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Show JAMES J. HILL IS NOW AN OPTIMIST New York. Jan. 22. James J. Hill, revealed himself as an optimist today in an interview on the occasion of his return from an extensive tour of inspection in-spection of the Great Northern system. sys-tem. Mr. Hill said, "There Is plenty of money in the country. There has not been so rapid a recovery as some people peo-ple looked for but that is Just as well. There was a great deal of damage done last year and it takes some tlmo to complete the work of repair, but it Is going on steadily. There is already some increase in certain kinds ot business bus-iness and I look for a healthy revival in all lines this spring. "Perhaps the most noteworthy feature fea-ture of the situation is the increase In building operations, particularly In the west." |