| Show BS I J ft fa rr a r i m t a x L C h i ri I i tr ht r I 1 1 1 t k l V I i v t A d di i t vi v 1 I I 4 Y I The Movement In Inaugurated auf by the Salt Lake L lkc Commercial ll Club Glut which l nas has already as assumed as assumed Burned im importance import port widespread Interest excited by bythe TUB the announcement that the tho Suit Salt Commercial club hat hall Inaugurated a 1 movement looking to 10 a 11 combination of ot Inter Interests ests estl et having for tor Its ate ultimate object the tha diversion Into western ways la of at a portion of at the great re t sum Burn of ot money mono expended In foreign countries by American sight eight seen nerd Indicates that the thought though I was WIS wasat wasat at nt least timely Indeed It may safely be Mid that the Idea den Ilm which found ex expression lon In the clubs dubs nation existed In the tho mind of ot every patriotic American who being acquainted with the marvel vel ono cum scenio beauties superb conditions condition and ami unsurpassed Industrial In opportunities of at his own country ob observed observed served ened with a I feeling closely akin to disgust the growing Intensity of ot tho European vacation tad fad Scenery ns nn nn an Asset lase It Aside however from the sentiment s nt of or patriotism herein suggested there la Ie Involved also alfo tho ho Urge largo question of or self elt Interest I Attractive scenery as ae I Ishall Ishell shell shall endeavor end nor to Provo prove later laler on Is the most moat valuable asset a I community can have surpassing In continuous and pert per permanent permanent t manent returns return the product of fields n and miner Assuming for the present pur purposes purposes poses of this article that this statement Is to true It follows that western rail railroads ra railroads roads commercial organizations and governments are and should be directly cU Interested In any nn movement mO having for tor Its It object the exploitation of at that asset In which the west wet Is eo so surpassingly rich There Is If however n a 1 yet broader point of view from which to consider this question qUe No o grout great permanent good can come to the tho west that docs Boca not benefit b nil all tho nation and there therefore therefore fore tore the effort to Induce Americans to see seo their own country first whatever i they thoy may do afterwards Is h entitled entitle to the tho support of ot all America Cost Co of or Europe money entering into western development returns main to the th At seaboard end and helps to swell ewell tho tha hank bank clearances of eastern money mOM cen ecu centers tern tera while American money none spent In l l Is IA gone gOM forever from the Iho nn tiona The Tho serious Importance V of ot this thin continual diversion of or homo home money Into foreign channels Is la best hOBt n predated when Its 11 amount Is la I consid considered considered ered Bred For Instance during lOOt 1301 the Ih sum um of ot was wu expended I by Ameri Amerl American J cnn can sightseers In doing the old world worM and while there they spent moro more In the purchase of articles on an which according n to the U 8 S treasury s department they paid duty at the New Kew NewYork York Custom house hou e All of ot which w means i that In III tho Iho year named one hundred and ninety millions of nf American dollars were sera scattered over foreign landa lauds a Dana shower of ot gold which went to 10 toI the enrichment of or foreign landlords h mid end endi I 1 i curiosity dealers Could title princely fortune bo be kept In It V America for tor to years It would amount to n a 1 rum film to more mere In than Iban pay our ourI I national debt twice over and matte malle the llie United l tales States easily the richest nation i I r I under the tho suit MUll It would build a u sea eon sealevel level canal at lit Panama and leave one olle billion five fly 1 hundred million dollars In Inthe Inthe the treasury It would build un tan Imper Imperial 1 ial highway from New Kew ew York to tu San Nan 1 f 1 and another from the great lakes lakel to th the Gulf of Mexico I ott ett ottI ettI I I think it will be readily admitted that any Rny material pert part ot of the sum In lit II r diverted Into s li pi r commerce and development would not 1 only redound re und to the financial welfare of ot that Important section of the nation but would make better Americans of ot the spenders For no citizen of ot the United States Stat cnn can look once onea and sup super r l upon the stupendous beauty bout nt rut If the Golds n West wt and breath breathe Its Ina It I health Mr without feeling an In Increase a r mani crease en of nf patriotic pride le In III the maul r r fold told excellencies of ot his hll native land It would woud seem then that not only self lt interest Inte t but patriotism Impel our eur I eastern Metern rn fellow citizen to the west I In n square quare dent deal dealMo j Mo Nu sane laM man men who has given Riven thought to the subject here Imagine 1 I for tur sn In Instant that thai p people can an or should r j f be prevented from Indulgence In tile Bee t i i 1 luxury of ot foreign travel The timeworn t J paths Patna of c the old ohl world will always alI U W thronged with Ith ea r traveler U rs from the th newer lands and It Is la I to be hoped hll 1 that t the storied 1 cities of or the tho fatherland will wilt never lIever lose the affectionate Interest Int r st ot of who have hers hen In the western y r 1 A AT I A T r ct b i J r rv fJ it v i ie irr e w rr I a r f Vp 1 m q f 1 oc 1117 l 0 e Md ti s sr sn r n e eil een d fl Eventide eve fide l homes and ac no acquired a nt v political Nor or should we forget torget the th great grent Incitement to foreign travel found round In the art arl gal 1101 tense historical associations and musi musical musical musical cal conservatories with which s Europa I I abounds Hut But to those hose who love and andare andare are ore continually seeking the beautiful In III nature the west esl offers a veritable treasure trove of varied and never ending lov s The fhe idea behind the plan I is III to tn let these hue I good people know Imol whai e lie e a have ha here and to do Jo It In III such Much uway u 11 uway way wa that there thIe will b be taker Uki n 11 from them forever the excuse of ut If It ono one hound uk auk th the name of 01 the thi th mot most popular president the States tates ha h ham ever ner bad bd the tho would J likely b be Roosevelt If It one ono ask uk the cause of If hi hili hie popularity tartly larity the answer would doubtless n j vary varr but I am of or tue llie opinion that Mr Ir Roosevelt enjoys enJoy a the distinction as ns much because of o his hll Intimate to acquaintance tance lance with all nil parts P of tiro 1111 country rue Uti for fur all other reunions C ro ir t tIn In III the preceding portion of or this ar cr article article tole t and ani patriotism hav been n suggested AS III reasons Justifying American In place nf of European travel There Then II is yet tt t another ra rea reason oa Oil of ut moving force toree in connection I rotor r t r now to the to b Aa from a 4 journo through the Innumerable west welt western ern wonder that arc ure f not Dot oily wurth while but tally easily and nd comfortably oe oc o There Is II nothing Of ot seine scenic Interest In lit the old world that t Is 15 oat not stu eur ta passed In beauty and by b hundreds hundred of scent scene cen of or natural and su superlative u loveliness In III title this western landof land landof of ot ours OUTI Permit me to 10 briefly a II few fw of ot the things with which the west can make good Us Ito claim to 10 attractions su so superior u In kind and character to those of o oan any an other country In alt all 11 the wide hI wIde world i nn al This Let Iet mo ma In f MY take the cd 11 1 worn world tourist to te Pa I adena and direct his taI rue SEE EE EUROPE IF YOU WILL WILLY WILLBy Y By FISHER S HARRIS Bu Bt SEE AMERI AMERICA CA FIRST 1 r riTt dd f fd d IP t tF k F 45 tF y r 2 jt y i F t r it f f fe i j It Itt t e i Jr Jrr 1 r oro I Il l li lir I r 1 l t tI II w I i t r p t taL sr aL rA yran 1 W Y F R K H 4 r a 31 0 tit Rd s l ld li d i Mw i iA A oLi AL A Aa a i r r t 1 rim m ri r 1 a fir 7 Ir i s 6 r rt ry t y k r r rA A c PY r r e v rF if 4 S pr f ll lle yr VJ i I 6 d e y y i a over the Arroyo ho to the orange and olive olle lands laMI stretched away aWl Into the dim distances distance of the barillon and back hack to the Imposing heights Of Ml Mt Ix Lowe w standing guardian over that goodly land I nd where whole It Is la always summertime Let me take him wandering and won derng through the Yos with wit It Its nf or the tho nII Vt of nature I at nrc In I her hH puit nn t 1 l nIo 1 l 1 II t i ilUm eh ehI 11 I him lUm ti t t h nn of I r robe lis Hi th Or L Lt L t him stand tand bi t 1 r 1 the shadow chadow of or the high hills about Shoehorn Falls Falis and end listen lI ten to the un tor I thunder of ot the lIa lashing Hashing hll falling waters wate I Let loet t him ham look or over r the th vast I desolate expanse of oC the Great Salt lake that deep dep blue bit sea ea on th the cr crest ert t Of df the th I continent the weird beauty bea tl of ot which ha has been b n ad said and sun aunt In 11 every eory land and t n under the th sun Let him see f f r t Notional National park vh rh h i vai i 1 charms and B al alj I s j arc ara at lit once the delight and despair of at him who would attempt to ti describe them Item Then go co with him to the Grand canyon of ot the Colorado and let him look at that crevasse In Inthe Inthe the tho earths surface whose whoa hos Impressive grandeur no rue painter has fittingly paint painted ed cd and the tho adequate description of rut t 11 beggars nil all nl languages Then hen KO IN with him Into the sad gad southwest st the mythical sunland where are ara the tha role and remains of DC n a truce ruce that sowed and ali I reaped lived Ivell and loved long Ion before the Jews made bricks bricka without straw In the theland land of But the lie Christmas News es of at mogul magnificent magnificent cent though It Is has not the space BInco nor I either the time lime or abili ability ty t to make a n categorical enumeration of ot the Iho thousands of ot places In the tha elt where whre one ono may mn revel In the tho lavish love lov loveliness liness ss of at nature But ono one who rho comes conies forth from rom such an nn experience f as tie I have SO no Imperfect Imperfectly ly Iy described must be he a 11 better American and a better bolter manof man manOf Of OC Incalculable Value The statement has hils been made mailo herein that the scenery of ot the tho west Is of great greater er value In dollars ollars and cents centa than nil the farms and mines In tho the country countr To fo one ono who has hils given no thought to the subject lucre here sug suggested suggested suggested the assertion 0 sounds absurd yet Investigation proves that It la Is 1 nearly If It not not quite true trul and that with without without w Ith out tatting taking Into consideration the tho soul uplifting force anti and power of ot the tiro manifold beauties of ot na an nature antune tune lure Scenery considered as is 3 un on asset sounds odd O II to 10 the tho average average man arid and his mind Involuntarily revolt nt at 0 t the Idoa idea Nevertheless Never Nevertheless tire tins Ih scenery Is 11 nn an asset and andIn In III many man Instances In the most mast valuable one from a 11 purely monetary stand standpoint standpoint point Joint that any Oil community con cnn posses IJO In proportion ns os the population of oC the world Increases and tho tiro jaded over overworked worked men mell and ond women of ot the crowd crowded crowdell ed ell cities hearken to the Call of or the Wild 1111 the tho money mono value of or scenery will Increase Products Mo no Ill More afore MoreTh Th Tire output of at the mines tire the Increase nv r r rIi v Ii a j fi f S b t ii ri c 1 w wf f I i p r t 4 7 p t w F where here come conic people seeking rest recreation re recreation creation and such enjoyment as cornea comes com eo from the contemplation ot or new scenes charming landscapes nod and stalling smiling skies attics Consider the constant hegira from America to the old oM world and the millions mil 1111 millions lions of or money mOlley from American homes Into tho the channels of ot European J trade trad unit and Industry bringing prosperity to foreign communities which were ere It not for their scenic environment would 1 exist In poverty and obscurity un urr unknown unknown known and unvIsited It would take a 11 Napoleon of ot finance to accurately compute tho the cush cash value of at the tho the Riviera and the tho to the alto Swiss republic the tiro Fjords to Norway and Sweden the e Alps to the Trossachs to Scotland the and Tipperary lakes to Ireland the and Danube rivers rl to Germany I e 1111 11 tho the volcano of ot Vesuvius uIUS to Italy and so soon soon o oon on ad Infinitum foreigners rs The rite peoples of ot these thelle countries not only comprehend the commercial valru of ot the tho scenery leene the gods pods have provided 1 for their profit but they the make mn ke the most moet of or It and no expense Is 19 considered too grant grent root that will result rosult In making the way WU easy Y and the path straight for tho the Incoming of ot the visitor A convincing Illustration of ot this feet fact IK is found In the expenditure by tho the Swiss and Italian Hollan governments of In let boring the th great Froat tunnel which has been not unfittingly called Tho Tiro Tourist t Tire The Prince of or Monaco has hall ex expended 1 u a 1 kings ransom ronsom In III beautifying hi hl Ida domains In iii order that those thoe who lose their fortunes playing rouge ct et nt at Monte lIon to Carlo may afterwards com commit commit commit mit suicide surrounded with the love loe loveliness liness of nature accentuated nt by 1 tho lire arts artH artHof of ot the thc landscape cape gardner It Mean I will not further multiply Instances beyond saying ll that many man European governments other those thos nu r 1 r tj vast t r r 1 i ce t above have dignified the tho scenic sc of ot their countries by lending their Ib lr of ot tidal lelal and und aid and encourage encouragement uncut ment to arty any movement having as us lt its Ita object their further Improvement ment i think It U may uray safely slICe l be said laid that If It American sightseers should remain r malo away from continental Europe for two seasons herd hard times would reign reh o front from the North Cape Cap to the nut Hut the thrifty foreigner who from experience once ence knows the till monetary value of th the natural surroundings amid which the accident of at birth linn inn plated placed pla d too that while the th average Yankee la Is greatly careless of or his bin spending money ho Insists upon being comfortable and wants want something like value for tor the tho gold IToM lie ho gives up As a n eons cons he thuds pleasant housed of nf on en n with servile and at the thc end pays nn on unrighteous over overcharge charge with a n smiling face tace and aM gives the th glad hand han to the obsequious land landlord landlord lord West Nest Can CUll Offer In our own country perhaps the molt most striking example of at the tho money value of et scenery to 10 a n community Is 1 by the state nf ot New c Hampshire which has hs received from Crom outside sources be bf because cause raupo CUll PO of itA Us alone the sum of at In th the last allt decade Southern California that delectable land lam owe ow i most mo t of ot Its lis present prosperity v to the tha numerous strangers ers who continually throng thron Its gates sates Rut Out here enters enten as in Colorado and Utah Ulah the element of ell cli climate cli mate male which has nn no Important commercial value when considered aloM or In connection with scenery |
