact
public few days ago it was explained
that the action was taken to facilitate the
issuance of licenses.
ALMOST WITHOUT LIMIT.
The proclamation makes 1t clear for the
| first time that the United States Is pre-
pared to go to almost any limit to pre-
| vent goods from going to Germany. Neu-
trails already have been informed both in
notes and In conversations with their rep
| resentatives in Washington that the Uni
| ted States will see to 1t that no American
goods may be used even to replace indi-
rectly goods shipped from neutral coun-
tries to Germany. Some administration
ments to neutrals where the food is used
to feed workmen engaged in manufacture
! ing war materials for German use.
Assumption by the United States of the
burden of maintaining the blockade Of
Germany insofar as 1t applies to shipment
Of American goods, gives this nation al
additional responsibility Of which tn,
British have sought to be relieved evel
since the United States entered the war
The duty of preventing goods shipped
from neutrals other than European from
reaching Germany will continue to b
Great Britain's since the United State,
has declared no formal blockade agains
Germany or her allies.
REVISED LICENSE LIST.
The revised list of goods for which Ii
cense is required for shipment from tn
United States to the allies and to all othe
countries follows: Coal, coke, fuel oils
lubricating oils. hand-lantern oil. naphtha
benzine. red oil. kerosene and gasoline. al
lbunkers; food grains. flour and meal there
from. corn flour barley. rice flour, rice
oatmeal and rolled oats; fodder and feeds
all meats and fats. poultry. cotton seed oil
corn oil. copra. dessicated cocoanuts, but
ter. fresh. dried and canned fish: edible o
inedible grease Of animal or vegetable
origin. linseed oil. lard. timed milk. pea
nut oil and butter. rapeseed oil. tallow
tallow candles and stearic acid sugar
glucose. syrup. and molasses: pig iron
ferro-silicon and spiegeleisen steel ingots
billets. blooms. slabs and sheet bars; iro
and steel plates. including ship. boiler
tank and all other iron and steel plate
one-eighth Of an inch thick and heavier
and wider than six inches: iron and stee
!, structural shapes. including beams. chan
nels. angles, tees and gees Of all sizes
, fabricated structural iron and steel. in
, GLIDING beams, channels. angles. tees. zee
and plate. fabricated and shipped knocke
down; scrap iron and scrap steel.