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 constructive and conservative legislation that 

 will serve the. welfare of future generations. 



Unless these scenic spots are reserved 

 by the state or municipality scenes of natural 

 beauty unvariably must make way (one by one to 

 be destroyed) for railroads, streets, factories 

 etc., and what escapes demolition will become 

 enclosed for private gain or pleasure. It would 

 indeed be a pity if the constraints of the money 

 system, the barriers to' an enjoyment of the more 

 beautiful things on earth, were extended into the 

 country as they are in the city. "If we walk through 

 miles and miles of brick and mortar, or through 

 miles of wooden suburbs, we may be at last- rewarded 

 by a glimpse of a woodside or meadow, but it is ten 

 to one that the sign 'Ho Trespassing* confronts us 

 when we reach the fence" 1] -? Were the finest spots 

 within the neighborhood publically owned, would not 

 every estate owner, much more the poorer city 

 dweller, be the richer? 



A discussion of both the direct and 

 indirect benefits to be derived from the municipal 

 ownership of scenic and forest reservations should 



answer the question. 



