Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-13
INDUSTRIES BAN LIFTED.
Limitation on Making Of Autos Liftee
With That on Othsr Industry.

Washington. Nov la,-As the first
step in national industrial readjust-
ment from a war to n peace basis. the
war Industries board yesterday an
nounced notifications In the restric-
tions against nonwar construction and
manufacturing.
All Industries whose peace time out
| put has been curtailed In the interest
of the nations war program may now
Increase their output so per cent OF
the amount of restriction imposed by
the board. while all restrictions are re-
moved against the building OF farm or
ranch buildings. structures, roadways
or plant facilities for railroads, rail-
ways and other public utilities and the
construction, maintenance, improve
ment or development by federal, state
or municipal authorities of highways,
roads, boulevards, bridges, streets.
parks, Fairgrounds and public utilities
including water, sewerage, light power
and street railways.
AZ Industries Specified.
Forty-two specific industries, CHIEF
among them the passenger automobile
industry, are affected by the modifica-
lions Of curtailments imposed on
manufacturers since the war began.
They include:
Agricultural implements and farm
operating equipment. including trac-
tors.
Heating and cooking appliances and
devices using coal, coke. wood. gas, OIL
and gasolene and electricity:
Boilers and radiators:
Family sewing machines: electric
vacuum cleaners;
Metal beds, cots and touches. In
GLIDING hunks and metal springs;
Linoleum and rag felt floor covering
black galvanized and enameled ware
and tinplate household utensils.
Pianos. piano players and automatic
pianos and PAL is. talking machines, IN
Guiding motors. ~- accessories ana
needles, baby carriages, corsets, bi-
cycles and sporting goods, refrigerat-
ors washing machines and clothes
wringers, ice cream fseezers, glass
bottles and jars, tinplate, pottery, lawn
mowers, electric fans. padlocks- scales
and balances and rat and animal
traps. TE T.
Hand stamping and marking devices,
pocket knives and similar products;
read machinery, builders hardware
and cash registers and pneumatic au-
tomobile tires. 7
Lift Auto Restriction.
Under the newlruling passenger au-
tomobiles may ltencefortE be manu-
featured to the extent of rs per cent
of the annual output Last August
the automobile industry was required
to manufacture passenger cares on a
basis Of 50 per cent of their annual
output and were warned to get on a
100 per cent war basis by January l.
1919.
Precedence will be given food and
coal production, that Of OIL, natural
gas, textiles and clothing and miner
ais, public utility requirements and TO
permit. and stimulate intensive devel-
opment Of inland water ways. -
All limitations on the production OF
building materials, including brick.
cement, lime, hollow tile and lumber
also were removed. s-.
|, Restrictions on municipal and pub
lie utility building were lifted. Y,
School houses, churches. hospitals
and public buildings costing not to
exceed $4,000 also may be built with
out permits - es
Restrictions on the variety Of wooden
sweaters and similar articles also were
lifted by the board. and it was an
nounced that conservative measures as
to styles and types, put into effect to
preserve materials, such as those at
fecting the shoe, clothing and other
industries will be dealt with later. =: