Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-09
new ESSENTIAL
INDUSTRIES LIST
ISPROMULGATED
1t Is Described As "Master
Key Governing Priority
Certificates and As Draft
Exemption Basis.

SCi tlIIVQlCS uilu no w AT
Exemption Basis.
Washington, Sept. 8-~A new priori-
ties list of industries and plants es-
sential to the war or the civil popula-
ton was announced today by Chair
man Baruch of the war industries
board. 1t was described as the master
key" governing the issuance of prior
ity certificates by the priorities conf
missioner of the board for fuel sup
ply or electrical energy, transpor-
tation, material, facilities, capital and
labor and as the basis for industrial
exemption from the draft
"Thc inclusion of the industries and
plants on this preference list" said
the announcement, does not operate
as an embargo against all others, but
the effect is to defer the requirements
of all other industries and plants TN
til the requirements OF those on the
preference list shall have been sat
ished."
Grouped Into Four Glasses.
Industries have been grouped into
four classes according to their rela-
tive importance. No distinction is
made between industries or plants
within any one class and it was ex-
planned that no significance is to be
attached to the order in which they
are listed within any class. The in
dustries or plants under Class | are
of exceptional Importance.
| Fuel for domestic consumption
residences, apartment houses, restau-
rants and hotels--is in Class 1. Food;
railways operated by the railroad ad-
ministration; the army and navy, air
craft, ships and shipyards, war chemi-
cal plants, coal mines and byproduct
coke plants. certain public utilities
ordnance and small arms plants, and
ammunition and explosives are also
in Class |.
Monthly Report Required.
Requirements of those grouped
under Classes 2, 3 and 4 will be given
priority over those not on the prefer
ence list, but as between these three
classes. there is no absolute prefer
ence provided. Relative importance
of the industries and plants within
each group will be the basis of opera
ton.
Each plant listed in the three last
classes will be required to file with
the war industries board before the
18th OF each month report of its
activities during the preceding month
Failure to comply with this order will
mean removal from the preference
list.
The Complete List Follows:
Class l.: Plants principally en-
gagged in producing aircraft supplies
and equipment, ammunition for the
United States and the allies; ord.
nance and small arms for the United
States and the allies, chemicals for
explosives, ammunition and aircraf,
and use in chemical warfare, explo.
sives for military purposes, feed TO,
live stock and poultry, food, includ.
ing cereals and cereal products
meats, including poultry, fish, vege
tables, fruit, sugar, syrups, glucose
butter, eggs, cheese, milk and cream
lard, lard compounds, oleomargarin,
and other substitutes for butter o.
lard, vegetable oil. beans, salt, coffee
baking powder, soda and yeast, ane
ammonia for refrigeration, fungicides
oil and natural gas for, fuel or me.
chanical purposes, including pipe
lines and pumping stations; toluol
(gas plants); ships, other than pleas,
ure craft or vessels not built for the
United States or under license of the
shipping board; steel plants, plants
producing solely steel ingots and
castings by the various processes
domestic consumers of fuel and cleo.
trio energy for residential consump.
ton, including homes, apartment
houses, residential flats, restaurants
and hotels; coal mines, arsenals, can
tonments and camps of the army and
navy yards, railways operated by the
United States railroad administra-
ton. maintenance and operation OF
ships, excluding pleasure craft, not
common carriers; and maintenance OF
public buildings used as hospitals or
sanitariums.
Class 2: Plants principally en-
gagged in producing locomotives, trav-
cling, rolling and drawing, brass and
other copper, alloys, coke not other.
wise classified and listed, ferro alloys
machine tools and wire rope; blast
furnaces producing pig iron; steel rail
mills (producing rails over 50 pounds
per year, construction work of the
War or Navy departments in EN-
barkation ports, harbors, fortihca.
tions, food protection operations
docks, locks, channels, inland water.
ways and in maintenance and repair
Of same; mines producing metal and
terro alloy minerals; street railways,
electric lighting and power COM
panles, gas plants not otherwise class
ihed; telephone and telegraph COM
panies, water supply companies and
like general utilities; railways not op-
Grated by the United States, excluding
those operated as plant facilities.
Glass 5: Plants engaged princi-
pally in producing food not otherwise
listed, not including soft drinks, con-
fectionery and chewing gum; ice,
mining tools, and equipment, equip
ment and supplies for producing or
transporting oil or gas for mechani-
cal purposes. iron and steel chains,
electrical equipment, explosives not
otherwise listed, tin plate, and small
or hand tools for working wood or
metal; fuel and electric energy for
domestic consumers not otherwise
listed; steel rolling and drawing mills