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Editorials commenting on the Appalachian National Park movement

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  • --M--. drying up of streams^ Congress ought to do something about this as a Federal question. Chattanooga, Tenn.- Times: A few more years will find this beautifiil mountain section stripped of timber, no longer inviting to ${4 its picturesqueness those who would enjoy a true touch of nature. It is for the purpose of purpetuating this that the government is asked to take the lands. Tallahassee, Fla.-Tallahassian: The wildest and most naturally beautiful part of this country east of the Rocky Mountains is that region where North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia approach each other, Indianapolis, Tnd.- News: The preservation of Forests is a subject to which too little attention has been paid in the past and to which should be given much thought. Already the country is experiencing the bad effects of indifference. Toledo, 0.- Journal: This part of the Blue Ridge is recognized as the most salubrious, combining a dry and equal climate, attracting thousands of people from the North during the winter months, and drawing large numbers from the South during the warm season. It enjoys the best properties of a winter park and a summer resort. The climate is healthy, qquable, balmy, yet exhilarating. Savannah, Ga.- Press; The region is an ideal spot for a preserve, where every sort of North American animal or fish would thrive and where almost every tree or plant found within our borders, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, would grow uncared for. Baltimore, Md.-Sun: Among the many measures that have come before Congress none merit more thoughtful consideration or commends itself more impressively to the consideration and approval of the two Houses than Senator Pritchard*s resolution Which carries an appropriation not to exceed $5,'000, in the discretion of the
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