The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-27
Makers Of Vacation Books.

mer books runs into the millions surely
Makers Of Vacation Books.
Truth compels me TO say, however.
that often the writer's and Illustrators
do not get a lot of cash money for their
part OF the work. They get the cquva-
lent of cash however, in free passes
over the roads leading To and through
the vacation regions the books describe;
and generally, the expenses of good
long vacation thrown In
''rhis sort OF work isn't half bad for
the young writer or young artist VINO
hasn't yet established himself so firmly
In his calling as to command the cash
for satisfying vacation every sum
mef
book Is only begun when the writer has
done his work. The writer-who Is
woman as often as not-muSt turn In
the copy for the book in the fall. Per
gether-perhaps not At all events, the
copy and pictures having been gathered,
the setting of the type and the making
of the engravings and elcctrotypes come
next These operations in the produc-
tion OF this years summer BOOKS
were all in fun blast last December
and January. Next came the printing.
NO one not in some way connected
with the vacation business can have an
adequate idea OF the Importance OF we'll
printed vacation literature 10 every line
of rail- or steamers making any preten-
slons to the doing OF vacation business
nor of the care. attention and money
devoted to the printing.
Few magazines are better Prlhtet
than are the summer books of most OF
the big railroads. and the edition OF one
such publication Will sometimes edual III
magazine for "A whole hall year. Such
an edition consumes carload after car
load OF heavy coated paper, and Keeps
long rows of massive presses and
scores OF prcssmen, binders, etc, at
work for many weeks. The mere dis
trbuton OF such summer book, so
4, FE1Rl l.Ha
likely to he OF value, and still without
waste. Is II task that can safely be en-
trusted to mono but an expert,
IF you have never looked into this
summer book business IT would pay
YOU to do so Call at the ticket office
Of any railroad which travers@s vacation
sec II this Isn't true Better yet, go
into one of the general excursion tour
LIST ticket officcS-they are TO be touha
almost everywhere nowadays, and ASK
for an assortment ofthc books, They
Will be freely given to you-though often
each one costs az much to manu-
lavish distribution OF them has been
found To be mighty good business by
all concerned. You'll find some OF these
books 10 be very good reading. TOO, iull
OF all sorts OF interesting matter. be-
sides being very skilful advertisements
OF the regions of which they treat
The General Tourist Agencies.
But perhaps the most interesting and
best organized parts OF the modern vnca-
! ton machinery are the general tourist
| agencies
1.-The first of these was organized more
| than n half century ago In England by
n mechanic. who was so thoroughly
! wrapped up In the temperance cause
! that he neglected his chosen calling. so
| that he was unable To give his son moro
! than the poorest educational advantages
In carrying on his temperance work
tho father occasionally organized eXcur-
slons The boy had charge of some of
them He got along with these very we'll
and after awhile was engaged by big
| railroad company, Gradually the general
tourist business, az 1t exists today be
| gan to develop itself, and by tho time
| the boy was well along In his teens he
was thoroughly broken In IL was n big
thing thirty years ago. and at that time
the concern established by this boy after
| he became a man and developed by his
son had almost a monopoly of It's peculiar
| business,
| any one of which Will carry you any
where you may. wish to go In tho civilized