Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

own country bsfote crossing the ocean to look
ct scenery that IN no instance surpasses and
In few instances equals what we have here at
home. The people who are behind the move
ment want to met only impress their fellow
cttiyens with the fact that we have the most.
wonderful scenery in the world here under the
Stars and Stripes. but they want to also con-
duct campaign Of education" that will IN
form every tourist and vacationist and pleas
ure seeker where he may see the particular
GLASS Of scenery that most appeals to him
TO this end It Is proposed to hold IN con
nection with the Baltimore convention pic
torial exposition wherein will be shown paint
angs and Photographic etc.. of the most at
tractive scenery on this continent. II man
likes grand and majestic mountain scenery he
VIII be informed just where he may ind this
TO the best advantage. Or, II on the other hand
h1s preference 10 for the boiling, tumbling surf
Cf - rocky sea coast he will be given pictorial
pointers as to where to seek It. In short the
exhibition and convention are designed to do
away with all cause for the complaint so often
made that we Americans do not devote the
proper time and effort to seeing the scenic
wonders Of our country because Wy have not
been sufficiently Informed as to how much
there Is worth seeing
Patriotic loyalty has Inspired many OF the
prominent men who are taking up this see
America First" propaganda-a feeling that IL
n . shame to see Uncle Sans citizens wander
lng on to the uttermost parts OF the world to
Wow scenery the equal Of which they could
md ON tits side of the Atlantic and which
they might enjoy with none Of the incidental
0iscomforts that come to q stranger in a
strange land. struggling with q language ana q
money system he does not understand How
syer. there y yet more potent or at least
more practical reason for the activity in the
awaksnine Of our brainy men to the menace to
b found IN the yearly drain Of American gold
Into FOREIGN Golfers. Each succeeding season
1ssss new and larger steamers ADDED to ths
transatlantic passenger-oarrying nest and mil.
ions upon millions Of dollars OF American
money 10 taken to Europe BY the tourists who
rush eastward BY the thousand. We're Il not
for the untold wealth that 10 thus h.nded over
TO European railroads and hotel proprietors
shopkeepers and all the other surveyors to
the slobe-trotters. the balance II trade would
Aways Do heavily In our favor. Great Britain
ana me various continental countries are com
PEELED to buy heavily every year OF our food
seuns ana cotton and othSr commodities but
the sums set down. In consequence on the
credit side Of our ledger are usually counter
balanced By the totxi Of the money spent
abroad BY Americans on pleasure bent
The pubhc-spir1tSd citizens who have an.
rolled IN the See America First" crusade hone
% influence some people By moral suasion to
stay at home and enjoy our own scenic feast
instead Of SEEKING foreign substitute. They
realise. however. that for the most part they
nanst use some other argument than patriot
I'm. The man ar woman with money saved
up for . trip or . vacation 10 likely to 10
wherever he or she believes that they can get
the most for their money without regard to the
nationality Of the people who rake in the
shekels, To convert such q person to the
zee America First doctrine It is necessary
= prove to him that he can actually receive
- much for bis money In the way Of travel.
education, diversion and enjoyment here in the
land Of the free ~ he can across the big pond.
where 20 large portion Of the people make
their living out Of the expenditures OF Ameri-
can tourists.
This. then. u the aim Of the crusaders who