Evening journal., 1918-09-09
PRIORITY LIST OF
INDUSTRIES OUT.
Governs Future Flow OF
Basic Elements Essential
to War Program
DIVIDED INTO FOUR
LEADING CLASSES

and approximately complete list Of
preferential industries and plants that
viii serve TO govern the future ilow
of basic industrial elements essential
10 the war program. Under the terms
Of the list, which supersedes an pre-
vious lists. The Industries OF America
are divided into four great classes Tor
preferential treatment by the govern
ment Il virtually amounts TO list OF
-esseniial" industries. and in that re
snect is The first comprehensive list Of
its kind issued by the government.
The new classification VIII serve as
the basis for industrial exemption from
the draft, and, according to the an
nouncement Of the war Industries
board. may be regarded as The govern
ing factor in the distribution OF laDor'
capital facilities. material and trans
portatlon and fuel
The industries and plants grouped
under Glass are only such as are OF
exceptional importance in connection
with the prosecution Of the war. Their
requirements must be fully satisfied in
nreference 10 those OF the three re-
naming classes.
Puel for domestic consumption
residences. apartment houses, restau-
rants and hOtels-is in Glass 1. ~ thaI
class also are food, railways operated
nv the railroad administration. tne
army and navy, alrcraft ships and ship
Yards. war chemical plants, coal mines
and by-product coke plants, certain
nublic utilities. ordnance and small
arm plants, ammunition and explosives.
ind r.N
plsnts grouped under Glass ?, Class
and Glass 4 shall have precedence over
those not appearing on the preference
list. As among these three classes.
however, there shall be no complete or
absolute preference.
The division into classes is for the
purpose Of presenting a composite pic
lure OF the relative Importance OF
the industries and plants embraced
within each group. II is not intended
that the requirements Of Glass ? shall
be fully satisfied before supplying any
Of the requirements Of Glass 3, or that
those OF Glass 3 shall be fully satisfied
before supplying any OF those Of Glass
4. The classification does, however, in
dictate that the Industries and plants
grouped in Glass . are relatively more
important than those in Glass and
that those in Glass 3 are relatively
more important than those in Class q.
The complete list follows:
Glass I.
Plants principally engaged in produc-
Ing aircraft, supplies and equipment
ammunition for the United states ana
the Allies, ordnance and small arms Tot
the United states and the Allies, chem
icals for explosives, ammunition and
aircraft mad use in chemical warfare
metallurgical coke and by-products in
cluding toluol. explosives for military
purposes, feed for livestock and poultry.
food. including cereals and cereal prod
uctc: meats. including poultry, ilsh,
vegetables, fruit, sugar. syrups. glu-
cose. butter eggs, cheese, milk and
cream. lard, lard compounds, 0leO-
margarine and other substitutes for
butter or lard, vegetable oil. beans, salt,
coffee. baking powder, soda and yeast
and ammonia for refrigeration; fungi
cides. oil and natural gas for fuel or
mechanical purposes. including pipe
lines and pumping stations; 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 plants.
plants producing solely steel ingots and
castings by the various processes, DO
mestic consumers Of fuel and electric
energy for residential consumption, in
cluding homes, apartment houses. resi-
DENTAL flats, restaurants and hotels
coal mines. arsenals, environments and
camps OF the army and navy yards,
railways operated by the United states
railroad administration; maintenance
and operation OF ships, excluding pleas
ure craft, not common carriers and
maintenance Of public buildings used
as hospitals or sanitoriums.
Class 3
Plants principally engaged In pro-
ducing locomotive or travelling cranes.
rolling and drawing "copper" brass and
other copper alloys, coke not other
wise classified and listed, ferro alloys,
machine tools and wire rope; blast FUR
naces producing pig iron; steel rail
mills lprOducing rails over fifty pounds
per yard construction work OF the
War or Navy Departments in embar-
kafion ports. harbOrs, f0rtiflcatiOns,
WAYS. and in maintenance and repair
OF same; mine producing metals ana
ferrO alloy miners; street railways
electric lighting and power companies
gas plants not otherwise CLASSIFIED
telephone and telegraph companies,
water supply companies and like gen
eral utilities; railways, not operated
by the United States. excluding those
operated as plant facilities.
Class 3.
Plants engaged principally in produc-
ing food not otherwise listed, not in
Guiding soft drinks, confectionery and
chewing gum; ice, mining tools and
equipment, equipment and supplies for
producing or transporting oil or gas
for mechanical purposes. iron and steel
chains. electrical equipment eXplO-
sives or hand tools for working wood
or metal; fuel and electric energy for
domestic consumers not otherwise list
ed: steel rolling and drawing mills not
otherwise listed: maintenance Of pub
lie buildings other than those used as
hosptals and sanitoriums.
Class Z.
Laundries, plants engaged principal
ly in producing manufacturing hemp.
lutte and cotton bags. manufacturing
chemicals not otherwise listed, medi-
oines and surgical supplies. fertilizers
1rebrick, gray iron and malleable iron
castings, food containers, insecticides
and fungicides, soap, tanned leather and
tanning extracts, cotton and woolen
textiles, including spinning, weaving
and finishing; cotton and woolen knil
goods. textile machinery binder twine