The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
XPOSITION
OFFICIAL
LETTER
STATES lMPoRTUNEO TO MAKE
EARLY APPROPRIATIONS.
Commission Anxious to Interest Poo.
pie Of Utah In Great AlasNa-Yu-
kon-Pacific Exposition.

The aska-Yukon-Pacinc exposi-
ton. which Will be held In Seattle,
Wash, during the year 1909, begin
ming June l, is just now receiving
close attention on the part of the
commission having the matter in
hand. The legislatures OF the vari-
Gus intermountain states that Will be
entitled to representation at the ex.
position are being importuned to
make as large appropriations as pos
sible for the establishment and main
tcnance of exhibitions commensurate
with the resources and needs OF the
states In question.
Representative McCracken has re-
ceived the following communication
from the commissioner general re-
gardlng the matter:
Seattle, Dec. 2S. 190S.-Hon James
B. McCracken, Ogden, Utah. Dear
Sir: A bill will be presented TO your
legislature at the coming session,
providing for an additional appropria-
ton for the purpose of advertising
the resources of the state of Utah at
the Alaska Yukon-Paciflc exposition
al Seattle in 1909 The preliminary
appropriation made at the last ses-
sion was $4,000.
"AS this is a matter OF more than
ordinary interest to your people. we
are mailing you brief statement OF
the reasons for your states partici-
tation in this exposition, 30 that you
may be fully advised when the time
comes to act upon IT.
we believe you will agree with us
that advertising is just as necessary
in the exploitation of the resources oil
a state as it Is in successful CONNER
cial and manufacturing enterprises
and that sum of from $50 900 to S75,-
600 used at this exposition in erect
Ing suitable building and maintain
Ing an adequate exhibit and bureau
Of information for your state would
be most profitable investment
.Yuor active support IN this meas
IRE Will be greatly appreciated Very
truly yours,
JAMES 3. MEIKLE,
Commissioner General"
Why the States Of the Union Should
Participate in the Alaska -Yukon-Pa-
cific Exposition at Seattle.
Every state In the union has many
products for sale and extensive nat
ural resources 10 be developed, and
each state requires wide market
for Its products and men and money
to develop It's resources.
Advertising is just as necessary in
the exploitation of the resources OF
a state as IL is in the business of sue
cessful merchants and manufacturers
In marketing their commodities. and
there is no better way to advertise a
states products and resources than
by means Of an exhibit and bureau OF
information at live exposition OF this
character.
From the experience OF other Paci-
fic coast eXpositions, and from infor-
Eation received by the management,
1t is estimated that from 10000 to
100000 persons from outside of the
state of Washington Will visit this eX-
position, and that at least 100000 OF
them Will come from tho states east
of the Missouri river. All OF these
visitors Will acquire considerable
knowledge of the products and re.
sources OF the states having compre-
hensiye exhibits and active adveltIs-
ing agencies on the ground and this
knowledge will result I'm an immedi-
ate benefit to the states making such
exhibits
AS a direct result of the general
advertising of this exposition. hun.
dreds Will become residents of the
northwestern states. and every one of
them will contribute something to
the wealth and prosperity of the whole
country. These people would natu
rally look back to their home states,
in the establishment of their future
trade relations, and thus open up a
large market for the products OF those
states, which do not enter into direct
with the products oil the
northwest.
The migration of the American peo-
pie from one section OF the country
TO another. which is continually going
en-. has resulted In each state having
within It's borders citizens from every
other state, and this Is a powerful
agency in destroying sectionalism and
Proyincialism. 1t draws the states
into closer relationship with each
other and makes the whole nation one
great family. whose interests being
for the whole country are limited only
by the national boundaries. and this |
is not the least of the reasons for
each states participation in such an |
enterprise as this exposition.