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Congressional speech for forest reserve

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  • 10 while the annual rainfall in the basin of Broad River is approximately only 51 inches. Moreover, the rainfall, as a rule, is exceedingly heavy at short periods, and, owing to the steep mountain sides and the absence of lakes and other reservoirs, heavy rainfalls are followed by a rapid rise in the streams, which, when the forests have been cleared or fires have burned off the underbrush and fallen leaves, produce most destructive floods. The Secretary says: The soil, once denuded of its forests and swept by torrential rains, rapidly loses first its humus, then its rich upper strata, and finally is washed in enormous volume into the streams, to bury such of the fertile lowlands as are not eroded by the floods, to obstruct the rivers, and to fill up the harbors on the coast. More good soil is now washed from these cleared mountainside fields during a single heavy rain than during centuries under forest cover. ******* In New England and many of the Northern States the numerous lakes and Glacial deposits of sand and gravel, spread out over the hills and valleys, serv e as storehouses for the water and help materially to preserve uniformity in the flow of the streams. In this respect they cooperate largely with the forest cover in that region; and, indeed, they would accomplish much in that direction were the forest cover entirely removed. But in the Southern Appalachian region there are no lakes and no glacial gravels and sands; the forests and the soil are the factors upon which the solution of water storage depends. And that the problem resolves itself largely into one of forest cover, with its undergrowth and humus, is seen by the fact that in the streams of the Piedmont Plain of the South Atlantic States the irregularity in flow, as observed for a number of years, has been almost directly proportional to the extent of forest clearings. Observations and measurements of the Southern Appalachian mountain streams made during the last few years show that the same is true in that region. Hence, here the water problem is a forest problem. MOUNTAIN FORESTS. As to the forests of these mountains the House report says: The oldest, largest, and most varied primeval hard-wood forests of the continent are within its limits. One hundred and thirty-seven species of trees have been examined and described by the Government experts who have visited and surveyed the territory. The list of shrubs and smaller plants Is still greater. Northern varieties mingle with Southern; those from the Gulf region with those from New England. It contains a unique natural collection of forest species selected and fostered by soil and climate which if once destroyed can never be replaced. Among these are cherry, walnut, yellow poplar, chestnut, ash, beech, and the magnolia and mulberry. The Secretary says they— are the heaviest and most beautiful forests of the continent. * * * For economic reasons the preservation of these forests is imperative. Their existence in good condition is essential to the prosperity of the lowlands through which their waters run. Maintained in productive condition they will supply indispensable materials, which must fail without them. * * * 5806
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