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hour announced that in response to the desire of a majority of his constituents 

 he intended to amend his bill so that the provisions of the Jones-Esch Act, 

 relating to existing national parks, shall apply also to this new park. This has 

 been done, and the Barbour Bill (H. R. 7452) is in such form now that it 

 should command the hearty support of all public-spirited organizations. Chief 

 Forester Greeley, at the above-mentioned hearing, defined admirably the char- 

 acteristics which an area should possess in order to be entitled to be set aside 

 as a national park. First, in its scenic attractions and natural wonders it 

 should be national in importance; second, the value of its recreational service 

 to the public should clearly outweigh the value of its commercial resources, 

 were they to be developed. It was his opinion that the extraordinarily diver- 

 sified scenery of mountains, rivers, lakes, and forests comprehended within the 

 boundaries of the proposed park is so unique and outstanding that it should be 

 reserved for recreation only, and that all commercialization should be excluded. 

 Thus the Sierra Club finds itself in complete accord with Forester Greeley in 

 point of policy regarding our national parks. Let us all do our utmost to aid 

 Director Stephen T. Mather to impress upon Congress the importance of 

 speedy action upon this bill. The only obstacles at the present time appear to 

 be the water-power application of the city of Los Angeles and some trivial 

 objections of our California Representative Charles F. Curry, W. F. B. 



The Redwoods The Sierra Club congratulates its California sister, the Save- 

 League the-Redwoods League. Two years ago the league laid down 



a definite program for its first work. The program has been 

 followed, the results achieved. The league is now ready to move forward to 

 the greater task ahead. The results, and the task, are summarized elsewhere in 

 this issue. 



"California sister" — yes, but Californian only in the location of the object 

 of its endeavors. In spirit, support, and leadership the league is national. Its 

 strivings are for the people of America. Without vigorous support from all 

 America, it cannot reach full measure of success. The State of California, in a 

 year of seriously attempted retrenchment, announced by its appropriation of 

 $300,000 that here is an undertaking that must not wait for "prosperity." Hum- 

 boldt County made an appropriation early in the movement. Several individ- 

 uals have generously done more than their bit. But all this means only the 

 setting of the first few guide-posts on a far trail. There is hard work to be 

 done all along that trail. The saving of a few scattered groves is not the goal. 

 The settlement of Plymouth and Jamestown did not make a nation. Workers 

 are needed, not in California alone, but throughout the Union. 



And is it worth while to work so hard to preserve something of this par- 

 ticular bit of "an America worth fighting for"? Madison Grant answers, in 

 his address at Boiling Memorial Grove on August 6, 192 1 : "Probably nowhere 

 on earth does there exist a forest to compare in continuous grandeur and un- 

 qualified beauty with the redwoods that are found along the Eel River and to 

 the north. We have reason to believe that no finer forest ever did exist on earth 

 during the millions of years since vegetable life first appeared. It is, therefore, 



