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Editorials commenting on the Appalachian National Park movement

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  • Editorial, Ithlca, N, Y., Journal: ,,- The Appalachian Forests are as necessary to the Southern water supply as to the preservation of the besuties of the national Park now on the way. Sen. Hawley, in Hartford Conn., courant: "It ought to go without much pushing." Fditorial, Hudson, N. Y. Republican: The scheme, we think, a good one. The moiintains of western North Carolina are "glorious" and they should be made "everlasting." Rd. Birmingham Ala., Herald. the It would be aty outlying park of the national capitol. Yellowstone national park is rrmch too far away for the use of any but the weathy and leisurely, while the toiling millions could hope to visit now and then a park in western North Carolina. If national parks are to be multiplied, there is not any reason why North Carolina should not secure one that would preserve her woodlands and crystal mountain streams from the depredations of the timber fiends. New York Fvening Sun: The Government maintains the Yellowstone National park in the Far West. Why should not one be established in the Appala- ch chian region for the benefit of the South and Fast? An appropri ation from congress not exceeding the cost of one battle-ship
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