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Show Commercial Club Will Inaugurate Inaugu-rate Big Proposition at Next Banquet. THINK MILLIONS CAN BE DIVERTED FROM EUROPE Governors of Western States to Be Invited to Join in Movement. When It was proposed by a member of tho board of governors of tho Commercial Commer-cial club to Invito tho Governors of tho lntcrrnountnln States to attend tho next annual banquet of tho club, fow present at the meeting understood the Import of the suggestion. Now it Is being rumored that tho board of governors has somo gigantic gi-gantic advertising schemo for tho Western West-ern country which It proposes to present to tho executives of other States and securo se-curo their co-operation In carrying out a plan which. It Is bollcvcd by tho promoters, pro-moters, will. In a few years, draw millions mil-lions of dollars annually to tho West. Tide of Tourist Travel. A report recently Issued by a well-known well-known mercantile agency of the country shows that $150,000,000 Is spent annually by American tourists In Europe. Tho promoters pro-moters of this great advertising schemo are asking each' otherwhy, with the mighty attractions which tho West has to offer ln tho way of scenery nnd health-giving health-giving atmosphere, It would not be pos-slblo pos-slblo to divert nt least a part of that vast sum to the States of the West. "It would be possible," says ono, "If thero could bo a concerted effort on the part of tho peoplo of tho West Mind jou. 1 don't think for a moment that tho Commercial club of Salt Lake City would havo any Influence In tho direction desired. de-sired. But If the commercial clubs and chambers of commerco of tho nine Western West-ern States, tho Stato nnd city governments, govern-ments, and tho business men of all tho West would give of their means to pro-moto pro-moto such a plan, they would ln tlmo reap tremendous returns." "But how could the West nccommodato tho peoplo?" asked a dubious man. How to Care for Them. "That Is Just It they would havo to," replied tho member of tho board of governors, gov-ernors, bubbling with enthusiasm as ho saw in fancy that great army of Eastern tourists who annually spend their summers sum-mers In Europe, breathing In tho pure mountain air of Utah and bathing In tho waters of tho Great Salt Lake "If tho peoplo would onco start westward Instead In-stead of crossing tho pond, they would Induco their friends to do likewise- Then tho railroads would have to incrcaso and better their traveling facilities, tho hotels would havo to enlarge and improvo upon their quarters it would mean an enlarging enlarg-ing and bettering of accommodations all along tho line." "And who is to start this great movement?" move-ment?" asked tho man, becoming a llttlo moro Interested. Salt Lakers to Lead. "The board of governors of the Salt Lako Commercial club. Tho purposo Is, as we have said, to Invito the Governors of Colorado. New Mexico. Arizona. Nevada. Ne-vada. Wyoming, Oregon. Montana, Washington Wash-ington and Idaho to attend tho next banquet ban-quet of the club, to bo held some time between tho first of November and Christmas Christ-mas day. Their ideas of the feasibility of tho plan-will bo obtained nt that time, and If the proposition is approved, we will proceed ln about this way: Railroad Co-Operation. "First, -the Interest of the great transcontinental trans-continental railroad linos must bo secured. se-cured. They will be among tho chief boneflclarles and naturally must tako the lead In promoting the scheme. Then Stato Legislatures. City Councils, commercial clubs and business men must bo asked to endorse tho movement, and to back up the endorsement with their financial aid. "Why, I tell you," concluded tho originator orig-inator of tho big plan to turn tho tide of Eastern travel westward, "If we could divert even a fourth of tho travel to Europe, that would add to the coffers of the West In five years In tho neighborhood neighbor-hood of $200,000,000. Don't you think It's worth trying for?" |