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Show Will Become Acquainted j Merchants From Six Other States will come I to Salt Lake and Have a Time. I One of the greatest things that has ever been done for the benefit of the industrial and commercial life of the State of Utah Is the coming of the Six States Iliislncss Mens Excursion Into Salt Like, by the Manufacturers and Mci chants Association of Utah, and the merchants and business men genei.illy of the capital city. The Association Is not working for thebcnetltof Salt Lake alone In Inaugurating Inaug-urating tills excursion, but is aiming to build up the business Interests of tliu entire state. Every businessman wno participates In tills excursion will get more than alucfor his money, and will get a part of his money back, if the program of the association as now outlined is carried out. The project Inaugurated Is a gigantic one, and It Is expected that It will glc thousands of residents of other states, a chance to sec Utah at her best. The range of the excursion extends for six hundred miles In all directions out of Salt Lake, and It Is expected that every business man of ccry community will attend In person, per-son, or by delegate, during the last week In June. The purpose of the excursion Is to demonstrate to the merchants In oilier oili-er States the commercial Importance of Utah, situated as she is In the geographical geo-graphical center of the entire Inter-mountain Inter-mountain country. Special rates of one fare for the round trip, hao been granted by all railroads reaching Salt Lake from all points In Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Ore-gon, Wyoming, Nevada, and Colorado. The proposition Is a large one, but It Is now proposed to extend tlio excursion excur-sion rate Into Southern California, and to show tlio Callfornlans that Utahns are not lacking In hospitality, or In a de3lre to secure the trade of thesj places. The state Is well equipped with railroad rail-road facilities reaching all theso parts, to give excellent freight service- every- where In the Inter-mountain country, and the wholesaler and Jobbers of the state feel that they can handle the business of all the states with case and with perfect satisfaction to their customers. Cnormous stocks are carried car-ried In the wholesale Jobbing houses, and prompt delivery, courteous service and low prices, that can be had of the wholesalers, assure them enormous Increases In-creases In business The State of Nevada Is rapidly being be-ing settled, and doens of big Nevada houses are now looking to Utah Jobbing Job-bing houses for their supplies. The San Francisco disaster shut oil their supplies from the coast and these men are now looking to Utah for their goods. The result Is that Utah merchants mer-chants appreciate the advantage of getting acquainted with these people, and showing them personally the advantages ad-vantages possessed by the Salt Lake market. Among the features of the excursion to which tilt visiting merchants will bo treated by the Salt Lake business men will be a trip to Saltalr, a bath In the Inland sea, a banquet on tl.c great pavilion, visits of inspection to all the factories of the city, a run to Lagoon, the most beautiful pleasure garden In the west, where they will be cntjrtalned by the citizens of Davis county, and many other features. The merchants will receive special discounts on all orders placed by visiting visit-ing merchants for goods for immediate immedi-ate shipment, which will give them a chance to make back as much money as they spend while In tlio city. The advantages that will accrue to tho state at largo cannot be estimated In dollars and cents. The state will make permanent gains hi Industrial and commercial lines. The whole-silers whole-silers of tho state will undoubtedly get In closer touch with the merchants of tho entire lnter-mountaln country, aud greater volume of business for all the merchantsof the stato will result. |