The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-27

CONDITIONS ,onst arouse our people to
EnowlcdRe of the actual hh"h'i''
they suffer each year ,rsrIncr 10 the
IT, bring Europe Wolsnlpcl " ~.
r,rt,o az American scenery where nS unS
creator Himself VIII be aCceptaD'S contsct
by hearts made hncr In' os,tsbilme and
haautjfui ospects IL Will be nccessai 49, ~
place before the eyes oil lof Hmeriean
gestive reproductions Hcm with the
scensrS' s9 20 MA Niogara. the height OF
Nount Mckinley. the depth ana S"SSn,,tso
OF Grand canyon nha IN ln'7 Mcdonald or
and rest them with LaKe @ uua
an island studded st, Iawreh.e. .,,,Itebcd
That these things can be occonap'. ON sbaii
admits OF no doubt. and soon tbia
pIoccsu pios, ,oo ~ EIrst let us briefly consider
,bc General propositions heretofore men
toned :.SA,e
First. as TO the diversion oi Hlo,iTE ~.
from rho United States alone, IL IL 'u.
tborItntiyeIy stated chat during tNS -
1904 American sisht-scers spent Nv ~ ~ Cd
lands the great sum OF slO Ovp.D;o g., W. dbe
dillon 10 this they spent SiOoV'WV lhn,io Nv IL
nurchase OF foreign articles. conslsIuins
of Iewelry wearing apparel CuItos,' Ir
and souvenirs. This all means II"S SlI as
one year $500 the sum OF 9iYo"yV,T co,%Ttry's
taken permanently from thc co"i La
wealth and scattered over streIGe li ln,'uS,
Tho amount thus diverted from M AH'I, far,,ar
pockets In the year naIncd ELoMS -, 6ur
every yonr in direct proportion TO Vuu
increase In population and the Slo"InS
Intensity OF the European Yacat,on n- lnu
Some idea OF the seriousness oil tLIS a.
stnnt cYcr-incrcaslng and permanent vi,
IcrsJon Of home money into foreign
channels may be gained from conSldero-
ton of what the sum nahleu nah, ho-o
would do could IL be retained hcic'
say for period OF ten years, For IN,
stance II would pay the NatiohaI GU.
OF the United States more than t@lc9
over; it would build a pertectly e9uippea
nj of
billion. five hundred millions In inc
treasury; IL would ouild a great r9Hn-
way from New Yotk 10 San FrancisSo
and another from Portland. or, TO ST
Augustlne. Fla and yet another from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf OF Mexico.
1t would make the United states easily
the richest nation under the sun,
1t is proper and reasonable WIN tnese
figures in mind 70 say that this See
America First movement is enutieu 10
rank in Importance with National irrl-
gation, the building of the Panama canal.
tariff revision or any other OF the great
problems before our people today
Sec America First,
II IL hardly necessary Tor this confer
ence to disclalm any intention OF dis
couraging or stopping travel TO foreign
lands. even were such IL Sllng possible.
II Is the proper ambition OF every broad
minded man CT woman to see the world
as God made II or man marred 1T. we
reed not argue this point however even even
our position and amply fortified It by
adopting the motto. See Europe II you
Will, but Sec America First Analyze
this legend carefully and II responds to
the test. Foreign travel Is made op-
tional Home travel IS made mandatory
as n precedent condition. No American
deserving OF the name, Will object to
these conditions.
1t is unnecessary to assure the mem
bers Of this conference that VIC really
possess the most magnificent scenery In
world.
every known cline. ana in your hearts.
II not audiby. you have constantly com
the decided detrimcnt Of the latter. To-
day you are prepared to say with one of
our Western Governors.
The States west OF the Mississippi. al
most without exception offer mountain
for mountain, valley for valley, river for
river and lake for lake with EuTope's
most famed scenery, and to natural at
fractions American scenery urges further
claim TO our loyalty and love from the
fact that it was made in America "
Agree With Well-Known Speaker.
You Will likewise heartily agree with
one OF the wcll-kuown speakers before
the Trans Mississippi congress at Port
land when he said.
"Over there are the beautiful and re-
fined Alps, and these none can love more
than i; But did YOU realize that their
our American States while here we have
as the Swiss guide says, nifty Switzer-
lands rolled into one'7 From Panama to
the Arctic run these mountains In long
am distance, like caravan that never
passes by, whose camel backs are laden
with the sky One Wild confusion of
American Alps run these thousands OF
miles north and south, until the awful
range plunges beneath the sea In the
Aleutian Islands that arc but the fms OF
the sunken range.
This enormous American eortb-
wrinkle, 80 long and hundreds Of miles
IN WIDTH can never be touched in survey
by half dozen generations, and the
blessed Alps OF Europe could be hone,
Itssly lost among our leglons of peaks
We have unmcasured square miles OF
masnlhcent mountains that are yet un-
they, are there although unreached FOR
we naFe looked out over these endless
forests OF snow caps beyond the yet
mace trails OF men.
Abroad in company with some who
had not seen America. ] heard express
SIons wonid OF surprise at some of the old
not wSr'o ac,,HS water ter falls They certainly did
not could not love them more than / did
But have stood In America where ~
q single glance. | saw twenty such water
rails nsh at once Within a few miles of
the lofty cliffs have scores Of thess Sor Se,
playthings. There are water falls hege
@nose S scenic beauty Is worth more to this
S'''o IMAM she could possibly estimate"
Plain Truths.
o-it1S;" hese comparisons are not captious
often recognized by foreigncrs tIu.nS tbnIa
selves and fully realized by those All
cans who wisely decided to See Ameri
ca First before going abroad 81
nuny OF our own people who admit tbcoe
comparisons as true. who have ayer
mace them themselves. do not roeIi.n
that this home scenery is a yama he nc ~
SET SET. 10 such we would commend fer
CONSIDERATIONS the fact that $50 OaS o0n t,i, iol
zen brought into New Hampsbire' ans aas
iet. Ihers by tourists during the past tap
lars Last summer 100000 eTcnroiSn
thare tteke's & We're sold to Denver ard 5000 Of
llon' not even through scalpcrs
iloport'on Of these remaining tonTis,S
IIecame permanent residents OF coior.s iiS.S
rihf yak I'm ner .,S best season 5000 people daiy
Speholng on an average $40 apiecn Ina Ina
Let US also again quote from The s,,,1,!'
subject: '9 particular
Americans have been eastward
tne glorious Alps and have LEFT ,ntH,see see
Oh Oh wealth IN those splendid ValIet,s 'o,s S
valuable is this troop OF travsIeESSS. SO
sSen sHendDg mo" s,s SS Italy aae
neI @ as a gateway for our people ~ @ Iun-
tnrouSh TO see the other side 90 pass
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