The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-12
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The announcement in The Sunday
Herald of the proposition to hold in
Salt Lake City in 1907 a great inter
mountain fair and exposition has
aroused great deal Of interest. AS
stated in The Herald's story of the
event. it IS proposed to invite the
states of California, Washington, Ore
gon, Montana, Idaho. Colorado and
Wyoming to join with Utah in this
movement. II is hoped and believed
that all of the states named will make
liberal appropriations for the fair, for
the opportunity to advertise their re-
sources is one they cannot very we'll
afford TO overlook.
The Utah legislature is to be asked
for an appropriation of $4,000. If any
fault can be found with this request il
should be based on the theory that the
amount asked is not large enough by
half. If Utah could afford a $50.000
appropriation for the ST. Louis expo
sition, an appropriation that was in
creased TO $4,000 through the deficit
route, $4,000 is not too much for a fair
TO be held in Salt Lake City. And. in
view OF the advantages the state will
derive from the outlay. the sum last
named seems very small indeed.
The Commercial Clubs See Amer
lea First" propaganda viii undoubted-
ly be bearing rich fruit in the summer
of 1907. \ great intermOuntain fair
and exposition will be an added incen-
tive TO visitors who have been In the
habit of going 10 Europe 70 come west.
An opportunity viii here be offered to
see the intermountain country, its pro-
ducts ana its advantages, in a new
and attractive light. And the states
that are TO be asked to participate will
readily see the advantage in generous
exhibits here.
It is certain that thousands OF visit
ors who will come TO Salt Lake for the
fair will be interested in the displays
from other states, so interested, in
deed that they will not be satisfied
10 return 20 their homes without visit
ing those states, i'm order to see for
themselves whether or not the allure
ments set forth in the exhibits can be
verified by actual conditions. Salt Lake
Will be the hub of a great wheel, the
spokes OF which viii be streams of
tourists radiating in all directions and
bringing 10 the intermountain empire
an added measure Of prosperity.
Affair such as the one proposed can
not be brought into being without an
unstinted expenditure Of time and
money. \Hard work, the hardest. most
exacting kind of work. win be neces-
sary. Men must be found who will be
patriotic enough to neglect their pri-
vate business for the benefit of their
city and their state. men who have
executive ability. men who know what
a fair should be. That these men will
be found we have not the slightest rea-
son for doubt.
Nor do we doubt that the general
public viii respond generously 70 the
call that viii be made for funds. In
due season President ]. G. Mcdonald
Director Lester d. Freed and other Of
Ulcers Of the Deseret Agricultural &
Manufacturing society will make an
appeal for Subscriptions Their request
should be met with a generous compl-
ance. If the fair is 10 be a success
salt Lake must raise from $35. 900 to
$4,000 The fair will be worth many
times that amount 10 the city and the
state.