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Show spirit mm IN E HSIB1 CENTERS Salt Lwker. After Trip, Says People Here Do Not Realize Conditions. - . oh;v.K. that ha taken ,.!:,, in ln,Mn,.Ss ta0ia.-t,,ris ,-iro.l.., in tlu ;ui,l it;,. K.,, .u.torminati.ni to sub-,-',!::..!!,. !1 ,.rM.f.:l Lusiiiosa to tho 'wi !' niii.. the war, 1.. t, MUl.-r. !.vi.er:-.l msi-.ci-jer of tho Miller CMu.on l'""i',,h M irv.Hv k;u1io ,.,i!St :et.::.ul tu-ne I'ri.bv after H two voeks' Um,,s trij. uhi.h took him to M-vp.l et the !:.!-e eitie, el the e..M. I'ur-.r.,- h;a ah,enee Mr. M;i!or is,t,.,l t.ie sreat tn:m impleitient niauuftu'ttir-"S niauuftu'ttir-"S j'1""' ot' rmersoii-litami.,hm !:!.;. eiv.eut eomiwny at Uoekfor.i ' 111 eite 01 the Ur-t tarm i:iti iei.tettt eon' eerns in the orKl. The 1 nerson fae-tory fae-tory is loeate.l within a tew miles of I Cji.e;-. Grant, one ,t the Kreat national J'SX' eantonments ami concentration f He also visinM the works of the Lewis Spr'ntj an.i Axle eoinpanv it t .'ho!sea. Mi.li.. where the lloliier" automobile, vh:eh is so t'Ofnlar in this section of the country, and for which the Miller-I'ahoon Miller-I'ahoon company is liist rihutor, is maim-:a't.:re.l. maim-:a't.:re.l. Mr. Miller's uv.'.is'.ia'ly favorable op-j op-j po'I'.in.ities tor cominu into close con-j con-j tact with the hie manufacturers ami j linsneial men of the east, make his iiri-; iiri-; j resMons of the new con utions brought about by the war of esneeial interest. " I becan to sense the war feeling the n-or.'.ent we i;ot east of the river." sai.l j Mr. Miller yestenlay, in discussing his ; Compare. 1 with the sentiment one ; cT.coiinters everywhere in the east, the ! pcov'.e of I'lah an-1 for that matter of - the entire iniermeuntain we.-t, have" not 1 yet even becun tit realice that this country coun-try is at war. That is nrobably partly uue to the fact that we are farther i asv from the seat of operations than thev are. Rut I was utterly astounile-i at the white heat at which evorybo-lv in tiie ea: all classes of men, are work-Teere work-Teere is j.ist one thought pre-'ioniinariu, pre-'ioniinariu, and that is war. war. war. T'aey ail feel that the I'pited States is in a fiirht to the .ieath with an enemy ti'.it is rois to make us extend ourselves our-selves to the iimit; an.i they are working s.-.'or.iinciv. All business is beie.;; directed alonz these lines. The preat Kmersou plant sr Kockford is on what is known as the B' 1ST. which means that they et the rr.-T call on raw materials necessary tor the p.:air.f set'.ire of their products, after th-- requirement? of the covernuient are t.iken ..-are of. There are tw-o lists, the A' list and the -B' lisr. On the 'A' bst are trio concern? that are making j j.'eds for the government, and the m.v I ter-als these concerns need have the ab- solnti1 riht of nv over evorvthinj; rlso. Tho H ' list 'tnUos in tho iann imnU'iiiont people. Tho overninent of-tn-ials rcali;.o that if this count rv is to proiluco enough wlicst, mi;:ir ami other toott .staples for our unnies anl t h o armies 01 orr allies, th'e farm implement manufacturers nut be supplied with materials. "The exeeutivo officers of tho Finer-son Finer-son eoinpanv told me that they expect to keep their output up to its present olumo during the whole of tho coining year. So far ns the MiUer-Cuuoon company com-pany is concerned. I closed contracts lor heavier stocks of fnnu implements fur both.onr Murray and Idaho I 'nils houses than we havt ever purchased before. "The lni c-R.toru business men whom T met do not seem to be worrying about the outcome of the war. Thev all feel that onlv one result if possible, but there seems to be a feeling that the conflict n:jjv be a long one. They are ail work-in'a: work-in'a: hiirh speed, but on the whole they are optiinitie. "The freicht enr situation T studied with particular care, both on my wny eiust an.! coming back. I did not see one rmptv freight or box car on tho en-tiro en-tiro iouniev from Salt lake to Chicago, Aud i was impressed with the strenuous efforts th railroads are making to move freight. Time after time freight trains were given the right of wav over passenger pas-senger trains in fa t this happened so 1 often that it seemed 'o be the rule j rather than tho exception. "I inquired into the coal situation in tho ea?t anI found that conditions there are much as thev are hero. There is a 1 shortage everywhere and overy effort i i being made to conserve the sunplv. " i |