The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-10
1t is the master Key" Govern
ing the Distribution of Fuel
For Winter.
THERE ARE FOUR CLASSES
In Class One Are Plants or In
dustries of Exceptional I'm
pOrtance and Include Fuel for
Residences.

sS Washington, Sept. "a new pri-
titles list of Industries and plants
essential to the war or the civil pop
Nlatton wa sannounced yesterday by
chairman Baruch. of the war indus
tries board. 1t was described as the
master key" governing the issuance
xsof priority certificates by the priori-
ties commissioner Of the board for
fuel supply or electrical facilities,
capital, and labor and as the basis
for industrial exemption from the
draft.
The inclusion OF the industries
and plants on this preference list
said the announcement, docs not
operate as an embargo against all
others, but the effect is to defer the
s;requirements of all other industries
and plants until the requirements Of
those on the preference list shall
have been satisfied"
= Industries have been grouped in
to four classes, according to their
relative importance. NJ distinction
however, has been made as to any Of
the industries or plants within any
one class and it was explained that
no significance is to- be attached to
the order in which they are listed
within any class. The industries or
plants under class one are of ex-
ceptional Importance and include
those most vital to the prosecution
of the war, and the public and their
requirements must be fully met in
preference to those of the three re-
naming classes. o..
Fuel for domestic. consumption,
residences, apartment houses, res
ftaurants and hotels--is In class one
In that class also are food, railways
operated by the railroad administra
!, tion. the army and navy, aircraft.
! ships and shipyards, war chemical
plants, coal mines and by-products
coke plants certain public utilities.
i ordnance and small arms plants, and
ammunition and explosives.
Requirements of those grouped
under classes two three and four
.twill be given priority over those not
on the preference list. but as be-
tween these three classes. there is
no complete or absolute preference
) provided Relative importance Of
the industries and plants withti each
. group will be the basis of operation
Eacn plant listed In the three last
gclasses will be required oAfile with
the war industries board before the
fifteenth of each month a report of
its activities during the preceding
month. Failure to comply with this
order will mean removal from the
preference list
The compete list follows:
Cla.- one: 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; chem Gals rnr
explosives, ammunition and aircraft
and use in chemical warfare; metal
1urgical coke and by-products. in
Guiding toiuol; explosives for mill
tary purposes; feed for live stock
and poultry; foods, including ce-
reals and cereal products, meats, in
Guiding poultry, fish, vegetables.
fruit, sugar, syrups, glucose, but
ter. egg, cheese, milk and cream.
lard, lard compounds, oleomargarine
and other substitutes for butter or
lard, vegetable oil, beans, salt. cof-
fee, baking powder, soda and yeast,
and ammonia for refrigeration;
fungicides, oil and natural gas for
fuel or mechanical purposes (in-
cluding pipe lines and pumping sta
tions), toluol (gas plants); ships,
other than pleasure craft or vessels
not built for the United States or
the allies or under license OF the
pOdiu, stccl
producing solely steel ingots and
castings by the various processes;
domestic consumers of fuel and cleo
trio energy for residential consump-
tion, including homes. apartment
houses, residential fats, restaurants
and hotels; coal mines, arsenals,
cantonments and camps of the army
~and navy yards. railways operated
BY the United States railroad admin
fs5fa tion; maintenance and operation
of ships. excluding pleasure craft.
not common carriers, and mainte-
nance OF public Buildings used as
hospitals or sanitariums.
Glass two: Plants principally en-
gagged In producing locomotives or
f~eye'f~o 90 oes. roN .
Ing copper. brass and other copper
. alloys, coke not otherwise classified
and listed, ferro alloys, machine
tools and wire rope: blast furnices
producing a pig iron; steel rail
mills (producing rails over 20
Npunds per yard); construction
work of the war or. navy depart
ments In embatkation,s ports. locks,
.channals, inland waterways and in
maintenance and repair OF same.
mines producing metals and ferro
Yay Eiinefals; street railways; cleo
zhting and power companies.
auho ,heys- not otherwise classified,
Fna which M telegraph companies.
s&ep on the waympanies and like
- sp <oonstantinopl9'yays not oper-
T those Turksrs
VI O0 cups and Apits
Feeent dAtheir ofiicers{ F9Sas
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