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Convention resolutions

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  • R*S0T/vii5Dt That this Convention heartily approves the action of Congress in establishing the great national forest reserves in the Western States find territories, and the more recent action of Congress, in providing for the construction of tt great system of irrigation works in these States; and in as much as tha fersjpt* SUf thf soils eh ich these forests protect in the Southarn App»laoh4a3| mountain region strv« as a natural reservoir for the storage of the water ah ion falls in excessive rains in this region, this Convention asks the co-operation of the Senators and Bepresentatives in Congress from the" western States in securing the passage of tha Appalachian forest reserve Bill now hefore Congress as an extsn- sion to these southeastern states of the great policy of water storage BgEet3g& hy the Government ihich has already wisely hian inaugurated in the West.
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