The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-03
GOVERNMENT VAR
ORDERS ARE To- Be
EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
WILL RELIEVE LABOR AND IN
DUSTRlAL CONGESTION IN
THE EASTERN STATES.

The committee appointed by the
board of commerce to attend a meet
ing in Grand Rapids Of Industrial zone
No. 10 of District No. 8 for handling
war orders, reports as follows:
The government has divided the
United States into 20 districts for
the purpose of equalizing war orders,
relieving transportation congestion
and avoiding too great a shifting Of
labor.
The lower peninsula of Michigan is
District No. and this district Is d.
vided in zones, Grand Rapids and
the adjacent towns being Zone No. 10.
This meeting was called for the pur-
pose of organizing this zone and elect
ing a permanent chairman. Dudley
K. Waters at this meeting was elect
ed chairman of the 10th zone and it
is the intention that the chairmen of
the several zones in this district No.
8 shall meet every two weeks and
take up and straighten out any mat
tiers necessary relative to war orders
to be placed or already placed in this
district
1t is the desire and intention of the
government to as far as possible dis
tribute war orders more evenly than
they have been able to in the past SO
that each section will get its proper
ton of this business as its ability Is
found able to handle. Until recently
been placed within a radius of 500
miles of New York city and this has
caused not only difficult labor condi-
tions but serious congestion in trans
portation facilities and it is to avoid
these conditions that the government
desires a more even distribution but
until the districts are thoroughly or
gained and a careful survey made of
all industries in these different dis
tricts it is impossible to intelligently
place these orders.
A report is TO be made on blanks
which will be furnished for that pur-
pose. showing the equipment, floor
space, class of labor, ETC., of each in
div.dual industrial in each zone and in
this manner much of this business can
be distributed to the smaller concerns
who are now not able to enjoy any of
this business owing to the fact that
they are not of sufficient size to justi-
fly their taking a full contract but are
in a position to take part of contract
by having it sublet to them from
some larger industry.
During this meeting the fact was
brought about that the government Is
going to require within the next year
nearly so per cent of the~entire indus
trial production of the United States
and this means that every community
is going to be asked to do its neces-
sary share from an industrial stand
point.
The representatives at this meeting
were men connected with every in
dustrial life of practically every COM
munity in this zone and all of them
were deeply interested in the entire
proceeding and gaves evidence of the
fact that every possible effort would
bes made to assist the government in
any way possible and incidentally to
procure for this zone some war Or
ders that can be proftably handled,
and at the same time relieve the gov
eminent in some of its present con-
gested districts that are pow trying
to handle more than their share of
this business.
AS soon as these blanks covering
the industrial survey are received the
different manufacturers will be asked
to fill them in and they will be for
warded to Dudley E. Waters, Chair
man, at Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hicks and
1onnbfar Avis xranf m Grant Wad-