The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
TRAVELLING MEN TO
BOOST EXPOSITION
Army of Workers Will Carry
News of Panama=Pacific
Fair Throughout Land
First Suggestion for Official En-
blem Is Received by the
Temporary Committee

That 900. 600 individual boosters for
the Panama Pacific international ex-
position viii take the road shortly
after The first Of the year pledged 10
awaken enthusiasm regarding the
great san Francisco worlds fair in
every city. town and hamlet in the
United states. and continue this boost
ing without abatement until the gates
Of the exposition have actually been
tarown open is the promise given
through action of the executive COM
nittee Of the Commercial Travellers
congress.
Al a special meeting Of this COM
mittee at the Argonaut hotel last Fri
day night formal resolutions were
adopted indorsing the project of
world festival TO celebrate the open
ing Of the Panama canal, offering en-
thusiastic cooperation and support and
Hedging the Commercial Travellers
congress. through its associate mem
bership of more than 100000 CONNER
cfal travellers, to inaugurate system
attic. nation wide campaign OF ex-
ploitation that viii reach TO every To-
cality to which commercial travelling
men penetrate.
ARMY OF BOOSTERS
IT is generally conceded that no
method of attaining publicity could
equal for effectiveness the efforts of a
willing, enthusiastic army OF travelling
men. and the offer of the Commercial
Travellers congress has been seized
with avidity by the committee in
charge of exposition preliminaries. As
soon as organization is effected, which
may be within the week, plans will be
made TO put this suggestion into ex-
ecution. Just what methods will be
employed has not been determined, but
il is possible that every travelling man
in the United States affiliated with the
congress and its allied organizations
viii be provided with large stickerS
for travelling bags and sample cases,
calling attention TO the coming fair
and with smaller posters for distribu-
tion wherever he may go.
The action taken by the Commercial
Travellers congress represents the off,
cial Endorsement and carries the Off
cial sanction of the congress itself, the
Travellers Protective association. the
United Commercial Travellers associa-
tiOn, the Pacific Coast Commercial
Travellers association and the San
Francisco Commercial Travellers asso-
citation. BY the adoption Of the resolu-
rlon the combined membership of all
these bodies is placed at the disposal
of the exposition committee.
The temporary committee is nearly
through its work of selecting names
for the general committee on ways and
means. Invitations to act upon that
committee will be mailed within a day
or two, and the announcement of the
list viii be made as soon as responses
are received. Another meeting of the
special committee was held yesterday
and but little work in selecting names
remains to be accomplished The ex-
position Offices at 1898 Merchants ex-
change building are showing signs of
increased activity day by day, and the
daily grist Of mail is assuming large
proportions
FIRST SUGGESTION FOR EMBLEM
The first suggestion for an official
emblem and seal was received yester-
day from John C Reckweg of Palo
Alto. consisting Of a rough drawing
OF a shield surmounted by an eagle
with banner bearing the word Wei
come in its beak, crossed flags, and a
ribbon containing the words Pacific
Panama Atlantic" On the shield is a
design showing the two oceans, the
two continents and the Panama canal.
while san Francisco, 1915" and the
title of the exposition surround the
border, with the words Peace and
Prosperity" beneath.
Another suggestion received by the
committee was that invitations be is
sued cordially summoning the world to
be present at the Atlantic-Pacific we'd
ding festivities to be held in San Fran
cisco in 1915. Various slogans have
been submitted in response TO the call
Of the committee and it is proba bic
that 4 wide range Of ideas in this
regard viii be ready for the commit
tees consideration by the time the
matter is reached.
Mayor elect P. II. Mccarthy declared
yesterday that he was in hearty ac-
cord with the plans of the exposition
committee. that he had indorsed the
idea when il was first suggested five
years ago and that he would be an
enthusiastic worker TO make the great
fair the most successful the world has
ever known.