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Show STEEL MAGH Al E PAYS t VISIT TO II S. W. Whcelock of Illinois Steel Works Is Sojourning in Salt Lake City. S. W. Whcelock of the great UllnolB steel works, which has large plants at Chicago and Jolllot, 111., and Milwaukee. Wis.. In at tho Knutsford. Sppaking of the great steel industry, ho said: "With us It In as with other large steel concerns, that Is to say, wc aro putting hundreds of thousand of dollars into enlargement en-largement of our plants, to meet the pressing and Increasing demanUB of tho homo market. The extraordinary call for stet5l rails and equipment for the new roads building between Chicago and Salt Iako explains the strain on all steel resources. re-sources. Of course, this stiffens prices and helps capital and labor. Not Affected by Foreign Trade. "No, I cannot sec that foreign trado with America In our lines, afreets us; at least, not in the Interocean territory At seaboard cities, on both coasts, th BritlHh tramp steamer makoB It possible to bring In healthy competition, but we aro practically free from It3 effects. As to Coal Strike. "The threatened coal strike? Why. I do not believe It will occur, and for tho very good rea.9on that neither Mr Mitchell or Ir. Bacr dare again tempt public opinion and resulting condemnation at lis bar. There Is nothing between tho opposing forces that could not bo submitted sub-mitted to and solved by arbitration, and tho peoplo demand these things shall bo done." |