1&§t Conservation of ^§>ceuerj> 



about before these wild mountain gardens are 

 shorn of their loveliness. 1 



The United States is behind most nations in 

 making profitable use of scenery. Alpine scen- 

 ery annually produces upward of ten thousand 

 dollars to the square mile, while the Rocky 

 Mountains are being despoiled by cattle and 

 sawmills for a few dollars a square mile. Though 

 Switzerland has already accomplished much 

 along scenic conservation lines, it is working for 

 still better results. It is constructing modern 

 hotels throughout the Alps and is exploiting the 

 winter as well as the summer use of these. The 

 Canadian Government has done and is doing 

 extensive development work in its national 

 parks. It is preparing a welcome for multitudes 

 of travelers ; travelers are responding in numbers. 



The unfortunate fact is that our scenery has 



1 Since this was put into type, the Rocky Mountain Na- 

 tional Park, after a campaign of six years, has been established, 

 and campaigns have started to make National Parks of Mount 

 Evans and Pike's Peak. And the Secretary of the Interior 

 has appointed a Superintendent of National Parks and called 

 attention to the great need of legislation for these Parks. 



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