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for as in most other businesses cus- 

 tomers who are satisfied with the 

 wares they have purchased tend to 

 become advertisers, and the reputa- 

 tion of being able to attract numbers, 

 brings additional numbers. 



Tourist travel within the United 

 States has, in recent years, reached 

 considerable dimensions. 



Profits in Pine Woods 



Figures compiled by the New Eng- 

 land Railway lines show that about 

 1,400,000 guests are accommodated 

 in the New England States during 

 the summer season, and their ex- 

 penditure is placed at not less than 

 S100,000,000. The pine woods of 

 Maine, without the cutting of a stick 

 of timber are worth S40,000,000 per 

 year from the tourists they attract 

 and it is said that even if the blos- 

 soms of the orange trees of Florida 

 never came to fruit they would still 

 be worth more than all the other 

 products of her soil. 



Mary Roberts Rhinehart recently 

 stated in the "Saturday Evening 

 Post" that tourist travel to Cuba at 

 the present time exceeds the value 

 of the tobacco and sugar output com- 

 bined, while the coral reefs of Ber- 



muda produce a crop of dollars which 

 even the famous lilies and onions 

 cannot rival. 



Canada, a World Playground 



Tourist travel to this country, 

 however, is as yet in its infancy. 

 Canada's possibilities as a playground 

 are only beginning to be reahzed by 

 foreigners and even by Canadians 

 themselves. But there is no doubt 

 that in the Canadian Rockies Can- 

 ada has natural scenery of sufficient 

 attractions to draw nature lovers 

 from all parts of the world. Dr. T. 

 G. Langstaff, the famous English 

 alpinist, after his visit to this country 

 a few years ago, declared the Can- 

 adian Rockies were destined to be- 

 come the playground of the world 

 for the next century; other travellers 

 familiar with the Alps, the Andes, and 

 the Himalayas affirm that the Can- 

 adian mountains have a charm and 

 attraction of their own which the 

 higher ranges cannot supply. 



The average tourist, however, as 

 Secretary Lane recently pointed out, 

 seeks the line of least resistance. 

 Beautiful scenery alone is not suffi- 

 cient to bring continued numbers 



MALIGNE LAKE, JASPER PARK. 



