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Monument might well be changed to Park. The 

 Monuments were set aside by executive orders 

 of the President; the Parks were created by 

 acts of Congress. Each Park or Monument is a 

 wonderland in itself. All these together contain 

 some of the strangest, sublimest scenes on the 

 globe. Each reservation is different from every 

 other, and in all of them a traveler could spend 

 a lifetime without exhausting their wonders. 



I suppose that in order to lead Americans to 

 see America first, or to see it at all, and also to 

 win travel from Europe, it is absolutely neces- 

 sary to get America ready for the traveler. 

 Only a small part of American scenery is ready 

 for the traveler. The traveler's ultimatum con- 

 tains four main propositions. These are grand 

 scenery, excellent climate, good entertainment, 

 and swift, comfortable transportation. When 

 all of these demands are supplied with a gener- 

 ous horn of plenty, then, but not until then, will 

 multitudes travel in America. 



Parks now have a large and important place 

 in the general welfare, and the nation that neg- 

 lects its parks will suffer a general decline. The 



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