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Show Swedish Attache Is Here Inspects VtajJndustries HTALMAE ANDERSON-TESCH. commercial attache of the Swedish j emment. who is here ou an official visit, and his wife, who also 1 1 as his secretary. j gggMm gt i , - - n I Is Accompanied by Wife, Who Acts as His Secretary. HJALMAR ANDERSON TESCH, commercial attache of the Swedish Swed-ish government, arrived in Salt Lake yesterday to spend a few days making a survey in behalf of the promotion of trade between Sweden and the Uhited States after the war. Incidertally, he is studyiDC the production produc-tion of chemicals in the United States, with a view to advancing the manufacturing manufac-turing methods of the chemical industries indus-tries in his own country. He is accompanied accom-panied hy his wife, who acts in the capacity ca-pacity of secretary to her husband. "The war has placed Sweden in a peculiar pesition," said Mr. Teseh, ''as wc are practically surrounded -by belligerents. bellig-erents. Out supply of raw materials has been cut off. and" we have been driven to every variety of expedient to secure the Things we formerly boucht from the nitioi.s now at war. Many of our people arc wearing clothes made of paper. pa-per. Thert is no gasoline to be had in Sweden and our automobiles are being driven with alcohol. Paper belts are transmitting power to our factory machinery. ma-chinery. . Expedients Used. "Before the war, for instance, we secured our paraffin from Austria. Now we make it from turf, which demonstrated dem-onstrated that necessity is still the mother of invention. What was for-merlv for-merlv waste product is now heinn utilised util-ised in avs never before dreamed of. 1'nable to'i.uy cotton Roods from the I'nited slates, we resorted to the expedient ex-pedient of making clothes of paper. This, in turn, led ns to the manufacture of the alcohol needed in our motors from the paper pulp which was for-merlv for-merlv wasted. Oil has become almost an unknown quantity in Sweden, so that in order to conserve the meager snpplv. we have put ball bearings into everv piece of machinery in the conn-trv. conn-trv. and, in turn, this led us to the dis t Illation of oil from wood, which, while effective, is expensive. "One of Sweden's largest industries before the war was the match bnsi ness. which required great quantities of sulphur, potash and nifrogen. When the war CUt off our supplies the industry in-dustry was threatened with nun, int hv one expedient or another we have succeeded in producing our own supplies of these things, and have even been able to ship a small surplus to other countries. We are now producinc phenol (carbolic Mid), salacvlic acid, saccharin, ncet aniliil. phenacetin nnd aspirin on ti large scale, whereas before theawgr we did not know we could produce pro-duce them at all. "The articles which are mostly need' ed in Sweden, and which wo hope to buy in this country when pence litis been restored, nre cotton, corn, copper nnd petroleum. These we cannot produce pro-duce and wc need large quantities of thorn, i Would Patronize U. S. "I wish to gel in touch, in all parts of the I'nitcd Slates, with firms who can supply our wants in this direction. Sweden likes the American market and wo wish to buy ns much as possible in this country after (he war. "My tour of the United states has demons! ruled to mo that von aro now Independent of Sgrmmny in the mailer of the materials formerly secured from Hint country. Do the case of potash, for Instance, I saw them producing thousands of Ions of it from kelp in southern Callornig, ami 1 understand Hint soul horn l lali is producing large quantities of It, "The Swedish go eminent and the Red Truss ate doing all they cnu to l,..l.. Russian and llormaii inxali.l sol- dteri to return to their rOapOCiiV rmiti trlOSt ii'"l tunny thoilanHl of thcin nrc piisHinj through Sweden ti-lit lon. Bui wnilc we are neutral and nre help ing both sides wlierever we can in strictly humanitarian, way, we aro with I'resiilent Wilson nnd we lelie e in bis polioloi itl purposes, nnd we hope the allies will hold nut fOf B poac thnt will he lasting." Today M r. nd M r. Teseh, ifcoin paotod try Profossor Roborl ft, Hind ford of tKo metallnrgipal i.onartmsol of the Unlvorslty Utah, export lo look over 11 upper WOrklDgB t I Hiui;i:Hu. lis well tis tnS several smelter in the Vicinity Of Stilt l.nKc. |