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Show GOOD WORDS FOR WESTERN WORK Km iik iiriiis of Los Aigelei t'liamliBi- tf CtHaierfe Writes Letter PI Mil DISCI SSKS -SKK AMERICA KIKST PLAN Poiita (lut w hat Must ii.- Done to richieTc tin l-Bsiipd Hpsults. tine of tha moat romprehrnslve and Ofl-thualaattc Ofl-thualaattc liiiloraenirnta of till "Mm America Klrel meVOSMnl JfOl rO0OlV)4 by the Commercial club romrolttae which ha ihe work In haiiU uml la buav irr-pur-Ingf for the blK COnVdntlOn 10 bo hHtl here January S wae recHveil Sulurdav fruni Frank licglne. Hiirelar of the 1-iia .n-gr .n-gr lea Chamber 0( I'onimerie Mr WintflU H uniong; the tTOnOOl pibllrliy men f the Wst. and his letter covers the situation so SOmpBVtOly that It Is PiprodlKOjJ nearly compleic. follow fol-low N Congratulates Stlt Like. I scarcely need sav that I heartily approve the aplrlt and plan of the "Sec America Flrat" movemeol. and congrjtulatc vou, our organisation organ-isation and .Molt Lake ilt no the OWIOgpttOII f I h.. mlerprle and upon ihe manner in whh'h you liae taken it up Everything to Gain. There I everything to gain, and I had almost al-most added tha; there la nothing to lose by nlerlng upi.n auch a patriotic I ampalgn Whatcier may tr ihe BM0JMTC Of the practical practi-cal reaulta achieved In a direct way. the educational edu-cational effect .-an n- er be entlreh )..at. and they will prodU"e favorable Impreealona aljDg wldelv diverging llnea Impreaaed With Magnitude.- Ihe more I tud the ..hie. t and plan of the "Sa America Flrai ampalgn. the more I am Impreaaed with It magnitude, it poaal-bllltle poaal-bllltle and Ma n.-ealtlea That lg wh I qtiallf ihe atalament that there la nothing 10 loaa. Be. auee In ao mu.-h aa we fall to take advantage of Ihogd rxalblllttea uat ao much will ba loat. Therefore It will be noceaaary to do eouiethltig more than merely lo Induce the people to trael In Ihelr own country. In order lo produce th beat and moat luatlng remjh Work En3ier Now. There la no doubt but that a great deal of rnthualaam -an be an uH by a well-mao-aged. Intelligent 1 . --..ndni ti d (umpalgn The T.rk will be much coaler than It would have be"n aay ten or twenty year a ago Americana have a better conception of tho hraulv nnd grandeur of their own country It I a srrii deal eaaier for them lo see II now thn It naa then. West Enthusiastic. II will be comparatively- easy. loo. lo aiouae the Interest and entr.tnlaum of (he p-.ple .f 1 1. a Wet. and to convince them of the Importance Im-portance of the movement Which mana ao much lo them. There la A gret deal more of the ptieeleaa eaaentlal We rail public inirr-irl.e inirr-irl.e in ih.- Weat than there la In the East, and more then that, II la lo our Internal that we do thla thing Then theio are the auxiliary agenda- like the railroad w hlch may be depended de-pended upon for much helpful co-operation. That we ran convince Ihe people of the ratal that they ahouid ejBploli laelr own country end become 'amlllai with It attraction be-rote be-rote going abrogd. I have not ti lUghlegl doubt We have a good working haale. and i ha Salt latkr .-.invention should start the hall rolling In splendid nhapr Must Deliver Goods. I would Ilka lo auKgeat. however, thai ihe work vlll nol be done when we gnt that far It will no', be done when the new tidal wove or travel from the Uaj-t to the Weit lg aet In motion. When we reach thla aluge the Job itl be nlniit ha'f done with the harden part vrl untouched In other word we are making mak-ing nn appeal which ta on the aame plane with eking people to "patronize home Industry." We t.Kve got to deliver the gooda or fall ahort n 'he patronagr The people win 'patronise home Irdmlrv." other ihlnga hlng equal pro-v pro-v ided they are rdurated up to It Rut they will tnalat upon aa good or b-tlr than they can obtain elrevthera Prepare to Receive. To put ihe matter another wav . and metaphorically meta-phorically apeaklng we have got t.. Ml prepared pre-pared to 'handle the .r..p' properlj W've got the raw material, 'here no doubt about that But ore we prepared. ay aa Kurope la prepared, to re-i-elve Ihe tourlat hoata which we ahall eject aa a ree-iilt of r.ur educational movement? I am apeaklng now, of couree. of the Weat aa a whole Cave for TouristB It will not do to gat all thoae people out bare to view our aranlc wondara arid to n marveloua growth and development, utid turn leave ihem lo tbelr own devlcea They will he looking for defette and ehorti-omlnga aa well aa for ollmata and acrnaiy. H will not do to aav to tham Here are our mountain, our aeaahor. our waterfalla and our prairie, make yaOratlTSO at home ar.d enjoy voiiiaelvea , sra'd ba giai to show vou around and explain everything hut reallv. we have not the fine Make Vlsitois Stay. We wain thoae people to aee something eire tldea our acenb wonder"; wa don't want them to aee a aoalBtr that i oni half-baked" half-baked" aa to the things which thv regard aa easenllala. we don't want to ahow Horn a country that I down al Ih heel be-auee we have hot had th time to dress tt properly. proper-ly. We do wajit to Interral them In our re-aouice. re-aouice. our opportunity and our Hiaalhlltle. BO that they will wish above all i hinge elae lo stay with us. to Inveat their money with ua. to do bu'lneea wjlh u. and. In the boat and tnoel complete eene of the trim, ba hreom one of ua Then thev will eicJo themselves whlcn Is batter than If it gl.e Ugesj) onl natural aMnscttona for their de lotion and their Mv n-v s wonh W mflat be .repare, f,,i thr.n Will Requiie Hard Work. 'In, will require a vaat deal of fund work, work that should be lone In advarre of the actual ac-tual loin lt -drawing ni.'veinent 1 belive that this phsae of the mil j. t should figure very largely In the convention to be held In your rlly. and my earneet belief must ' be say escuse for this obvious preachment The plan grow bigger and bigger the mor It Is onldered Ton may of r. -jts eottnt on my hearty co-I co-I operation Tours very lrul. i B.Nh mooi Ml |