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Show SALT LAKE TO BE GREARY BENEFITED JY PANAMA CANAL John Barrett director general of the Pan-American union, wUl visit thi eity and be the guest of the Bait Lake Commercial elub early ia He pt ember. em-ber. Mr. Barrett will point out to Halt taken the great benefit that thia eity will derive from the Panama canal. Mr. Barrett, who at present ia the guest of the Portland Commercial club said there: "Bait Lake ahotild he just aa inter-ented' inter-ented' in the Panama canal from a commercial com-mercial standpoint aa anv of the coast citiea. It means a (Treat deal to the business intereata aa Rait I-ake ia the natural trade center for a van region. At the completion of the eanal many new elaaaea of trade will be opened and Salt Lake should become the distributing distribut-ing center. ' ' Mr. Barrett aaid he believed Bait take would be equally benefited with San Francisco and other eoaat cities. "Salt Lake, however must prepare for the canal's opening. The people do not generally comprehend the situation," situa-tion," he aaid. Mr. Barrett at first intended to r directly east to Washington. |