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Show . HD Yon Wmtt TtMiF - u Pell Sal LaiMe CfiUy im TttneSr LM i"P(gai(ffl tees'?' This City Will Lose Half Its Pleasure-Seeldng Visitors II You Vote "Dry" Next Tuesday Colorado Springs Voted "Wet" to Save : Its Tourist Business from Total Loss . HALF A MILLION TOURISTS COME TO THIS CITY ANNUALLY DO YOU WANT TO LOSE HALF OF THEM? DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT THE TOURIST TRAFFIC WAS ONE OF SALT LAKE'S GREATEST ASSETS FROM AN INCOME POINT OF VIEW? HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE .OF THE MONEY SPENT IN THIS CITY BY THE PLEASURE SEEKERS AND TRAV-!RS TRAV-!RS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE? THE FIGURES ARE WELL WORTH THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION BY THOSE WHO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR CITY AND DESIRE TO MAKE IT AT- V TRACTIVE TO THOSE WHO TRAVEL FOR RECREATION AND HEALTH. ACCORDING TO THE CONSENSUS OF OPINION OF THE LEADING HOTEL KEEPERS OF SALT LAKE CITY, THE AVERAGE DAILY HOTEL AR- ' j RIVALS EXCEED 500, OR A TOTAL OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR. ' THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OCCUPANTS OF ROOMING HOUSES, TRANSIENTS, WHO STOP OFF BETWEEN TRAINS, OR THOSE WHO ARE THE ' j GUESTS OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN THE CITY. THE BUREAU OF INFORMATION AT THE TEMPLE GROUNDS ESTIMATES THAT AT LEAST 250,000 TOURISTS VISIT THE GROUNDS AND BUILD-INGS BUILD-INGS DURING THE YEAR, OF THIS NUMBER A LARGE PROPORTION BEING THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CITY BUT FOR A FEW HOURS. ... L- - THEREFORE, A CONSERVATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE ESTIMATE OF THE VISITORS TO THI3 CITY, INCLUDING HOTEL ARRIVALS, ROOMING HOUSE PATRONS, GUESTS OF LOCAL CITIZENS AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR TOO SHORT A PERIOD TO TAKE A ROOM, PLACES THE GRAND TOTAL AT HALF A MILLION PERSONS A YEAR. , , NOW, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR A FEW HOURS, A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS, SO THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIX AN AVERAGE OF TIME PER PERSON SPENT IN THIS CITY. , ' BUT IT IS SAFE AND EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE TO ESTIMATE THAT THE AVERAGE VISITOR SPENDS TWO DAYS IN SALT LAKE CITY. ALLOW $2.50 A DAY FOR AN AVERAGE HOTEL BILL, OR $5.00 FOR THE TWO DAYS, AND THE ANNUAL DISBURSEMENT OF THE VISITORS TO THE HOTELS REACHES THE ENORMOUS TOTAL OF $2,500,000.00. AGAIN, ALLOW EACH PERSON THE SAME AMOUNT, WHICH IS A LOW ESTIMATE, FOR PLEASURES, AND WE HAVE A GRAND TOTAL SPENT IN v THIS CITY BY TOURISTS AND OTHER VISITORS OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. i - EVERY REASONABLE PERSON KNOWS THAT THE AVERAGE PLEASURE SEEKER IS A VERY SOCIABLE PERSON, AND ONE WHO IS TRYING TO GET THE MOST POSSIBLE ENJOYMENT OUT OF LIFE. THE PLEASURE RESORTS, THEATERS, PARKS, AUTOMOBILES, EXPENSIVE RESTAU- . RANTS, PLACES WHERE THOSE" OF BOHEMIAN INCLINATION FOREGATHER, ALL RECEIVE HEAVY PATRONAGE FROM SUCH TOURISTS. - THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY FREELY, AND THEIR GLASS OF WINE, BEER OR OTHER BEVERAGE IS AS MUCH A PART OF THEIR PROGRAMME AS THEIR DAILY MEALS. 7 , OF COURSE THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL TOURISTS, SUCH AS SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE TO PRACTICE RIGID ECONO- , MY FOR ELEVEN MONTHS IN ORDER TO HAVE THIRTY DAYS' VACATION. BUT OBSERVATION EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS IN THIS CITY' WARRANTS THE STATEMENT THAT AT LEAST HALF. THE TOUR- . ISTS AND VISITORS TO THIS CITY ARE USERS OF SOME FORM OF INTOXICANTS OF GREATER OF LESS POTENCY. THEREFORE WE HAVE 250,000 VISITORS WHO PATRONIZE PLACES WHERE LIQUOR IS SOLD, AND WHO SPEND A MINIMUM OF TWO DAYS . IN SALT LAKE CITY. DEPRIVE THESE PEOPLE OF THEIR DAILY INDULGENCE, SLIGHT, THOUGH IT MAY BE, AND YOU DRIVE THEM TO OTHER CITIES FOR ' THEIR RECREATION AND PLEASURE SEEKING. THEY WILL LOOK UPON THEIR DEPRIVATION AS A LIMITATION OF THEIR RIGHTFUL PRIVILEGES AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND WILL BRAND THIS CITY AS UN AMERICAN AND UNWORTHY OF THEIR PATRONAGE. THIS IS NOT MERELY A HYPOTHESIS, BUT A FACT DEMONSTRATED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER TOURIST-THRONGED CITIES. COLORADO SPRINGS VOTED "WET" RECENTLY FOR THAT VERY REASON THAT DELIGHTFUL SUMMER METROPOLIS WAS LOSING TREMENDOUSLY TRE-MENDOUSLY IN TOURIST PATRONAGE, AND DECISIVE MEASURES WERE NECESSARY. DO YOU WANT SALT LAKE CITY. PLACED ON THE LIST OF "DEAD ONES" BY THE TRAVELING AND TOURIST PUBLIC OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD? The Manulaclnrers' and Cosiness Lien's Association o! Utah, 38-11 Doston Dnildtafl I - : . : " ' - - ' ' ' . ' x: : - |