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Show WORTH STRIVING FOR. m Thursday, Januarj 26th, there will assemble in this cltv one uf the most imp. .riant conventions svei held in the Western country. That K II should be, and can be. one of the must important; im-portant; and If wise, practical, businesslike busi-nesslike counsels prevail, it will certainly cer-tainly be one of the most important. . anticipate nothing less than this, and so We style It In advance, one of the most Important conventions ever held in the W'est. r n mini r The attendance will embrace many Governors and prominent men heads of great railway systems; practical and foremost men of affairs In many walks of life. Including special representatives representa-tives "f scores of commercial bodies in as many prominent cities of the West. These eminent persons will meet lo consider the great question how Americans Ameri-cans ran be got to see their own cofTn-try cofTn-try before going abroad lo see sights in foreign lands. Americans spend In these, foreign travels, vast sums, estimated esti-mated at from 1160,000,000 to JJOO.OOO.OaO a year. It is thought a reasonable po' - siblllty to direct a portion uf this travel to ploturesqui America, and the coming convention here is deslgnerl to push on the movement for that diversion. Is It not the while? Certainly it Is; the prise Is not only worth while, it Is Immensely worth while. Of course people peo-ple don't travel fer sentiment, nor spend their money In America merely to spend It. But of the ten thousands who go to Purope yearly, suppose ono In five merely wants a change of scene and would as lief get It In his own country as elsewhere: Is It not entirely pra tical to show that one In five. that twenty per cent, that as complete, a change eif scene Is available to him In th.- Unite'! States as elsewhere, that none of the Inconveniences of a foreign language will be met, and that everv-thing everv-thing desirable Is at hand here. Is It not probable that this twenty per cent can be made to nee the point? Is It not worth the while of those who would take care of this travel to prepare and . are for It, when there Is thirty to forty millions of dollnrs to be spent by this travel every year? Is It not worth the attention of the railroads, rail-roads, of the resort keepers, of the w hub populatlona In fact, to do what may be done t6 obtain this mighty travel ? Of course it is, and people everywhere are realizing that important fact. And that Is what will bring prominent and powerful men of all callings to this convention to give this great movement move-ment a propulsion that will carry It to a tremendous SUCCSSS, |