The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-24
SIT IN JUDGMENT
ON LOCAL PLAN
Representatives of Commercial
Bodies Meet in Advance of
the Conference.
MANY ARRIVE DURING DAY
SCHEME is OUTLINED TO THEM
TO PASS OPINION UPON.

Inc pan Tor promoting the see
America First" idea. which has been
arranged by the committee Of the Salt
Lake Commercial club, was submitted
last night TO a number of representa-
tives OF western commercial organ
izatiOns who, on special invitation
came here in ADVANCE of the meeting
of the See America First" conference
This plan will not be made public IN
til the conference meets tomorrow. The
men who considered it last night were
summoned here specially to consider
II and TO suggest possible changes in II
before the conference meets, the idea
! being to present to the main body
plan which has received careful con-
sideration and mature thought.
Eight States Represented.
Eight states were represented at tbs
conference. They We're Minnesota. Mon
tana, Washington, California Colorado
Missouri, Utah and Oregon. The genera.
expression Of those present was that the
| See America First movement should be
continental in its scope and that com
mercial organizations in Canada anC
Mexico should be invited to cooperate
with those of the United States in max
ing the movement a success. The con-
ference will meet again at 2:SO this aft.
ernOCn.
Those present at last nights confer
ence included the following men; e. :.
Westlake, secretary of the Minneapolis
(Minn) Commercial club; L. G. Mon
roe, secretary Of the Spokane (Wash.)
chamber Of commerce; L. W. Pratt
secretary Of the Tacoma (Wash.)
chamber Of commerce and board of
trade: Clarence Z. EdWords, chief Of
the publicity bureau of the California
Promotion committee; Henry Russell
Wrays secretary Of the Colorado
Springs (COlO) chamber of commerce;
W. F. r. Mills, representing the may
or Of Denver and secretary of the Den
yer Convention League; John T. Burns,
secretary of the Colorado State Com
merciaI association; H. 3. KOoseT,
general western passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific railway, who also rep
resents the Arkansas state board of
trade and the Little Rock (Ark) board
Of trade; W. H. Tayloe of Washington,
D. c., representing the Southern Rail
way system; J. a. RunyOn, secre-
tary OF the Manufacturers & Mer-
chants association Of Kansas City,
No, and J. A Metcalf of MissouIa.
Mont
Salt Lake representatives.
The various Salt Lake commercial
bodies will be represented in the con-
ference as follows:
Commercial Club-Fisher Harris.
Real Estate AssociatiOn-Judge +. F.
Colborn.
Manufacturers & Merchants Asso-
ciation-James @. Mcdonald.
The state of Utah Will be represented
by Governor John c. Cutler, Professor
W. J. Kerr Of Logan and James BO-
litho Of Richfeld. Mayor Ezra ThOmp
son will represent Salt Lake City.
Boost From Colorado.
Governor Cutler yesterday received
the following telegram:
Denver, Colo, Jan. %, 1906.-HOn.
John c. Cutler, Governor of Utah. Salt
Lake, Utah.-GovernOr Mcdonald, like
myself, is in hearty sympathy with the
| See America First movement, but he
has gone east and WILDE unable to at
tend the conference. Neither he nor
myself will be with you in person, but
you have our best wishes and aSsUr-
ances of hearty cooperation in any
way possible F. w. PARKS,
President of the Senate and Acting
Governor"
Passenger Men In Line.
Governor Cutler also received the
following telegram from J. Charlton.
chairman Of the Transcontinental Pas
senger association, which is composed
Of representatives Of all the western
roads, and which met recently in Chi
cago:
."Chicago, Ill. Jan. %, 1SO6.-Hon.
| John c. Cutler, Salt Lake, Utah.-Your
message of the 18th, respecting the
meeting at Salt Lake on Seeing Amer
lea First was read to the Transconti-
mental Passenger association meeting,
and carefully considered and discussed.
The members are much interested, and
all who can possibly manage VIII be
present at the meeting. Every one sin
cerely desires the success of the move
ment. j. CHARLTON"
Two Governors Today.
Governor Albert E Mead of Wash
ington and Governor George z. Cham
berlain Of Oregon are expected to ar
rive today. Governor Chamberlain is
to be temporary chairman Of the con-
ference, and is to respond to Governor
Cutters address Of welcome.
w. E. Borah of Boise, Ida, who
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