The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-01

None OF these men was especially
DESTROYS of being known; they did not
care to emblazon their names before
the public. Perhaps but few Of the
British, aside from those In shipping
circles, know Andrew Weir, who is
now surveyQr-general Of supply at
the British war office. Yet he was
one Of the foremost shipbuilders on
the Clyde before the war and Is now
saving the British nation $5.O00,000 q
week by efficient methods.
The new financial secretary to the
chancellor Of the excheQuer Is Sir
Samuel Hardman Lever. He was never
a member Of the house Of parliament
and for this reason there were many
groans when he was named for this
position. He. too, has saved the gov
eminent millions Of dollars. Shipping
Is controlled by Sir Joseph Maclay, a
formidable business man on the Clyde,
who was called into service and who
has since made remarkable Roadway
with difficult proposition.
Sir Eric Geddes made possible the
transporting of troops from one Sec
tor Of the western front to another,
yet politics has always been distaste-
full to him and he hitherto confined
himself strictly to the big job of run
ming the Northeastern railway.
cowdray In War.
A mighty Job faces Lord Cowdrny,
head Of the Air board, and has faced
him since he took Office. He Is bet
ter known under the name of Pearson,
being the head Of the oil firm of that
name that successfully battled with
the Standard OIL company. Lord
Cowdray himself personally directed
many of the marvellous engineering
feats the firm has carried through In
Mexico and Canada. One of his part
ners, Sir Ernest William Moir, Is In
charge of the inventions department
Of the ministry of munitions. Sir
Ernest was resident engineer Of the
tunnels under the Hudson river in
New York, but this is simply one Of a
long list Of achievements.
Lord Rhondda, new food controller,
is a commercial man Of front rank in
England. He was once In politics,
but later quit, and when he was
called to his present post he was head
Of great cOlliery alliance employing
10000 men, and he also found time to
be director in not less than 40 com.
panies.
Lord Rothermere, who has charge
Of the army clothing department, is
president and founder Of the Anglo
Newfoundland Development company
which developed the resources Of that
colony to a marvellous extent. Sir
Alfred Mond, who commanders
hotels, tills public parks and erects
buildings needed by the government
overnight, made millions as manu-
facturer of chemicals.
This list is necessarily incomplete
It does not narrate in detail the ex
PLOTS of the men mentioned. 1t gives
however, some idea of the caliber OF
men who have enlisted to aid the Brit
ish government. Their aid has beer
! invaluable; their success to be meas
ured more than by savings Of tens OF
millions. Their savings, 1t might bt
said, are real and not imaginative.
Following England.
What these men have done in Eng
land-and their results will best bt
told after the war Is over and mel
carefully analyze just what they have
done-is being done in America to {
remarkably similar degree. 81
Never before were mcn with sucl
earning capacities and with suci
keen ability to organize and direc
oil gathered for the same purpose
When It Is considered that such mel
as Howard Coffin, one Of the great
est engineers In the country; Juliu
Rosenwald, q mercantile power o
particular acumen; Thomas Edison
the electrical wizard; Daniel VII
lard, transportation expert, and 9th
ers, are all working toward singh
goal--the success Of the United State
In the war-it is truly remarkable.
The entire personnel OF the al
yisory commission of the nationa
council of defense breathes power. /
naturally would with men like Thee
dore N. Vail, head of the Bell Tele
phone system; Wallace ID. Simmons
head of the largest hardware compan
In the United States, and others OF
the list, all actively engaged In tn
councils worn. There are men wh
are on the committees who leave In
portant work to go to washington
and unravel knotty questions on trans
portation, food and kindred subjects.
Most Of the big railroad men In tn
country are doing what they can I
aid the big financiers are Joining II
so are the manufacturers. Althoug
they have accomplished wonders sine
their organization few months age
II we could but ascertain the real eN
tent of their efforts, of which only
few leak out now and then, 1t woul
deserve properly to be classed abov
twentieth century miracles.
Merging the Railroads.
It Is rather much Of an old stor
now TO tell of the merging of all tn