The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1918-09-10
BARUCH ANNOUNCES.
NEWPR|OR|T|ESL|ST.
Important Ruling Of War In
dustries Board Includes
All Essential Industries
BASIS FOR EXEMPTIONS


essential to the war or the civil pop
ulation was announced yesterday by
Chairman Buruch, Of the War In
, dustries Board. 1t was described a.
i the master key" governing the is
suance Of priority certificates by tn,
priorities commissioner of the boart
for fuel supply or electrical energy
transportation, material facilities
capital and labor, and as the basil
for industrial exemption from th'
draft.
"The inclusion of the industries
and plants ON this preference list,
said the announcement, does no
operate an embargo against all 9th
ers, but the effect is to defer the re
quirements of those on the prefer
ence list shall have been satisfied.
Industries have been grouped int
four classes according to their rela
tive Importance. No distinction
however, has been made between
any of the industries or plants with
in any one class and it was explain
ed that no significance is to be at
tached to the order in which they
are listed within any class. The in.
dustries or plants under class one
are Of exceptional importance and
include those most vital to the pros
ecution Of the war and the public
and their requirments must be fully
met in preference to those of the
three remaining classes.
Requirements of those grouped
under classes two three and four
will be given priority over those on
the preference list, but as between
these three classes, there is no COM
plete or absolute preference provid-
ed. Relative importance of the III.
dustries and plants within each
group will be the basis of operation.
Each plant listed in the three last
classes will be required to file with
the War Industries Board before the
fifteenth Of each month a report of
its activities during the preceding
month. Failure to comply with this
order will mean removal from the
preference list.
The complete list follows:
Glass One: Plants principally
engaged in producing aircrapt sup
plies and equipment; ammunition
for the United States and the allied
armies; ordnance and small arms
for the United States and the allies;
chemicals for explosives, ammuni-
tion and aircraft and use in chemi-
cal warfare; metallurgical coke and
by-products including toluol; explo-
sives for military purposes; feed
for livestock and poultry; foods, in
Guiding cereals and cereal products.
meats, including poultry, fish vege-
tables, fruit, sugar, syrups glucose,
butter, eggs, cheese milk and
cream, lard, lard compounds, oleo-
margarine and other substitutes for
butter or lard vegetable oil beans
salt, coffee, baking powder, soda and
yeast, and ammonia for refrigera-
tiOn; fungicide, oil and natural gas
for fuel or mechanical purposes lin
cluding pipe lines and pumping sta
tions) toluol (gas plants); ships,
other than pleasure craft or vessels
not built for the United States or
the allies or under license of the
Shipping Board; steel plates; plants;
plants producing solely steel ingots
and castings by the various process.
es;. domestic consumers of fuel and
electric energy for residential con-
sumption including homes, apart
ment houses, residential fats, res.
.aurants and hotels; coal mines, ar.
senals, cantonments and camps o1
the army and navy yards railways
operated by the United States Rail
road Administration; maintenance
and operation of ships, excluding
pleasure craft, not common carriers
and maintenance Of public buildings
used as hospitals or sanitariums.
Class Two: Plants principally en-
gagged in producing locomotive OF
travelling cranes, rolling and draw
ing copper, brass and other copper
alloys coke not otherwise classified
and listed, fefro alloys machine
tools and wire rope; blast furnace.
producing pig iron; steel rail milli
(producing rails over so pounds pei
yard); construction work Of thu
War or Navy Departments in en-
barkation ports. locks, channels, In