The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-05
MINNEAPOLIS is A
RIVAL Of SALT LAKE
Would Move See America First
Headquarters to the
Twin City.
QUESTION RESTS WITH
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
James A. Metcalf of MissOuIa
Accepts Craftsmanship De-
partment of Publicity.

From the executive committee In charge
OF the fair to be held in commemoration
OF the three huudredth anniversary OF the
founding of Jamestown, Va, Secretary
Fisher Harris Of the Sec America league
yesterday received an invitation to hold
the convention of the league at James
ton In 1907 The committee agrees TO fur
nish headquarters for the convention. to
widely advertise its coming If the league
shall ngree to accept the invitation. and
to set aside a special day to be known
as See America First day" The invi-
tation Will be referred to the executive
committee OF the league
Rival for Headquarters.
Although the league is but a week old.
Salt Lake already has a rival for per
Minneapolis +. J. Westlake, the dele
gate from Minnesota to the See America
convention. has been stirring things up
In his home city since his return, with
the result that the papers OF that city
are trying to prove that Minneapolis Is the
beet city in the country in which TO es-
tabish the permanent headquarters OF
the league
Rests With Committee.
The question Of selecting permanent
headquarters VIII OF course rest with the
executive commttec-from present indi-
cations, the original executive committee,
none OF those named at the convention
having thus far declined. President JOr-
dan of Stanford, DIR. n. c. Schaefer OF
Pennsylvania and David r, Francis OF
Missouri have not yet been heard from
but the acceptance Of the following mem
bers of the committee have been re-
ccivcd Il. l. Mccormick of Washington,
Irving Howbart of Colorado and L. b.
Walker of Minnesota.
Metcalf Accepts Place.
With the executive secretary OF the
league was left the choice OF chairman
of the department OF publicity. and this
Mr.. Harris promptly offered to James a
Metcalf of MiSsoula, Mont who did such
efficient work during the recent conven-
ton here Mr.. Metcalf has accepted the
position and will be here early the com
ing week TO begin to dispose of the great
mass OF matter that has collected In Just
a week.
Richardson Makes Good.
Complying with pledge made by the
conventions in their respective cities,
Tom Richardson of Portland is the first
to make good. He has already succeeded
In arranging for a convention in the city
by the willamette. TO be held there on
February 10. Fisher Harris OF this city
Is among those who have been invited to
attend the convention and make an ad-
dress, and has decided TO accept the invi-
tation, From Portland Mr., Harris ex-
poets TO go to Minneapolis. then TO Kan
sas City, then to New York to attend a
on his way back TO attend convention
that Is now being planned in Denver
Must Know Your Country.
Apropos of the ''See America First"
movement. Henry Russell Wray. secre-
tary OF the Colorado Springs Chamber of
Commerce, has dug up book OF the
sixteenth century, Coryats Crudiues
the writer In that early day pointing out
that no knowledge was so necessary To a
man as that pertaining TO his own coun-
try Here arc few paragraphs from the
rare old book
Arc you not constrained (my fellow
Acadcmicks) 10 subscribe TO this my
opinion. that the knowledge Of no nation
is so necessary as the searching out of a
mans own country and the manners
thereof and the right understanding OF
the Commonwealth whereof each one OF us
Is part and member
The Lamiae, that arc n certain kind Of
IT onsters, are laughed at In the Poeticall
Fables, In that they are so blind at home
that they could not see their own affairs.
could foresoe nothing but when they
were once gone from home they were
counted the most sharp sighted and curl
GUS searchcrS of all others.
Are not they very ridiculous as when
By taking long voyages unto far re-
mote people after they have curiousy
sought out all matters among them, ar.
ignorant OF the principal things at home
and know not what is contained within
the precincts OF their country and reck-
oned altogether strangers on their native
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