Show A TAX FOR advertising PURPOSES the manufacturers association thru its secretary mr D P F collett of salt lake city Is now taking up the matter of getting a law passed which will permit each county 0 of the state to levy a small tax for the purpose of advertising the resources of t the h e c county 0 u n t Y a and n d t thus b u s give v e the state the gale the publicity p u bl ic i t y it i t properly p r op e r 1 y deserves s er the association Is sending out letters to every member of 0 the in incoming 1 legislature e g 1 sl a tu r e t urging lr g i n g them m to t 0 give e 1 favorable r ithe div ill ayo a b 1 e e consideration 0 s i d e r a ti 0 n to such s uel i a bill when e it t is introduced the idea originated with the installation of the permanent exhibit in the vermont building la in salt lake city since when the various counties have been appealed to through the commissioner si oner to aid in providing a perman ent exhibit in manufacturers hall while the majority ot of county commissioners have and are very much in favor ot of the county lending what ance it can there has been a stumbling block as to know under just what provision the appropriation can be made in california the statute provides specifically for that very thing by levying a small tax which la Is used in hi the advertising of the states resources that is the thing the manufacturers association hopes to accomplish in this state and its efforts certainly should be commended the writer had the privilege of spending a day in denver three years ago and in order to pass the time profitably fit ably ay iy visited several points ot of interest among them being the state capitol in th basement of which the state maintains a permanent exhibit of the fruits grains grasses woods minerals animals antiquities and la in fact everything produced or found in colorado to visit the exhibit Is to make the visitor better acqua acquainted with the resources of the state and in fact buP eiding a few hours in the base met b tho one can learn more about colorado than be could by reading books and other literature for months for the simple reason that the things produced are placed on exhibition properly labeled with the place designated where the article came from such Is the purpose of the manufacturers association witti with the exhibit in the vermont building in salt lake city and the manner pro posed for the the raising of the necessary funds to perpetuate the exhibit as well as to scatter literature over the land is an easy one and will never be noticed by the taxpayers tax payers while the re suits will be of such magnificent proportions that utah will have an opportunity of appearing before her sisters in her true light to the blessing of 0 every city and hamlet in the state I 1 |