New-York tribune., 1918-11-13

ufacturers 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 gasoline and electricity, boil
ers and radiators.
Family sewing machines, electric
vacuum cleaners, metal beds, cots aid
couches. including hunks and metal
springs.
Linoleum and rag felt floor cover
ings, black galvanized and enameIed
ware and tin plate household utensils
Pianos, piano players and automatic
pianos and parts, talking machines, in
cluding motors accessories and needles.
Baby carriages, refrigerators, cor
sets.
Bicycles and sporting goods
Washing machines and clothes
wringers, ice cream freezers, glass bot
ties and jars, tin plate, pottery, lawn
mowers, electric fans, padlocks, scales
and balances and rat and animal traps.
Hand stamping and marking devices,
pocket knives and similar products,
road machinery, builders hardware
and cash registers and pneumatic au-
tomobile tires.
Under the new ruling passenger au-
tomobiles may henceforth be manufact-
ured to the extent of rs per cent of the
annual output. Last August the auto
mobile industry was required to manu-
facture passenger cars on basis of
so per cent Of its annual output and
was warned to get on a 100 per cent
war basis by January l, 1919. This
would have meant devoting entire
plants to war or essential work. To-
days action nullifes such q require
ment.
Together with the partial lifting OF
the ban or rtailments the board alb
rogated all pledges made by wholesale
and retail dealers in raw material. semi
finished and finished products other
than building materials, affecting such
commodities, including pledges regard
ing reselling.
Manufacturers, however, will con-
tinue to give pledges as heretofore, ex-
cept those requiring the exacting of
pledges from those buying from them
for resale
The priorities division of the War
Industries Board, it was announced.
will assist industries as far as pos
: sible in getting labor, transportation.
fuel and materials to enable them to
get on normal basis as rapidly AS con-
ditions warrant. Precedence will be
given to stimulate production of cargo
ships, army and navy requirements and
the nations proportion of "the enorm-
Gus volume of materials, equipment
and supplies, as shall be required for
the reconstruction and rehabilitation
of the devastated territories of Europe -
Precedence also will be given food
and coal production, that of oil, natu-
raj gas, textiles, clothing and min
erals, public utility requirements and
to permit and stimulate intensive de-
ve'opment of inland waterways.
All limitations of building materials
including brick, cement, lime, hollow
tile and lumber were removed, in con-
nection with the notifications of the
restrictions on buildings. They NAV be
delivered subject TO notifications OF
the non-war construction programme
announced.
Besides those relating to municipal
and public utility building, restrictions
on non-war building lifted included
those against the construction, ex-
tension or repairing Of all irrigation
and drainage projects, construction
projects connected with the extension
expansion or development of mines of
every character connected with the pro-
duction and refining of mineral oil,
and natural gas. and the construction
alterations or extensions of, or repairs