The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-27
Reduction Order Ranges
from Automobiles to Baby
Carriages
RUBBER PRODUCTS
ARE AFFECTED, TOO
Soft Drinks, Pianos, Corsets, Collins
and Pleasure Automobiles Also In
cluded Among Articles Whose Manu-
facture is Restricted.

WASHINGTON, Sept. ga sweep
ing curtailment in raw materials in less
essential manufacturing was an
nounced yesterday by the war indus
tries board. 1t ranged from reducing
he output of passenger automobiles to
deep cut in production of such things
as baby buggies, clothes wringers and
talking machines.
But one specific Industry benefits as
typewriters are put on the preference
list, the only industry named TO get
priority consideration. Six concerns
making typewfiters arc named.
The purpose back of the order is of
course to lessen the consumption of
iron, steel, labor, fuel and other es-
sential clements of industry and APP
ply the saving TO purely war produe-
| ton.
Control of the whole rubber indus
| try is assumed by the board, and con
scrvation, which was inaugurated i'm
mediately, affected the output of auto,
| mobile tires one-half
Restricting iron and steel distribu-
tion in the nop-war and domestic in
dustries is characterized by the war in
| dustries board as its greatest drive.
| Every effort will be made to conserve
| the supply of those metals in which the
shortage is heavy and growing heavier
1t is the intention to use every means
o stimulate the production of steel and
| iron for war work.
Half the drinkers of soft drinks will
have to quit or all of the soft drink
enthusiasts viii have to quench their
thirst by one-half the former number OF
drinks, because the production of fruit
| ju!ces, waters. concentrated extracts
iyrups and carbonic acid gas for every
month is TO drop so per cent of tho
production for the same period in 1917
Followers of the fad established by
former secretary of state will have
little better time because this year Z
rop may be used in the production O
grape juice. The same is true of eide
md loganberry juice,
A return to the flowing robes of an
cient Greece may be in order. as it i
decreed that the number of corset
manufactured duFing the balance o
his year will equal only 40 per cent o
hese articles made in the last foa
months of last year.
, The baby buggy output is to be jus
half in comparison with the 1917 pt
Rod.
. No brass may be purchased for bed
and the production of metal beds 0
. other sorts is halvcd. This applies t
> government orders and those placed b
America s allies.
p Among the industries coming undo
| specific instructions are:
Passenger automobiles. For the la.
six months of 1918 % per cent of l9l
r production is allowed provided the MAJ
p ufacturer viii limit his purchases
materials, equipment and supplies I
! such as are absolutely necessary
: match up stocks on hand.
g Pianos, piano players and parts:
Q last four months. of 1918 one third IL
d production of the last four months
i 1917.
d Cutlery. During last four months
el 1918 10 per cent of production of ii
last four months of 1917 This will i
t clude government orders.
e Burial goods. For twelve mont
it schedule to 1900 tons of the iron al
" steel.
II Clothes wringers. Last four mont