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parks. The 1920 Yosemite campaign became possible only when 

 Director Mather out of his private fortune subscribed the amount 

 necessary to be added to the sum appropriated by the State Fish and 

 Game Commission. Under ideal conditions this contribution of 

 Director Mather's should be replaced by Federal funds. If each 

 Sierra Club member today would write to his two Senators and to 

 the Representatives of his state, this ideal would be translated into 

 an actuality. Completed would be the work begun to interest Con- 

 gress therein when the Congressional Appropriations Committee 

 explored Yosemite Park under the nature guides. 



Such a modest appropriation would never be felt by the American 

 taxpayer. In the August number of the Scientific Monthly, Dr. 

 Rosa, analyzing the current congressional budget, indicates that, of 

 a per-capita appropriation of little more than $50, war receives 

 $47.99. Education of all kinds is cared for by six cents. To this 

 paltry six cents per capita the addition of a thousandth of a mill for 

 nature guides, to make more sensibly enjoyable the visit of the tens 

 of thousands who find relaxation in our national parks, would not 

 be noticed, even by the heads of such families as made Roosevelt 

 smile. 



