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Show 06DER FIRST IN ITS LOYALTY TO HOME MANUFACTURERS Royal A. Barney of the Knight Woolen Mills of Provo is in the city to view the "Home Products" exhibitions. exhibi-tions. He states that he has never seen a better display of home-made articles than are shown In Ogden this week and he pays a high compliment to the businessmen and citizens here for their loyalty to home production In fact, Mr Barney says, while the hat must be doffed to Ogden as the firxt clean city of the state, it is also Incumbent on those acquainted with tho people's loyalty to home manufacturing manu-facturing to pay thf highest tribute to the city for interest in the manu faclurlng and purchablng of home made goods. He says that Ogden 16 first in the state in this respect by a large margin. Speaking of the condition of the mills at Provo, Mr. Barney says that the plant is now running full capacity capac-ity and employs 250 hands at reasonably reason-ably good salaries He says the pros-pectB pros-pectB are that the mills will be required re-quired to dc extra work to fill orders for the European war. Foreign countries coun-tries are seeking bids from all the nulls of the country for blankets and liotuing material. The Provo mills have Improved and enlarged facilities until the company com-pany is now prepared to meet the demands of the trade to a large extent, ex-tent, much the same aa the Scowcrott Company of Ogden Is prepared to supply sup-ply a large demand in the line of overslls and other wearing apparel. |