The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-27

The announcement was made that
the presentation of badges would be
considered sufficient pay for twenty
miles Of Salt Lake City scenery by the
Seeing Salt Lake City Car company
The announcement was well received
and many delegates resolved to ACCEPT
the invitation should relief from the
fog come before their departure for
home
Free Fare Resolution Knocked Out
W. T Booth of Boise. Ida. intro
duced a resolution that threatened the
only storm OF the conference. It de-
veloped into a zephyr and cleared the
atmosphere. The purport of the reso-
luton was that as many western rail
roads crossed great tracts of desert,
following the lines of least resistance,
and that, as a result of this, travellers
who failed to leave the main lines re-
celVe6 erroneous Impressions of the
country and learned nothing Of the
beauty spots often but a few miles off
the main lines. that the railroads
should be asked by the conference to
give side trips free. He cited Boise as
a case in point.
Godfrey Chealander of Washington
moved to have the matter referred to
the executive committee. A lively dis
cUssiOn followed. in which Mr.. Booth,
L. G. Monroe of Washington, T. 7.
Nerny of Montana and Major 6. K.
Hooper of the Rio Grande took active
parts. Mr.. Nerny took the position
that the See America league should
appeal to the masses in the contested
centers Of the east 70 come west, not
simply TO see the country and then
pass on, hut to settle and develop the
country. He favored the resolution. J.
A Runyon opposed it and thought the
executive committee capable of han
ding the proposition.
Major Hooper said he did not under
stand that the conference was called to
fix railroad rates. He thought that
was. the duty Of the Interstate com
merce commission and congress. This
bit of sarcasm put the meeting IN good
hunor and gave hint Of the tremend-
Gus field for discU ssion opened I'D by
the Booth resolution. Major Hooper
assured the delegates that the railroad
officials who were making a life study
OF the business of inducing people to
travel, could be relied upon to solve
this problem. He assured the dele
gates that where free side trips were
considered wise they would be given.
He called attention to the fact thai
rates Of a cent mile were given from
the east to the west with longtime
and stop-over privileges, and he
free side trips such as sug-
gested unrea soma bic.
The outcome Of the whole matter was
that Mr.. Booth withdrew his resolu-
ton amid applause
Man From Victoria Talks.
At this point a pleasant little diver
sion came. L. w. Pratt announced
that Herbert Cuthbert of Victoria.
British Columbia. was present and he
desired to introduce him to the Chair
and to the convention. Mr.. Crthber+
was ordered to the platform and de-
livered brief speech, telling of the
work he and his organization had been
doing to induce fasteners TO visit tfe
Pacific coast. He said he feared he
was out Of place in the conference as
Its chief object was TO keen Americans
from going abroad. He was assured
by L. G. Monroe vat British CoIunn-
oia was part of America He smoke of
Victoria as the most beautiful CITY m
America, and insisted that the move
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