The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-25
SEE AMERICA FIRST.

Outdoor Life Exposition Commit.
tee. who are preparing National
Exhibition to be held at the Col
iseum in Chicago, May 7th to 18th,
1928.
of the tourist travel in the United
States, | have come to the conciu-
sion that far too few people IN
authority are taking any active IN
terest i'm exploitation of the beauties
and natural wonders of the United
States, but are, either for personal
or other reasons, exploiting the for
eign travel. Take for instance, as
high a Government Agency as the
United States Shipping Board, have
issued most elaborate and pro,
fusely illustrated booklet entitled
"Going Abroad, which describes
the attractions of European travel
to lure the people from the United
States. This booklet points out
that fully a half a million OF
Americans will travel abroad in the
Forthcoming IL months. 1t would
be very interesting to know now
many of these "foreign" travellers
have seen what America has to offer
them in everything that tourist
Graves for, and what effort have
they made to see it.
Aroused by this situation, the
Railroads, Hotel men, Resort own
ers, Chambers of Commerce, Tour
| ist Associations and plain Business
men of the country, not excepting
the Farmers, are planning JOINT
campaign to "Sell America TO
Americans" and encourage the
American people to "See America
First. It is estimated that APP
proximately two billions of dollars
will be spent abroad by Americans
and practically wasted, while if
spent in America, it would not only
keep the money at home but it
would give them a broader idea OF
the grandeur that America has to
| offer to it's people, it would also
make them better citizens and more
appreciative of the advantages that
| this country has to offer to its citi-
| zens, advantages that no other
| country under the sun can give.
Chicago has been selected as the
scene of action in this battle to
keep the Americans and the Ameri-
can money at home. The initial
step, as / am informed, will be the
holding of a National Travel and
Outdoor Life Exposition, May 7th
| to 18th, 1928, in the Coliseum at
Chicago, which will visualize in
picturesque style travel in America
by rail, water, air and automobile
to the Play Grounds of America.
And speaking of the "Play Grounds
of America, it may be pardonable
for me to mention here, Speaking
as l am for the State of Mime
sota), that no tourists knowledge
of the country will be complete, nor
will their sportsman's desires be
satisfied in full, until they visit and
spend some time in the North
Eastern Minnesota, in the Superior
National Forests, among the Pines,
Birches and Balsams, in a country
studded with hundreds of virgin
lakes and filled with all varieties of
fish and where the big game and
fur bearing animals are your every
day visitors.
| understand that your committee
is working on an elaborate plan
which will picture to the recrea-
ton seeker just what this country
has to offer in it's wonderful play
carry, and they should not, you
market place for recreation, / am
very much pleased to learn that
you plan to feature golf, hunting,
bathing, canoeing, boating, camping,
hiking, fishing, tennis and all the
out of door sports in such a way
that tourist will get a picture of
what his own country affords in its
great wonder-spots of recreation
that he could not obtain in any
other country. / am also pleased
to note that you are receiving such
a splendid response from the wide
awake Americans, which all indi-
Gates that you will have an exposi-
tion worth to travel to from coast
to coast.
But talking about the wonder
spots of America, it may be permits
sable to express a little criticism.
While we have natural wonder spots
which no human hand can improve,
yet we have many which could he
made more accessible by little
| touch of human enterprise. Unfor-
| tunately only a few men are far
sighted enough to realize this and
| they can not cover the field. Nine
times out of ten, local communities
among whom many of the wonder
spots are to be found, are dead to
the possibilities lying around them
| and the man who dares breach the
| subject gets very little if any sup
port, nay, he is often looked down
upon, and Minnesota is not an ex-
| ception to this unfortunate condi-
ton. Your exposition in Chicago
should go very far towards remedy
ing this condition but you should
make special effort to have country
wide representation. l believe that
Minnesota will be creditably repre-
sented if you will get in communi-
cation with the Minnesota Ten
Thousand Lakes Association and
the Minnesota Lake and Land Asso-
| citation Board, 131 East 9th st. st.
Paul, MINI.
In later interview Mr.. Brozich
expressed an opinion that North
| eastern Minnesota and particularly
| the Ely Commercial Club and the
Superior National Forest Depart
ment ought to be represented in
Chicago at this exposition with as
an elaborate a display as possible
with plenty of literature. The d.
& l. R. Co. would no doubt cooper
ate.
SOMEBODY'S BOY"