Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-13 | Page 14 | Roads That Advertise Object to Lower Rates

I! ? t fa ; I i n' S 9lli! HOADS THAT ADVBETISE ' 1 'j , j jl OBJECT TO LOWER RATES ! ij' I'flijf A statement ha been7 issued on be- t 'h r'mtf half of the vailwavs regarding the i 9 V r jfi ' 'onventiojuwhich Governor ShafrojLh of i f, p ru 8 Colorado has oalled to secure a ronnd- if, -I ( j R a 9 trip rate of $2.1 for tourists from (')ii- 1 It I ''HilS cano to Colorado next season. The' 1 Fiifl! position of the railwnvs is that .?30 I t' ' ' 'Illvll or 51 ro"in' rr' frn Chicagoo Colo- j it f 'i if piji ado noints'is the lowest rate that, can I Vil li Ml ! reabonablv be made with a guarantee ! Nj of good 'service. 1 ? i , k jnt A $2 rate would not bring a single 1 1 ri : I additional tourist, to Colorado, for thoso it! ''li' tP "lvno p:lv -'r' ,)av -'O. The ' I Vt. 1 m extra Jo enables the railwaj's adequate' I u j 1 li au lv to advertise tlie. resorts of Colorado. li m 11 is s,flcd that about 110,000 tour- I m ls,f tno' advantage, of tho ,$::0 rate It ' ''SirJjS to Colorado last summer, paying to the railways an aggregate of $3,300,-000 $3,300,-000 in fares. Of this, o2u4000. or about 10 per cent, was spent in advertising Colorado Colo-rado alone. The five roads running into tho stale spent 50 conts :t head for ovcry maji, woman and child in it to a'dvertiso its resources and attractions. attrac-tions. It is estimated that each tourist tour-ist spends an average of $100 in tho slate. Ou this basis about threo times as much was spent within the state as for round trip tickets. It is estimated that of thoso who visited that state at least 00,000 fame by reason of the advertising given to it bv the milwavs. U is staled that should a' light for a cheaper rate be pushed to the extreme tho mil ways would naturally feel that tho people of Colorado do not appreciate Avhat has been done for them bv the roads advertising adver-tising tho state. v