Show TALK TO YOUNG I II BUSINESS MEN MENI I I John Hays Hammond to Speak at Commercial Club This Afternoon RECEPTION AT KNUTSFORD PRESIDENTS RIGHT HAND MAN I OBJECT OF MUCH ATTENTION John Hays Hay Hammond President Tafts friend who Is often orten referred to toas toas toas as the Presidents President man will willea ea t at an Informal reception re at the l I omm club at 1 this after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon to which the young business men of Salt aU Lake are especially invited lit 1 is one of or the most 01 1 men in the west WIn wl v it ie h ii has lias h as spent the greater part o ri Ills Ids Mf lift and his friends and ad adran milI ran i in ill alt aIt Lake are almost with ui T He lie arrived from Los An Ango go gt j at noon and from Salt Lalu Lale Lal h ht he will accompany President Taft to tile the and through a large part of the remainder of his lila journey Mr Ir subject today will be 8 on en the young business man in poli poll politic politics tics tic and ail he be will treat the subject from froma a it nonpartisan nOR purU an point of view his ob oh object je t being to discuss general condi conditions condition tion for or the fie t e advancement of the west westA A committee of prominent citizens met Mr Hammond at the Union station yesterday YE noon and escorted him about Salt Lake in an automobile Later there was an informal reception at the hotel at which Mr Ham Hammond Hammond mond talked interestingly of indus industrial Industrial industrial trial and political work in the west He dwelt on the importance of the business young man getting into poli politics politics politics tics The lawyer Mr Hammond classed as being belm often a theorist and the busi business business business ness ulan roan as the practical individual who was wac most needed in the govern goern government government ment men mentOne t tOne One Cute of the statements made by Mr Hammond was that he favored a course of offering special inducements to men who would take up and develop the theland theland theland land of the west Ie t saying aying the govern government government government ment could well eU afford to pay pa a pre premium to men who would do this work I and the remuneration would come from taxes after the land had been made I productive After the meeting yesterday it was I Ithe the opinion of Mr Ir Hammonds friends that an opportunity for the young men of the city should be given to meet Mr Hammond and he was prevailed upon to give his hi consent to speaking If it arrangements m could be made Jesse F Turner brought up the subject with wi th Fisher Harris secretary of the Com Corn Commercial Commercial mercial club and all arrangements were made last night Mr Hammond was expected to be present for a mass meeting and gen general general general eral reception tonight but this was called off because of the fact that an important telegram regarding the ar arrangements was misdirected and it was wall not received by Mr Turner until late Thursday night Mr Hammond attended the dinner given for the President at Fort Douglas las last abt t night |