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Show APPRECIATION f ROMNEW YORK Business flan Indorses "See America First" Idea Strongly. ' The speeiSl 55ofmTin.teTof the Commercial, Com-mercial, club having in charge the promulgation pro-mulgation of .the Fisher Harris idea. "See America First." is'bcing Inundated with letters and newspaper comments from all parts of the country, anent the project to educate Americans to a sense of patriotism that should cause them to know their own country before going abroad. A letter was received 1 from J. A. Heckman. well known In the business life of Brooklyn, N. Y.. who lias made a special study of the propensities of Americans to travel abroad. In the letter let-ter Mr. Heckman says: "I ha .-e read the newspaper reports of the efforts being made by your association associa-tion to encourage tourist travel in the United States, and to discourage so f:ir as possible the almost universal mania to take vacation trips to Kurope of the American people. I have given this subject considerable thought and attention at-tention for the past live years, and I want to say to you and your organization organiza-tion that you are engaged in a splendid and profitable work. Aside from the elements of patriotism involved In a closer knowledge of our own country. I there is the larger ami very important J HiiHivial element. j "In !h? year 1104 iibout l;:0.(K)) fllst-! fllst-! class p-lssengers landd from the steamships at .Wiv York. These were practically ull returning American totir-I totir-I ists. Kroni my own estimates and those 'of other well-informed persons it is gelieijlly shown that the average per taiiitu expense of thes. tourists in Kurope Ku-rope (s Jliiijo and you thus see that not ; ff.r from $i:w.''J.ijt i annually spent j abroad by American 'travelers. "A ntimber of years ago the writer requested re-quested the Secretary of the I'nited Slates Treasury to detail a special otli-c-er who should lake special note of the value of met. ham!ie brought back by the r-iuriilng travelers, and his report now on lile in the Treasury department at Washington llxcs the amount at $4il.-(HMl.two, $4il.-(HMl.two, so that the co.it of the i rip and (he purchases of goods brings the amount up to $17(','JMJ.uuo. "I m.-ipose you have gone" all over this phage of the uia iter and do not require' any furtlier information, but 1 want to express my appreciation of juur action and to say that if 1 can be of any service ser-vice in tne work. 1 will gladly help you." |