THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS 

 OF THE 



PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U.S.A. 

 156 Fifth Avenue 

 New York 



Office of Secretary 



April 8, 1918. 



Hon. Swagar Sherley, 



Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Sir: 



Permit me to urge upon your favorable attention the recom- 

 mendation made by Secretary Lane, that an appropriation of 

 fco,C)00 be granted by Congress for the improvement and protec- 

 tion of the Sieur de Monts National Monument. 



My interest in this project is purely a philanthropic one. 

 Thirty years ago I visited Bar Harbor and was charmed with 

 its wondrous beauty. For the past fifteen years every summer 

 I have spent three or four weeks at Bar Harbor, and I know 

 something of its lure. It grows upon one with the years. The 

 Government never did a better piece of work than when it set 

 apart this masterpiece of nature for a National Park. Each year 

 I have seen increased numbers of what Abraham Lincoln called 

 the "common people" going to the Park to enjoy its beauties. 

 If proper arrangements are made I believe this number will in- 

 crease rapidly with the years, as the Sieur de Monts National 

 Monument is the only National Park in this section of the coun- 

 try where dwell many millions, large numbers of whom, if the 

 way were open, could be induced to spend a portion of each year 

 in this delightful resort. The appropriation will aid much in 

 making permanent what has already been done. The summer 

 residents at Bar Harbor and those who are interested in this pro- 

 ject have shown a spirit of unselfishness, of sacrifice, of high ideal- 

 ism and of good citizenship that I believe has not been excelled 

 by any group of men and women anywhere in the country. They 

 should receive the hearty and cordial cooperation of the Govern- 

 ment, for what they are aiming to accomplish is that this Park 



