Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-03 | Page 6 | Rush Orders

RUSH ORDERS. St. Louis seems to be highly favored !in the matter of furnishing supplies to ! the belligerents. A day or two ago an jageut of the French government ap-j ap-j pcaied in the Mound City in quest of 1 4000 horses and mules. He let it be ! known that his home government expected ex-pected to peud $12,000,000 for cavalry horses in the near future. On Thursday of this week a rush order for 110,000 barrels bar-rels of flour was placed with a St. Louis nulling concern. The flour will be made of Kansas wheat aud will require 540,- 000 bushel. ! Sou tii Bethlehem, Pa., was the scene of great activity on Thursday. Thirty-seven Thirty-seven representatives of American motor mo-tor truck manufacturers who have been demonstrating their machines for several sev-eral weks wnre informed that recommendations recom-mendations for the types of 1000 trucks wanted by France and liu.sia for use iu the present war have been made by a com ni it tec of French ofli'-ers now in South IlethJrhem and that contracts ould bo let at once. It became known at the same time tbat tho Bethlehem Steel company is the purchasing agent for Iliir-.dH and France for motor trucks and army Mippiies b.icli a- shoes, blankets blan-kets and horse:-hoes. On the j-ame day, with a eommis.don from the Italian govern m cut to pur-eHi'-e aeroplanes and air craft, motors of high power, the Italian ngrnt for an A :neriran aeroplane, manufacturer arrived ar-rived in New York. The Tfalfan government gov-ernment propo-es to be fully prepared with machines for .scouting purposes, to av ii'Vhing nf bnt.lN's in ihe yir, tn case :-hi; i.-i finally drawn into the conflict. He in g the only great manufacturing en'.jiifry not, invnlwd in the war, the L'nited State,; j.- cHlied upon to furnish supplies for the belligerents. If the war lasts nvire and niorn order?, wiil be. titled and the present s'ngn.'i t ion iu busings overborne, in p:jit at least. It mrjv be ttuit the tiHe j-i now turning and t iiitt this eountf- will -nOVr very litt!" j in addition to f i"1 tnr?. already rhrnn-i.-V.j, 1'iit. it 'if; well to be conservative.