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people of the United States greatly need more 

 parks, and these are needed at once. I do not 

 know of any city that has park room extensive 

 enough to refresh its own inhabitants. Is there 

 a State in the Union that has developed park 

 areas that are large enough for the people of the 

 State? With present development, our National 

 Parks cannot entertain one fifth of the number 

 of Americans who annually go abroad. As a 

 matter of fact, the entertainment facilities in 

 our National Parks are already doing a capacity 

 business. How, then, can our Parks be seen by 

 additional travelers? 



For a travel industry, the present needs in 

 America are for cities at once to acquire and 

 develop into parks all near-by scenery; for each 

 State to develop its best scenic places as State 

 Parks ; and for the nation to make a number of 

 new National Parks and at once make these 

 scenic reservations ready for the traveler. Sys- 

 tems of good roads and trails are necessary. In 

 addition to these, the Parks, Monuments, and 

 Reservations need the whole and special atten- 

 tion of a department of their own. 



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