Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-27
,4rATE LABOR COMM SloNER
RECEIVES WAR BOARDS
LATEST CLASSIFICATION.
PLANTS DIVIDED INTO
FOUR CLASSES OR GROUPS
industries Which Will Receive Pre-.
ferential Treatment Speei6sd-War
Essentials ~ Basis to Determine
Relative Impertance-C,assiFe ation
Will Affect Labor Preference.

s@S sNOlHes, ptVt. -IHuuSlIicS
entitled to preferential treatment and
therefore listed in the preference list
as entitled to first consideration in the
matter of'supplies and labor are shown
lin list Just received by State Labor
commissioner A. l.. Urick from, the
war Industries board at Washington.
1t Is explained that "the preference
list is made up Of industries and plants
which in the public interest are
deemed entitled to preferential treat
ment.
THE inclusion Of these industries
and plants on this list" it Is explained
does not operate as an embargo
against all others but the effect Is to
defer the requirements Of all other in
dustries and plants until the require
ments Of those on the preference list
shall have been satisfied.
~, the compilation Of this list. in
dustries and plans have been divided
according to their relative Importance
into four classes, viz: l. 2, 3. and 4. In
determining such relative importance
consideration and weight have been
given not solely to any one but to all
of the following factors.
s"CD The intrinsic Importance of the
product itself for use during the war
and the urgency, as measured by time.
of the demand or OF the use to which
it is to be put.
"(2) The necessity for maintaining
or stimulating and increasing the total
quantity OF production which in turn
depends largely upon the relation of
the supply to the demand for essential
uses
"t3) The proportion Of the capacity
of the industry or plant which is de-
voted to the production Of the essen
tial product"
This list, it Is thought<also will enter
largely into the calculations of the
community labor boards in making up
their lists OF essential occupat tons.
Copies OF the list are being mailed to
the community labor boards for use
primarily in the matter Of labor
supply
Industries considered the most es-
sential are placed in class l. those
next in importance in class and so
on Many important industries do not
appear in any of these classes. Manu-
featuring plants more particularly are
given consideration.
The Preferential List.
Those listed under class one as be-
ing of most importance follow:
Aircraft. plants engaged principally
in manufacturing aircraft, supplies or
equipment.
Ammunition. plants engaged princi-
pally in manufacturing same for this
government and it's allies.
Arsenals and navy yards, canton
ments and camps
Arms (smalD, plants engaged in
manufacture thereof.
Blast furnaces producing pig iron.
Chemicals, plants engaged in manu-
featuring chemicals for military or
naval purposes.
Coke. plants engaged principally in
producing metallurigical coke. and by
products, including toluol.
Domestic consumers of fuel and
electric cnergy-plants supplying heat
and light.
Explosives, plants engaged in manu-
featuring same for military and naval
purposes for this country and it's allies.
Feed. plants engaged principally in
preparing and manufacturing feed for
live stock and poultry.
Foods. plants engaged principally in
producing. milling. refining. preserving.
refrigerating, wholesaling or storing
food for human consumption.
Guns. large. plants engaged prin-
cipallv in manufacturing same for the
United States government and it's
allies.
Hospitals, maintenance and opera
ton of.
Gas plants producing toluol.
Railways. operated by the United
States railroad administration.
Ships, maintenance and operation OF,