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Appalachian National Park Association Newspaper Clippings, 1899-1902

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  • A GREAT FOREST RESERVE. Senator Simmons, of North Carolina has introduced a bill for the establishment of a vast southern forest reserve In the Appalachian region. ,,-, , M , ikl ' commends itself very strongly to Unintelligent and progressive patriotism of the country and it would be a great mistake for congress to fail to pass it promptly. It is very important to secure the area ' that Is desired for this great park before hall be more thickly settled. Delay will cause inconvenience to a larger number of landholders and will increase the . i-vatlon to the government. The Simmons bill Is directly in line with recommendations made by President Roosevelt in his annual message to congress last December, though it does not go as far as the plan outlined by the president. The president urged the setting apart of L reservation in the Appalachian region which should extend from Virginia 'through the Carollnas, Tenn. gia and Alabama. ator Simmons proposes to cut his reservation by a somewhat smaller pattern, but still a very extensive one. He would locate the park entirely in }he_C&J olin -see Include i e*/«0 acre It would n,..;-.-■ :.»«<• and val ley lands, a very large part of which has never been cultivated and is very rich in timber of various kinds. It is watered by many bold and beautiful streams and Is altogether a region upon which nature has "wed many charms. II Is estimated that it will cost something like $10,000,000 to purchase and lay off this reservation properly, but It would be of incalculable value to the country and would became nore and more valua- tlme went on. Senator Simmons does not overestimate the practical benefits that Would be secured by this reservation. Nine great rivers have their hi.nires in the Appalachian i the i.-eretiiry of the treasury nates that the damage done by the (I ... the .- rivers In the last twelve months alone will exceed *18,000.<HKi. Senator Simmons gives the opinion of the best authorities on forestry when he that a great, forest reserve Is the only safeguard against terrible destruction of properly and crops by floods and erosion of lands, to a fearful extent. The south has been sadly neglected by the federal government in this respect while it has been very liberal to other parts of the United States. No less than forty-one forest reserves, with an aggregate areo of 46,000,000 have already been defined and dedicated to perpetual public uses In the west and northwest. No such provision has been made anywhere In the south and it is high time that this great need of the Appalach region should be supplied. The Simmons bill ought to receive the prompt and- hearty support of senators and representatives from all sections, but those of the south should be especially ardent in pressing it.. We trust that the Georgians in botl houses of congress will contribute all they possibly can to the success of this grea movement. tub irp^ruTllhlTI Ivili-K t! in the telegraphic account or. the proceedings of tha bouse of repre* rjtn- lives on Wednesday we are told that ".Mr. i'J.irtt, of Souui Crolina presi the advantage of the proposed Appai*- chean forest reserve." There is a bw pending in congress to establish an ex- tentlve government reservation o. tional park embracing a Ian of the mountain section of the Virginia, Noil.li Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. In other words it is proposed that the national government shall take under its prote control a vast section of mountain country extending along the - Carolina-Tennee-se line and into Virginia on the North and South I Una on the scuth—that magnifi country, known as the "Land of UW Skies," with .'■ scenery unsurp in any section of the world; with virgin forests, thousands of acres in extent, of the most vaiuab minerals of i I known I mining expert, with Its i" resources of unknown quantitj quality—and save it from the destructive hand of the speculating lun man and igiiuuuit land owner win either knows not or cares not «vils he orlnga upon future genera .so he can m ion bargain Cot himself and i sails* profit out of pres- sent conditions. As in other parts of the stale, so in this magnificently wooi n th9 axman I havoc with oui 101' How to turn . rcumstam to profit is the ore" owners of tin. ■ magnificent ton our mountain tnougiii in. .. these ,: , I.il! li. tiie denu valleys w tion of couni Tii'- to i"- no way to this vandalism except to let tie tional .". P in and i halt. Let it j,i. serve this magnl stretch of country In Its granaeur and plel ure I it- for th» benefit of coming generations. VW .i|.|.r.A e cf I his bill in cong for the establishment of the Ap i-hian park, noi trom any sentimental standpoint, but as a matter of utility. and of justice to the generations to come. Tnis is very different from tile era! propositions that have been introduced in cor.gress of late to maks national park.; of locations on whicn important battles of the civil war fought. These latter are based on nothing but sentiment, and sentiment of the kind we do not approve, l-'oi instance, why should southern men Wish i" rear a lasting monument to the collapse of the Confederacy by making a public park, a place of recreation and pleasure, of the spot which brought such sorrow and despair to the men who had there to admit their de- Feat. National Hardwood Lumbermen's Association Sends Resolution to Congress. St. Louis, Mo., May 17—Before adjourning the convention here, the National Hardwood Lumbermen's Association selected Indianapolis as the meeting place next year.. A resolution was adopted reciting the fast that all the national fores! reserves awi ir^ the West, and urging upon Congress the importance of establishing a national forest - ,■ in the liai-iiwn.'.l region of the Southern Appalachian Mountain in ...J I'll"", " M»—ij 1,111 ill and preventi Bat region. NEW AI, FK COT ?N COMPANY. O nS- tuesday THF ASHEVILLE "AZETTF 'AY 27, 1902. APPALACHIAN m.i» BILL MOVEMENT MAJOR MOODY'S MOVE TO EXPEDITE CONSIDERATION OF THE MEASURE. Special to the Gazette. Washington, May 26.— Representative James M. Moody today introduced a resolution asking the committee on rules to report a rule for the considera- limi by the house of the Appalachian ii- bill. Major Moody is circulating a petition among the republican i equesting a fa yorable report mi the resolution from -the rules mi ■ and has given Representative Klull.z a similar petition tor circulation among the demo The major Introduced the resolution at .1 Mr. I Kalzell V, ho next to the speaker Is rani li of the ittee on rules. ' The Asheville Citizen; WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1902. VfcJW^^^****.*** ■ *— — r -~"~ — -*--~ — »-■---— -irfirjin.- Appalachian Park Fund in response to a letter seni to the ,eis of the Appalachian National Park association by Secretary Ambler, the following subscript!- been recently made by members for the purpose of printing and sending out copies of the bill as amended and now pending before Congress, together with a copy of the speech made by Senator Pritehard on April 26th, 1902. Miss Caroline O. beabury (solicited by Dr. Morse) 16.75 Miss Sarah E. Seabury 2.00 I Citizens of Statesville (solicitd by Mr. Powell 16.75 Mr. It. S. Smith 2,00 Mr. Moses H. Cone 10.00 Dr. Thos. Lawrence 5.f|0 Mr. John A. Roebling 50.00 Mr. Geo. W. Pack 50.00 Mr. P. S. Odell 10.00 Mr. Clay brook James 5.00 Mr. Jas. H. Cutler 10.00 Total J162.00
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