The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-26

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would speedily return to its primitive Inertia
-lhcy arv the wiso men OF our conference,
SION .,,uuIc bCnCnCcnt counscls tho success or
.-hCi, - our hopes must largely depend l
...USe my obcisance to tho wise mon.
We extend tho right hand OF fellowship TO
tho ENJOYS of other commercial organizations
who like ourselves aro soldiers In tho eGuse
II promoting tho mntcrial welfare OF their
respective communities
Tribute to the Press.
Tho newspaper men, like tho poor. arc al
ways with US. and let mo say II they were
not with us" in this enterprise our chances
Tor succaSs would be slim indeed
Though IL is the province OF others who VIII
follow me TO extend 10 you that special and
official welcome which becomes our city and
our State. l Viii be pardoncd perhaps, IL l
admit In advance that wo arc downriSht glad
10 have you all within our gutess and II ] as
suro you that IT viii be- ono OF tho greatest
pleasures OF Its life Tor tho organisation which
represent. the salt Lake City Commercial
club-to make you feel you are ut home.
No Local Spirit.
The movement which has cmblazoncd upon
It's banners tho motto SEQ Europe II You
must. but Amoricu 1rst' was conceived
In sordid spirit OF local self-adyertisemcnt
It's object s not To exploit the special rcsourccH
and attractions OF Salt Lake city or Of Utah
OF the Rocky mountains or even OF West
ern America. Indeed. tho greatest care has
IL we'll undersr5od that It's object Was bigger
and grander than any mere locality but that
II was conceived In the interests and for tho
benefit OF all America. No thought or word or
suggestion has ever cmanated from tho COM
mittee who summoned you here that these
delegates were TO he assembled Tor any less
purpose than to dcviso q plan 10 divert at
lpast q Sortlon OF tho tIavol OF Americans
which goes to Europe and other Foreign
countries To their own country first. That Is
Tho aim OF this conference and 1t Is lts onlS
aim. When TINT object Us accomplished, we
who dwell In these mountains VII. WI o. con, con.
tcnt with such proportionote oenents as may
our city and State, the same as
you who represent the other parts OF America
Has Seen America.
Speaking personally. ! have never been to
Europe, but I hnvc bathed in tho buoyant
Of both the Atlantic and tho Pacific, have |
sazcd through southern mlsts out upon tho |
Gulf Of Mexico and have travcrsed the Great |
Lakes and tho Thousand Islands OF the 81. |
Lawrence. / have heard the great Niagara
roar and have stood spellhound upon the brink |
Il the Grand Canyon OF she Colorado amid |
that dcnth-nkc stiffness OF nature described |
by Mark Twain $50 siill you hear the NIL
Hole and cnuSht nsh In the Yellowstone river
and boiled them fhNrd by In geysor without
taking them of the hook l have noatcd on
Tho brlny surface OF the Great Salt lake and
shot the chutos Sutro Heights. Il have |
oopod tho loop on Coney Island and oreathsd
the fragrant sighs of orange groves In south
cn California. ~ hnvc pcrspired'ln the humid
atmosphere of the Mississippi Wiley and
thrown snowbnlls at tho attitudes OF Pixies
peak. l have Gazcd I'm wrapt wonder at the
mighty Missouri rolling down To tho sea and
have visited the great Northwest where rolls
the oregon Short Line Yet i not ready
FOR Europe ! admit that Paris offers allure
ments but I'have not yet bchcld the natural
bridges Jt san Juan county. Utah. ana 80 the
Champs ElyseO w!n have 10 wait
Not New Idea
Upon n'u1p to New York years ago
became acquainted with man from Albany,
young druggist, who Ind acquired com
potency and was setting on on vacation;
asked him whcre'h he was going. and wreathed
word Europe" | asked him II he had ever
visited n place called Ningnra Falls, which
lay a'hundrcd or two miles TO the west OF him
and he said: ITS nothing but lot OF
water
Now. gentlemen. submit that that Is tho
type Of fellow We are nftcl. II but
spread the gospel or See America First" 40
that some OF these EastcncrS who spend good
american money AT Monte Carlo be In
ducel 10 come up and taIio higher ground and
visit some OF the suburbs Of their homo towns
] feel that our mission VIII not have been IN
vain.
Where the Fault Lies.
It's promoters admit that this ls no new con-
ccption. For years patriouc American h@ws-
papors and eloquent American speakers have !
sought 10 stem the lido OF foreign travel and
ngurcs have been complied and quoted show
ing tho cnormity OF the volume OF money our !
ctizens have bccn pouring into tho lap OF tho
old world. But the warning voice of these
watchmen on the towers OF our land has Z
gone UNDECIDED and year by yenr In evcr-in- ,
rreaslng hordes our countrymcn have
swarmed 10 Europe and come back, again In ,,
the fall smelling OF eau de cologne, with their
pants rolled up and large monccic In their
Real Work Has Begun.
So while experience has seemed 70 demon
strntc that the protest We voice AZ this I
ference lis but rs cry In the wilderness. II T
has today this added significance that II has I
aken ro0t-that the loud reveille sounded from 9
n many mountain tops has been heard In the !,
gailcys and East and West and North and
south have answered back tho call until
'nnd II intrepid spirits not constructed on the
european plan has assembled beneath this
-oof who viii proclaim to their nciGhhors
throughout America that have some seem
.ry OF home and that hundred million
lollars q year cannot be taken out Of our peo-
,ls's hnnds and put into hands across the sea
yithouA at least q good, vigorous American
Slck
Voice tho Protest
II is for you. delegates of this conference.
n who rms to the continent every year may
ead II may not be necessary TO frame a now
Declaration OF Independence, although do
lold these truths TO be self-cYIdcnt-thnt -
When in the OF human events N
,scomcs necessary for portion OF our pco-
lie 10 dissolve pcrniclous practice which
ompcs them to pay tribute to another. a de
cnt respect TO the opinions OF mankind
lulrcS that they should declare the causes
which Impel them TO sec Fisher Harris FIRST.
md for this met.
[ now have the honor to call this convention |
governor. Hon. John =. Cutler
GOV. CUTTERS SPEECH, 4
Executive Of Utah Also Welcomes
Delegates to Zion. /,