The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-20
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A WEEK FROM TODAY.


a week from today the great 1912
session of the Transmississippi Con
gress begins in this city. The prepara-
tions for il are well advanced, and
every indication is that this session of
the Congress will he the most interest
ing aud important ever held. 1t is al
ready attracting wide attention, and
large numbers Of able and prominent
men from all parts of the United
States, and some from foreign coun-
tries, are announced as attendants.
These visitors will be guests not only
of Salt Lake City. but of the State Of
Utah. and it Will be the pleasure and
the duty of everyone TO see that our
visitors are treated not only with due
courtesy and hearty Western hospital.
ity. but that they are given ample op-
portunitY to see everything of interest
in all these regions. AS a sample of
the interest taken in the. newspaper
world in this Congress. we reproduce
the following apprcciative editorial
originating in the ST Louis Globe
Democrat,
SEE AMERICA FIRST.
A National assemblage is just an
nounced which viii have no politics In
it. a rare omission for any important
gathering held in Presidential year.
The Republicans. The Democrats. the
Socialists. and the Prohibitionsts have
had their National conventions, have put
up their tickets. and have made their
appeal to the people. and the National
progressive party will do all these things
next week, In several particulars. how
ever The assemblage which is to be
spoken about here viii differ from any of
those Just mentioned. There will be
neither steam roller nor boss in it.
Every delegate who can say anything
worth saving on any of the subjects TO
and will be listened 10 respectfully. Men
of all parties and of no party at all will
he active participants I'm this gathering.
and all of them viii feel AT home in ii.
Nobody VIII be prescribed for anything
which he SAYS or docs in the political
field. for politics will be barred In the
proceedings. The assemblage referred TO
is that of the TransmissIssippi Con-
sress, which is to meeI at Salt Lake
City on August 27-30.
Let nobody suppose that the questions
which are to be dealt with in this con-
vention are OF interest 10 the peo-
pie west OF the Mississippi solely. The
topics will have as much concern for the
residents OF the twcnty-siN States on the
sunrise side Of the great river as they
will for those OF the twenty-five between
that stream and the Pacific. At the head
OF the list OF subjects to be discussed Is
that which IS comprised under the popu-
lar slogan. See America First" Tha,
subject is underlined. and anybody who
can say anything 10 illuminate it Will
find attentive listeners. II is a National
subject which has neither a partisan nor
sectional Side. The other topics 10 be
discussed comprise good roads. a parcels
post. the worlds peace, immigration.
land reclamation by drainage or irrisa
tion transportation by rail or water and
ali he discussed in their National aspect,
They have an interest for the residents
of the Atlantic seaboard, the Pacific
coast. and the Mississippi valley alike.
originated in the Far West Put into
these words il was given out by COM
mercial club in Salt Lake City several
years ago As concise expression of
lie spirit behind IL, IL at once became
popular. The duty OF every American
who does amy travelling Is TO do the first
Cit Of !, In his his ewn i country; Some of the
Mississippi, the Great Lakes. the vast
prairIes, the Rocky and the Sierra Ne
vada mountains. Yellowstone Park, the
Grand Canyon. the Garden OF the Gods.
spectacles-are as impressive as any
thing 10 be seen In the physical world
on any other continent. Many OF the
scenes, too, have long story behind
them They associate themselves with
tales OF enterprise and daring dating
back 10 the days of De Soto: Coronado.
Ponce de Leon, Miles Standish and
Chanlplain. The American while visiting
these scenes will have several centuries
OF history looking down upon him. After
visiting them he will know very much
more about his own country than do
most OF his compatrios VINO make Eu-
ropean tours and who. in answer to
queries put to them by Europeans, can
tell nothing about their own country be-
yond the boundaries OF the spot in which
they reside The sights in America
which bring thousands of Europeans
over here every year are good for Amer
tp1ua also 10 ser