The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-11
REVISED PRIORITY REGULATIONS BY
 INDUSTRIES BOARD
Preferential List Published of Concerns Necessary in Successful Con-
 duct of War

Washington. April 10-Revised prior and transportation for industries neces- sary to the ar and essential to the pub lie welfare, were isued today by the WAT industries board
 A lengthy preferential list made pub lie classifies dozens of transportation and fuel users as essential. Others, it was announced. will be added from time to time The preferred indus tries. under a r.an now ir preparation. also are to te giN en reference in cb- taining new material and other sup plies.
 The priority list is as follows: Plants engaged exclusively in man ufacturing aircraft or supplies and equipments. ammunition for the United States and the allies, army and navy cantonments and camps; small arms: chemicals; coke, domestic consumption; electrical equipment; electrodes; ex- piosives farm implements; fcrro- alloys; fertilizers; fire bricks; food for human consumption; food contain CTS; gas; gas producing machinery. guns; hemp: jute and cotton bags; in secticides and fungicides; iron and steel. blast furnaces and foundries; laundries; machine tools: mines; min ing tools and equipment: newspapers and periodicals; oil refineries tmineral and vesetablel; roil wells equipment; public institutions and buildings; pub lie utilities; railway: railway equip menr and suppliesj refrigeration; seeds (except flower seeds); bunker coal (not including pleasure craft); ships; ship supplies and equipment: soap; steel plants, except for patent leather; tan
 ning extracts; tin plate: twine tlNnder) and rope; wire rope and rope wire Tt is proper to say" statement by
 the board sets forth, that the board has not undertaken to classify any in- dustry as ron- essential or at this time
 to limit the quantity of fuel which any particular industry or plant shall re- eeive. The obard has, however, listed ccrtain in0ustries whose operation of exceptional importance measured by | the extent of their direct or indirect contribution either toward winning the war or toward promoting the national welfare and these industries will be &C., corded preferential treatment by th.. fuel administration, in the distribution of coal and coke and also n the trans | portation of such coal and coke by tie railroads.
 This same plan will be followed in
 according preferential treatment to war industries and plants in the trans | poItatIon of raw materials and s1ln piles required by them in their pls m, l l.tetufing operations so that tbev may rot be delayed or hampered in com l plying with priority orders issued gov
 erning th.lr products.
 Preference list No. is rot ,.omnlete | Tn its self, but il will be notad that provision ss made for certifying aAdi-
 tionai classes of Industries and also in-
 dividual plants whose operations Are | necessary as war measure. In de- termining what industries or nlants
 are entitled. to be certified. two fac. tors will control:
 Ihe relative urgency of the uses or
 purposes Ior which the product of the
 plant is utilized. and "
 The per cent of tae nrod,ot @ n
 plant utilized in war work diroat ns
 indirect or work Of exceptionaI or ,a
 tional importance. No plant a very snh :.
 s.anual part whose products is not
 ol exceptional importance can he ac . corded preferential treatment
 l Ire priority commissioner shall m I uci the erection of and with tha .n prpvet oI the priorit;es board ce,t;f,,
 aadlticnal classes of indu stries and | also certify individual plants whose on-
 eration as d war measure is of er
 ceplionai Importance, which industries .
 ana Flaiits, when so certified shaIi h,
 auto'ratically included in this nrafar-
 eHce lst: which shall be amended ~ l 'seu rom time to time by action
 inc oondi. piuritles board to meet chang |