extensive scenic areas of unexcelled attractive- 

 ness, together with many of the world's greatest 

 natural wonders and wonderlands which every 

 one wants to see. All these scenes, too, repose in 

 a climate that is hospitable and refreshing. They 

 should attract travelers from abroad as well as 

 our own people. The traveler brings ideas as 

 well as gold. He comes with the ideals of other 

 lands and helps promote international friend- 

 ship. Then, too, he is an excellent counter-irri- 

 tant to prevent that self-satisfied attitude, that 

 deadening provincialism, which always seems 

 to afflict successful people. Develop our parks 

 by making them ready for the traveler, and they 

 will become continuously productive, both com- 

 mercially and spiritually. 



Our established scenic reservations, or those 

 which may be hereafter set aside, are destined 

 to become the basis of our large scenic industry. 

 The present reservations embrace fourteen 

 National Parks and twenty-eight National 

 Monuments. Each Park and Monument was 

 reserved because of its scenic wonders, to be a 

 recreation place for the people. The name 



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