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Show HEINER COAL DISTRIBUTOR S tiJJ ? '3 3 TWO ASSISTANTS ARE NAMED jj T X CHARGE OF DISTRIBUTION. Top, left to right I! JL Moroni Heiner of Salt Lake, federal distributor, and A. D. Pierson of Salt Lake, assistant for Utah. Below D. H. Tape i of Ogden, assistant for Wyoming. j '',; 7, A Tl - W, 'A m 1 ... I 4 1 I W , J m ' ' m ' ''J f' ' 1 i i ft' i v ' '1 f ' j - 1 ': ' ' J were signed, such were the needs of the I government. j Mr. Morrow then discussed coal produc-I produc-I tion, giving figures mainly of interest to ! coal producers, and emphasizing the im-' im-' .portance of increasing the production and then distributing it only where needed. need-ed. Unimportant industries, he said, would have to do without coal when important im-portant industries industries which were producing war materials needed the fuel. Tito government representative then said that it looked as though the war would continue at least three years longer. Need of Production. s Mr. Calloway followed Mr. Morrow, and he, too, emphasized the imperative need of increased production, conservation and ?" ttAVs.,j$M OWX -w-yp M - r - rl v. K J - a: i-i 4 f l li Ml equitable distribution where it was most needed for the purposes of the government. govern-ment. He also spoke of the importance of the producers of Utah and southern Wyoming getting together upon a good man for distributor and then standing 1 behind him with loyalty and patriotism. ! Mr. Calloway then reminded the coal producers that the government not only 1 desired co-operation in every way, but ! would enforce it if necessary. He then i told of a middle-west producer w'ho ig- ! nored an order of his state fuel admin- ! istrator to ship coal to a certain govern- 1 ment plant. The producer not only told the administrator that he-would not ship the coal, but took the trouble to so inform in-form the fuel administration at Washington. Wash-ington. Within a few minutes after the administration was so advised an order was issued that no more cars be delivered deliv-ered to that particular operator. The operator also was advised of the order and he hastened to Washington, where he promised to "be good" evermore. After the selections had been approved by a unanimous vote of the operators and administrators present, the conference confer-ence was adjourned. Will Control Output in Utah and Wyoming for Federal Director. TUAT fuel, as well as food, will win the war, and that the government is in deadly earnest with respect to increase of production and rigid conservation of the supply, together with equitable distribution, was evidenced yesterday, when, at the instance in-stance of the federal fuel administration at Washington, a fuel distributor for Utah and southern Wyoming, and one assistant from each of the two states, were named in this city. Moroni Heiner, vice president and general gen-eral manager of the United States Fuel company, was chosen as the distributor for the two states, while A. D. Pierson, general sales agent of the Utah Fuel company, will be his assistant in this state, and D. H. Pape, general manager of the Lion and Wyoming Coal companies, com-panies, will be his Wyoming assistant The selection of the distributor and his assistants was made at a conference at the Hotel Utah yesterday afternoon between be-tween J. D. A. Morrow, head of the distribution dis-tribution of fuel for the federal administration, admin-istration, and A. W. Calloway,, manager of the distribution of bituminous coal for the government, with producers and fuel administrators. Mr. Morrow is general secretary of the National Coal associa-j associa-j tion and former assistant secretary of the federal trade commission. Mr. Calloway, Callo-way, who has spent his life in the coal business, beginning as a miner when a boy, is now at the head of several big coal concerns. , ! Plan of Operation. I The government, or, rather, the fuel i administration, will be advised by the fuel distributor, as nearly as possible, just how much coal will be produced by each of the mines within his. jurisdiction. The fuel administrators of the several western west-ern and coast states will then be asked by the administration how much coal will be needed to supply their needs and the federal fuel administration will pro rate the coalto the states on an equitable equita-ble basis. After this has been done it will be the duty of the distributor to see that the coai is supplied by the mines which are nearest to the consumer, or which can best handle the order, In a way that will lessen the burden of the railroads. Later a special railroad representative will be named to work In 'conjunction with the distributor. To quote from Mr. Calloway, the state : fuel administrator is the consumer and the distributor is the sales agent. Later an advisory committee, to assist the distributor, also probably will be appointed ap-pointed hy each of the two states. The distributor wiil receive a salary i of approximately $3000 a yer, with nec-essarv nec-essarv expenses added, and his assistants wiil 'each receive approximately $250T) with necessary expenses added. Firms Represented. Practically every big producing company com-pany in Utah and southern Wyoming was represented at the conference. Upon the suggestion of Mr. Morrow, a chairman and secretary were namtid. these being, respectively, Thomas J. Sneddon of Dia-mondvlUe, Dia-mondvlUe, Wyo., and A. D. Pierson of this city. In addition to the producers present or represented, W. W. Armstrong, fuel administrator ad-ministrator for Utah: E. H. Walker, fuel administrator of Nevada: Frank R. Gooding, Good-ing, fuel administrator of Idaho, and A. C. Ohlseen. representing Augustine Kendall, Ken-dall, administrator of Wyoming, also were in attendance, M r. Morrow was the first of the two government representatives to speak. He outlined the coal situation throughout the country and the imperative demand for increased production and conservation. conserva-tion. M r. Morrow d welt briefly upon the obstacles to gaining needed information whii-h had been encountered by the fuel administration since its creation. For example, he said that the war department depart-ment was asked for information us to its needs, but that the information had not he en forthcoming and was not expected nnv time soon. He also addt-d that sap-! sap-! plies .for the war department had been I ordered and delivered before the contracts |