Show PARK MONOPOLIES ARE CONDEMNED An Investigation In of oC our national parks has been made by the sen sen- ato land committee and the report which Is to be presented to con con- glees gl will denounce the tho manage manage- management ment and declare the public play play- playgrounds playgrounds grounds are re held aa as a monopoly IY riy oy private companies and the the Ure pub pub- public public lic lc is exploited The members of the committee dimand that sweeping changes be bp made and that congress take im- im action to recover vast ast from Interests said to be beIn beIn bein In control that the system of reg reg- regulations regulations regulations and exactions which har bar harass harass ass visitors be abandoned and the themselves be thrown wide open open The nhe committee Is said to have found Cound that transcontinental tourists are not permitted to drive th lr cars Into Yellowstone park except upon payment of a fee of or ori 7 i for each car Even if it they do donot don donut nut not n t desire to Inspect the park but merely y pass through they are corn corn- compelled to pa pay the fee Cee Moreover they are charged 50 cents per gal gal- gallon galIon Ion lon for gas that can be purchased outside the th park paik for less than that amount If IC tourists wish to see the park pPrk they are arc permitted to leave their cars outside and travel upon b the trans trans- transportation an auto stage owned by company which thich has a I monopoly In the park It is charged The Tho collection of these fees Cees has has rever been authorized by congress contress according to the report They are 1 posed imposed at the arbitrary discretion of the park service which is ad administered administered i ministered by b Director Stephen T 1 Mather who is answerable only to the secretary of the e interior The Grand Can Canyon on and are arc said to be given over to private concerns which abuse their il and convert the parks Into monopolies for the tue exploitation of the public For years ears tourists have com corn complained complained tha that the parks were Im irn Improperly Improperly properly conducted and travelers were wre mulcted d The senate com corn committee millee seems to have found round tho the charges true and the tho disclosures disclosure should bring radical changes to the park irk management 00 00 |