Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-13
new PRIORITY LIST
Industries Named That Are Essen
tiaI 10 the War.
BARUCH CALLS IT MASTER KEY
Four Glasses Of Industry Indicated In
the Order of Their Relative import
anee As Being More Necessary Than
Other Industries.

Other Industries.
,, Washington. September s.-A new
priorities list Of industries and inter-
ests essential to the war or the civil
population was announced today by
Chairman Baruch. Of the war indus
tries board. II was described as the
master key governing the issuance
OF priority certificates by the pri-
critics commissioners OF the board for
fuel supply or electrical energy, trans
portation, material facilities, capital,
and labor and as the basis of indus
trial exemption from the draft.
THE inclusion of the industries and
plants on this preference list" said the
announcement. does not operate rs an
embargo against all others, but the ef-
feet is to defer the requirements Of all
other industries and plants until the
requirements of those on the prefer
ence list shall have been satisfied"
Industries have been grouped into
| four classes according to their relative
importance. No distinction, however.
has been made between any OF the in
dustries or plants within any one class
and it was explained that no signii-
cancc Is to be attached to the order
in which they are listed within any
class. The Industries or plants under
| Class / are of exceptional importance
and include those most vital to the
prosecution of the war, and the public
and their requirements must be fully
| met in preference to those Of the three
| remaining classes.
Residences In Class I.
| Fuel for domestic consumption-rcs-
licences. apartment houses restaurants
and hotels-is in Class l. In that
class also are food. railways operated
by the railroad administration. the
army and navy, aircraft, ships and
shipyards, war chemical plants. coal
mines and byproduct coke plants. ccr-
tain public utilities, ordnance and
small arms plants. and ammunition
and explosives.
Requirements OF those grouped un-
der Glasses 9, and 4 will be girer
priority over those not on the prefer
encc list, but as between these three
.lasses, there is no complete or abso-
lutte preference provided. Relative i'm
portance OF the Industries and plants
within each group will be the basis oi
operation.
Each plant listed in the three last
| classes will be required to file with tht
war industries board before the l5tf
of each month u report Of its activities
during the preceding month. Failure
/ to comply with this order will NEAR
removal from the preference list
The complete list follows:
| The Complete List.
Class 1-Plants principally engaged
lin producing aircraft supplies anc
equipment. ammunition for the Uni
ted States and the Allies. ordnance ant
small arms for the United States ant
the Allies, chemicals for explosives
ammunition and aircraft and gas ir
chemical warfare: metallurgical coke
and byproducts including tolu2I ex.
/ plosives for military purposes; feet
for livestock and poultry; foods. in
GLIDING cereals and cereal products
meats, including poultry, fish, vegeta'
bles, fruit, sugar, syrups. glucose. but
tier, eggs, cheese, milk and cream. lard
lcompounds. oleomargarine and othel
substitutes for butter or lard. vegeta'
Ible oil, beans, salt, coffee. baking pow
der. soda and yeast. and ammonia fol
refrigeration; fungicides, oil and natu'
raj gas for fuel or mechanical pur'
poses. (ncluding pipe lines and pump
ing stations). toluol (gas plants)
ships, other than pleasure craft or YES
lsels not built for the United States OF
the Allies or under license of the ship
ping board: steel plates. plants pro.
lducing solely steel ingots and castings
by the various processes: domestic
consumers of fuel and electrical ener.
Icy for residential consumption, includ'
ing homes, apartment houses, residen.
tial flats, restaurants and hotels; Goa
mines, arsenals, cantonments ant
camps of the army and navy yards
railways operated by the United State:
railroad administration: maintenance
and operation of ships. excluding
pleasure craft not common carrier, ant
maintenance of public buildings uset
as hospitals or sanitariums.