The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-02-17
EETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ASK
ED FOR PUBLICITY
Executive Committee of the League
Of Southern Idaho Commercial
Clubs Goes Before Leg
islature

The executive committee of thu
League of Southern Idaho CONNER
cial Clubs held it's bi-monthly meet
ing at the club rooms of the Boise
Commercial club late yesterday after
noon, and later met the legislative
committee on appropriations at the
state house and conferred with the
members of the legislature relative
to recommending the appropriation of
$4,000 to be expended by the state
immigration commissioner in adver-
Using the resources and opportunities
of Idaho.
Arguments in favor of the appro-
priation were made by different men,
bers of the committee, including
Reilly Atkinson, secretary of the
Boise Commercial club. Mr.. Akin
son made strong plea for the appro-
rriation and asserted that if the state
expected to continue to be largely the
beneficiary of immigration from the
south and the east that it would
have to wage systematic campaign
of publicity of its great advantages
and meet the opposition of the Sec
lions referred to, which we're taking
'oncerted action to prevent the north
west from securing immigrants and
apital from them. He called atten-
ton to the fact that the states Of
hese sections were conducting a sys-
ematic and well-organized publicity
,ampaign Of their own resources and
emphasized the significance of the
fact that this year Savannah, Ca, had
appropriated $4,000 to advertise her
opportunities. He also asserted that
Wall street was holding its money
back from the west because of the
well-organized movement upon the
part Of the east and the south to pre-
vent their people from coming west
and bringing their money with them
and thus damaging those sections,
and declared that it was up to the
west to look after it's own interests
and especially the state of Idaho.
Cites State of Washington
Mr.. Atkinson stated that three
titles in the neighboring state of
Washington alone expended in the ad-
vertisement of the resources of that
state during the past year $4,000.
He emphasized the fact particularly
that the Boise club had expended
during thhe past year in advertising
the entire state, and not Boise alone.
hit sum Of $4,000 and had taken in
an additional $4,000. In reply to
an inquiry as to whetehr he thought
that efficient service could be done
under the present ofiicer of that de-
partment and under its present sys-
tenn, he stated that he thought 1t
could. In this connection he said
hat he was not considering the office
Or work from political view, but
asked the Appropriation through the
present oflve because 1t was the one
department. of this character that the
state had, and moot that he was in
letting politics into the matter.
1t was UP Governor Hawley, Mr..
Atkinson said, to secure a commits
,ioner who possessed the ability to
10 the work in an effective way and
hat in the event 1t was not done in
hat manner the burden of the re-
possibility would be on the govern
" and that the citizenship of the
tate would show that 1t considered
he Office was of no value II 1t was
that such was the fact
lie paid complementary tribute to
Ex-Governor Brady in this connection
~ saying that it was recognized that
lie was Of progressive spirit and
ad done much for the state in this
way and added that it was likewise
that Governor HawIey was
I progressive ideas and that he
night logically be expected to make
he department OF value.
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