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Show I MAY' FORM A Move to Bring People I . Westward. ! Commercial Bodies of West Likely to Unite for This Purpose, j Convention to Be Held in Son Fran cisco, Whoro the Matter Will Bo DiBCUBgcd. fecial to Tlio Tribune. irw ORTIvAND, Or., May 21. Last njr yonr after tho close of the ses-sion ses-sion of tho Trans-Mississippi congTcsa, held at Seattle, un ex-cctitivo ex-cctitivo hossIoii of the ofllccrs of the Denver Chamber of Commerce listened to a proposition presented by Mr. Tom Richardson, chairman of the executive committee of the Trnns-MisalssippI Commercial congress, ndvocatlng- a combination of all the active commercial com-mercial bodies throughout tho West In an effort to Induce the con-vcutlonsi con-vcutlonsi held In SI. LouIb during- tho exposition In 1301 to hol'd their next convention, 1003, In tfomo city on the Pacific coast. The active ofllccrs of all of the commercial com-mercial bodies throughout the West, as well.' as tho men-'rcprescntlnS' tho passenger departments of the Western railroads to whom this matter has been presented, all agree that the movement Is one of the most Important and will result In greater ibeneflt to the West than any undertaking attempted durlug recent years. At leaa SO per cent of all of tho travel to the Pacific coast either comes or returns re-turns through Utah, not only stopping nt the Important cities of the State, but visiting- many of the resorts, and naturally nat-urally adding1 Immensely to the tourist travel of that State. The commercial organizations of Salt Lake, Ogden, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and other cities would work . In harmony In inducing conventions to come to the Pacific coast. If It was decided best to have a certain convention In San Francisco, then all' the Interests would unite to make that a success, and thesame would be true with regard to any other city on the Pacific coast. Almost all tourists buy tickets when V... nnmt TT.t ...kl.l. mi.i point of Interest, and either before or( after the convention is held Its delegates dele-gates travel extensively. This movement move-ment will benefit every section of the great West, be of practical Importance to tho Irrigation movement and of enormous enor-mous benefit to mining- and agricultural interests, for It will serve tp make the American people familiar with the undeveloped un-developed resources of the West and the marvelous opportunities to make advantageous ad-vantageous Investments, It has been suggested that It would he a wise move to have a conference at San Francisco, at which all of the cities of tho West would be represented through delegates appointed by their commercial bodies, and agree upon some plan of action that would be mutually mu-tually beneficial to all concerned. Portland Is particularly interested In this movement, .13 next year she will bo an especially attractive center as a result re-sult of the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition. The Portland, Commercial club has engaged Mr. Tom Richardson as manager, man-ager, and this organization wljl do everything- in its ppwer to make this movement a success, agreeing- in advance ad-vance that Portland will only ask for her quota of conventions, working just as, earnestly to secure a convention for any other city on the Pacific coast as though it were to be held in this city.. The Denver. Chamber of Commerce "being the initial commercial body In thlH movement will very naturally be depended upon to decide the date and arrange the call for a meeting In San Francisco, and this meeting- should he held at the very earliest possible moment. mo-ment. The American people are thoroughly devoted to the convention Idea, and the railroads fully appreciate the enormous increase the holding of conventions In different sections of the country adds to American travel. |
