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Appalachian National Park: Synopsis of work accomplished

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  • Newport, R. I., News: The central location of the proposed park is undoubtedly a strong point in its favor. It is within easy reach of most of the great cities of the middle western states and the eastern and southern states. Apart from these natural reasons, the eastern states are entitled to a national park. Boston, Mass., Transcript: We hope the plan will fructify, for it would give us benefit and bring us credit as a people It is most sincerely to be hoped that this admirable scheme will be quickly and cordially taken up by Congress and carried to success. It is a case of now or never. Hartford, Conn., Courant : No part of the United States offers more attractions to the sight-seer. It is ideally fitted for a park and the Government will miss a great opportunity if it fails to avail itself of the present conditions and to secure the lands which can still be had for reasonable prices. Brooklyn, N. Y., Citizen: Congress ought to pass the bill introduced in both Houses appropriating $5,000,000 for a forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian mountain range. The area is limited to two million acres or 3,125 square miles, not much more than one twelve-thousandth part of the area of all the states and territories on the continent That the step contemplated by the bill in question ought to be taken, will be conceded by every citizen who reads the report of Secretary of Agriculture, Wilson. Buffalo, N. Y., Commercial: The United States Government has gone into the forestry business on an extensive scale, 19
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  • This 32-page booklet is titled, “Appalachian National Park: Synopsis of work accomplished” since the founding of the Appalachian National Park Association. While the booklet is titled “fourth edition,” the first three editions have a different title and content. The first, second, and third editions are titled, “Reasons in Favor of the Establishment of a National Park in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.”