The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-26

da of something absolutely
new IN the worlds history, magnificent
in possibilities. unlimited in scope.
With 1t we must not alone make our
position secure at home, but We must
invade foreign countries and conquer
the artistic and aesthetic centers of
Europe, just as our great manufacture
ers, merchant princes and financiers
have successfully laid siege to foreign
marts of trade.
To make easily possible the
victory at home. we must APP
peal to those two greatest emo
lions of the human heart
point out the loss of national pride that
comes through belief in the existence
of better conditions OF any sort else
where in the world. We must appeal
TO patrfOtism-tO pave the way for a
better understanding. Given hear
ing on this ground, we must arouse
our people to a knowledge of the actual
financial loss they suffer each year.
Would Lure Europeans.
To bring Europe a wo1shfper to the
shrine of American scenery, where the
Creator Himself viii be acceptably
served by hearts made finer through
contact with nature in her most sub
lime and beautiful aspects, it will be
necessary to place before the eyes of
foreigners suggestive reproductions of
American scenery; to fairly appall
them with the volume of a Niagara
the height of a Mt. Mckinley, the
depth and vastness of a Grand Canyon;
and finally to sOOthe and rest them
with a Lake Mcdonald or an island
studded St. Lawrence.
That these things can be accom-
plished admits of no doubt, and soon
we shall proceed TO the practical side
of this proposition. First, let us briefly
consider general propositions hitherto,
mentioned.
First, as to the diversion of money
from the United States alone, it is
authOTitatiVely stated that during the
year 1904 American sightseers spent in
foreign lands the great sum of S15O.-
OOO,O 900 In addition to this they ex-
pended $4O,OOO,O00 in the purchase of
foreign articles. consisting mainly of
JeWelry, wearing apparel, curiosities
and souvenirs. This all means that in
one year Q904) the sum of $3.50, OOO, 600
was taken permanently from the coun-
Try wealth and scattered over strange
ldIldS- the amount thus diverted from
American pockets i'm the year named
grows larger every year in direct pro-
portion to our increase in population
ana the growing intensity of the Fu-
seriousness of this constant. ever-in-
creasing and permanent diversion of
nome money into foreign channels NAV
De gained from consideration of what
the sum named above would do could
1t be retained here, say for a period of
ten years. For instance, it would nav
the national debt more than twice
over; 1t would build a perfectly equipp-
ed sea-leVel canal at Panama and leave
one billion five hundred millions I'm tbe
treasury; it would build a great road
way from New York to San Francisco
ana another from Portland. Ore, to ST.
Augustine, Fla, and yet another from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mex
leo. 1t would make the United States
easily the richest nation under the sun.
Is 1t proper and reasonable 10
say, with these figures in mind, that
TINS See America First movement is
entitled to rank in Importance with ma
JIonaI irrigation, the building of the
Panama canal tariff revision, or anv
other OF the great problems before our !
people today?
II IS hardly necessary for this con-
ference. to disclaim any inten-
ION non OF discouraging or stopping
travel 10 foreign lands, even
were such a thing possible. 1t is the
proper ambition of every brOad-minded /
man or woman to see the world as God
maze II or man married it. We need
not argue this point, however. even
with our critics. We have fully stated
our position and amply fortified it by
auOpI ing the motto, See Europe if |
you VIII, but See America first" An
alyze this legend carefully and if re- |
spOnds TO the test. Foreign travel is !
made optional. Home travel is made /
mandatory as q precedent condition |
NO American, deserving of the name |
can OBJECT to these conditions.
Attractions of the West.
1t is unnecessary to assure the mem
berSl or this conference that we really /
possess the most magnificent scenery |
IN the world. Many of you have Wis /
tied every known cline and in vour 4
hearts, If not audibly, have constantly /
compared American and foreign seen /
cry TO the decided detriment of the lat
Ter. today you are prepared to say
with one of our western governors:
The states west of the MississipDi /
almost without exception, offer noun |
tam Tor mountain, valley for valley
river Tor river, and lake for lake with |
Europes most famed scenery, and to /
hdJuFal attractions American scenery
urges the further claim to our LOYALTY |
and love from the fact that it was
Made in America"
You will likewise heartily agree with
one Of our weII-knOwn speakers in his
address before the Trans AIississippi
Congress at Portland, when he said:
over there are the beautiful and |
refined Alps; and these none can love
more than /. But did you realize their
circumference is not larger than some
or our American states, while here we
nave, as the Swiss guide says, Fifty /
Switzerlands rolled into one From
= ahana TO the Arctic run these noun
tains in long, dim distance, like a car
AVIAN that never passes by. whose
camel backs are laden with the skv.'
One wild confusion of American Aims
run these, thousands 'of miles north
and south. until the awful ranee