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to explore, enjoy, and render illegible the mountain regions 0f the illegible Coast; to illegible authentic illegible concerning
them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the palple and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural
features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. SIERRA CLUB Mills Building San Francisco, Cal.Board of Directors 1907-1908
Mr. John Muir, President Martinei Prof.A. G. McAdie, Vice-President San Francisco Prof. J. N.'Le Conte. Treasurer Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby. Secretary Berkeley Prof. Wm. P. Bade Berkeley Prof. George Davidson San Francisco Prof. W. R. Dudley
Stanford University Mr. Warren Olney San Francisco Mr. E. T. Parsons San Francisco Outing Committee Mr. Wm. E. Colby,
Chairman Prof. J. N. Le Conte Mr. E. T. Parsons Honorary Vice-Presidents Prof. George Davidson San Francisco Mr. R.
U. Johnson The Century, New York Pres. David Starr Jordan Stanford University Mr. Gilford Pinchot Washington, D. C. Committee
on Publications Mr. Elliott McAllister Editor San Francisco Prof. Wm. P. Bade. Book Reviews BerkeleyProf. Wm. R. Dudley,
Forestry Notes Stanford Univ. Mr. Alex. O. Eells Prof. H. W. Rolfe Mr. E. T. Parsons Mr. Willoughby Rodman To The President
of the United States and the Governors of the States assembled in Conference, Greeting: We, the undersigned, Directors
and Officers of the Sierra Club, have been gratified to learn of the Conference of Governors called at the White House for
the purpose of considering the Conservation of Natural Resources. Acting upon the conviction that this is a matter of utmost
public concern, we wish to record, in connection with this Conference, our strong sense of the paramount value of scenic beauty
among our natural resources. The moral and physical welfare of a nation in not dependent alone upon bread and water. Comprehending
these primary necessities is the deeper need for recreation and that which satisfies also the esthetic io sense. The establishment
of gardens and parks is the immemorial expression of an ever present human desire. Our country has a wealth of natural beauty
which is far beyond the power of human hands to create or restore, but not beyond their power to destroy. It is an it is an
untaxed heritage that may be had for the lifting one's eyes; whose influence upon the life of the nation, physically, morally,
mentally, is inestimable, and whose preservation is the greatest service that one generation can render to another. Nor are
we unmindful of the incalculable economic value of our scenio resources. Consular reports indicate that the stream of tourists
attracted to Europe by its scenic, no less than its mural, beauty is worth 550,000,000 annually.America affords the newest,
and in many respects the finest, of the