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  • \ . In 1901 the Secretary of Agriculture made a short preliminary report on the subject, which was submitted to Congress by President McKinley with his approval, and in December last the Secretary of Agriculture made a most exhaustive and valuable report to President Roosevelt, who commended the subject to Congress in a message in which he said: Its conclusions point unmistakably, in the judgment of the Secretary and in my own, to the creation of a national forest reserve in certain parts of the Southern States. The facts ascertained and here presented deserve the careful consideration of the Congress; they have already received the full attention of the scientist and the lumberman. They set forth an economic need of prime importance to the welfare of the South, and hence to'that of the nation as a whole, and they point to the necessity of protecting, through wise use, a mountain region whose influence flows far beyond its borders with the waters of the rivers to which it gives rise. PUItPOSE OF THE BILL. The purpose of the bill, stated in the report of the House Committee on Agriculture just filed, is— To set aside in the Southern Appalacian Mountain region a national reserve for the preservation of the forests of that district, the perpetuation of the timber supply, the development of its farming resources, and the regulation of the water flow in its streams. It authorizes the purchase for the people, by the Secretary of Agriculture, under certain reasonable restrictions, of not more than 4,000,000 acres of land, to be selected in the mountain forest region cf Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. It also authorizes the Secretary to accept and administer donations of land in the same vicinity for the same purposes. While the purpose of the original advocates of this measure was chiefly to establish a park from considerations of pleasure rather than utility, the movement has been changed to the making of a forest reserve as distinguished from a park. Secretary Wilson says: "The idea of a national park is conservation, not use; that of the forest reserve conservation by use. I have therefore to recommend a forest reserve instead of a park." PROVISIONS OP THE -BTLIi. The bill provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may purchase land suitable for a forest reserve in the Appalachian Mountains in the States of West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, not to exceed in all 4,000,000 acres; to care for, protect, use, and make accessible the same; that he shall advertise in said States for land to be pur-
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Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

This digital collection was created to contribute to the public's understanding of the forces and ideas that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934. The most vi...

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