The Winslow mail., 1922-03-24

you can not lind where the have
done anything worth while: yet YOU
can see where there has been much
from this expenditure of $50 600
toollshly wasted
L contend that these approximations
are unnecessary, for the reason that
we nave every facility in the world
to-day to visit the Grand Canvon
National Park. We have a railroad
that is not eYcelled by any other
railroad in the United States-the
santa Fe system. We have fine high
ways across the State of Arizona.
We have two beautiful rim roads
that have been constructed by the
county and the Forest Service up to
the Grand Canyon. Now they pro-
pose to go on the north side Of the
rim, where it is nearly 200 miles
from any railroad, and open up an
otner camp, where they can bring
tourists from the Union Pacific or
the railroads to the north of there
by stage line down to the rim of the
Grand Canyon on the north side
where most of this money is to be
expended
Mr.. Jones of Washington. Mr..
President, will the Senator permit
me to ask him a question?
Mr.. Cameron. Yes
Mr.. Jones of Washington. Does
the Senator know whether or not
his colleague is in favor Of striking
out this item?'
Mr.. Cameron. He is I saw him
this afternoon, after / had talked
with the Senator from Wyoming.
Mr.. Jones of Washington do
not see any reason, then, why we
should not strike it out.
Mr.. Warren. The chairman of the
committee is ready to have it strick-
Ell out. but l understood that there
was some necessity of the Senator's
colleague being here. | am perfect
ly ready to allow the amendment to
be made
Mr.. Cameron. | simply wanted to
make this statement
Mr. Warren. | wish the Senator
would finish his statement, because
the matter will go to conference and
If the House insists upon it's action,
we shall have to defend ours, and
we shall have to, depend upon what
the Senator says for the defence.
Mry Cameron. Understand Sena-
tors, | do not care to talk on the
subject, except that I want to make
a statement that | know | am alb
solutely right in making as one who
helped develop this entire country
and who certainly understands the
condition; and there is no more ex-
cuse for our appropriating the pub
lies money for this purpose than
there is for my jumping off the Cap
itol tonight. | believe that if we
are going to conserve the peoples
interests and take care of the peo-
pie s. money as we should, we should
not make a foolish appropriation
merely to satisfy somebody's whims
or pet ideas who think they can do
wonderful things bv building certain
pleasure camps out on the public do
main, remote from any railroad,
where no one can come in contact
with them; where they can go out
perhaps in a years time and bring
in 10 or Is or 20 men with money
to look over the greatest scenic
wonder of the world. l contend that
we can see the greatest scenic won
der of the world to-day from the
south rim of the Grand Canyon. You
can go there at your ease: you can
go there in any way you want to, by
vehicle, horseback, automobile, Pull
man car, special train, or otherwise;
and why should we in the United
States Senate to-day appropriate this
money when it is not needed?
| am sure that if the people of
this country knew as much as I do
about the Grand Canvon and knew
1af RI III
ton, you would not. as BODY of
Senators, appropriate this money
One corporation alone controls every
national park in the United States
Naturally they want camps built by
Government money at remote places
so that they can put on stage lines
and drive automobiles from points
two and three hundred miles away,
when the Government expends money
to build camps and roads for them
That is the idea. That is what is
behind this.
Senator's, the sooner we wake up
to this condition the quicker we will
get down to earth where we belong
| We have spent too much money al
| ready for "ismS" and fads and chas-
| ing rainbows: and so far as l am
concerned, if | can stop it, I am go
| ing to do it, and l want to begin
right now.
| The idea of our suuandering the
peoples money Just to please fad
of Mr.. Mather or any other man
who chooses to be the representative
of the Grand Canyon National Park
or any other park is ridiculous L.
| say to you, without egotism, | hope,
! that | have been over nearly every
park in this country. | have gone
on horseback and on foot, and