Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-09
GROUP INDUSTRIES
INTO FOUR CLASSES
UNDER NEW DRAFT
PRioRlTlES LIST IS ANNOUNCED
BY WAR DEPARTMENT - DIVE
SONS MADE ACCORDING TO
THEIR IMPORTANCE.

sentlal to the war or the civil popu!"'
,ion was announced today by Char,
man Barueh Of the war industries
board.
II was described as the master
kew" governing the issuance OF PIT
ority certificates by the priorities COM
missioner of the board for fuel supply
or electrical energy. transportation
material. facilities, capital and laoot
and as basis for industrial eXehip'
ton from the draft.
1.-The inclusion of the industries ana
plants on this preference list SAN
the announcement, does not operate
as an embargo against all others, Dut
the effect is to defer tie require
ments of all other industries ana
plan.s until those on the preference
lists are satisfied
Industries have been grouped into
four classes. according to their rela'
tive importance.
These in Glass 1.
The industries or plants under class
| are of exceptional importance ana
include those most vital to the pros
eeution OF the war, and the public ana
their requirements must be fully met
in preference to those Of the three
remaining classes.
Fuel for domestic consumptlon--re
sidences, apartment houses, restau-
rants and hotels-is in class. In that
class also are food, railways operated
by the railroad administration, the ar
my and navy, aircraft, ships and ship
yards, war chemical plants, coal
mines and by-prGducts, coax plants
certain public utilities, ordinance and
small arms plants and ammunition
and explosives
Each plant listed in Classes |, 2
and 4 will be required to file with the
war industries board before the III
teenth of each month a report of its
activities during tKS preceeii1f
month Failure to comply with this
order will mean removal from the pre-
ference list
Here is complete List
Class / Plants principally engaged
in producing aircraft, supplies an
oa,,iou,nvt ,p,r,,uitino fOr tho I1njtpI
States and the allies, ordinance am
small arms for the United States an
the allies chemicals and explosives
ammunition and aircraft and use il
chemical warfare; metallutgical COX
and by-products, including totuol; eS
plosives for military purposes, fee
for live stock and poultry,
Food, including cereals and cerea
products, meats, including poultry
fish, vegetables, fruit, sugar, sirups
glucose, butter, eggs cheese, milk an
cream, lard lard compounds. Oleomal
garine and other substitutes for butte
or lard, vegetable oil, beans, salt co
fee, baking powder, soda and yeas
and ammonia for refrigeration, flung
cdes, oil and natural gas for fuel c
mechanical purposes (lncluding pip
aines and pumping statlonsD
Totuol (gas plants, ships, othe
than pleasure craft or vessels not bui
for the United States or the allies c
under lease Of the shipping bOart
steel plants, plants producing SOLE
steel ngots AMI castings by the yal
GUS processes.
Domestic consumers Of fuel ar
electric energy for residential consul
ption, including homes, apartme
houses. residential flats, restauran
and hotels coal mines, arsenals. ca
tonments and camps Of the army al
navy yards. railways, maintainan
and operation of ships, excludi,
pleasure craft, not common carrie
and maintenance OF public buIdn
used as hospitals or sanitariums.
Listed in Class
Class & Plants principally eng;
cd in producing locomotives, tray
ing cranes, rolling and drawing cOpl
brass and cher copper alloys, co
not otherwise classified and listed. t
70 alloys, machine tools and wire 70
blast furnaces producing pig ire
steel rail mills (producing rails on
fifty pounds per Yard
Construction work Of the War
Navy departments in embarkat
ports, harbors, Notifications food p
lection, operations, docks. loo
shannels, inland waterways and
maintenance and repair of same.
Street railways, electric light
and power companies, gas plants
otherwise classified, telephone and
egraph companies. water supply G.
panies and like general utilities; /
ways not operated by the mi
States including those operated
plant facilities.
These in Class 3
Class 3-plants engaged princip
In producing food not otherwise lis
not including soft drinks, conlect
cry and chewing gum ice, mir
tools and equipment and supplies
producing or transporting oil or
for mechanical purposes, iron
steel chain, electrical equipment,
plosives not otherwise listed. tin pl
small or hand tools for working "
or metal
Fuel and electric energy for 1ol
tic consumers not otherwise lis