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  • 4 THE NATIONAL APPALACHIAN FOREST RESERVE. sistentiy, to administer and exploit the same. The benefits are national, the demand is national, and the legislation should be equally broad in its scope and application. Within the last three years memorials, resolutions, and petitions have been received from scientific societies, State legislatures, numberless newspapers, boards of trade, and trade journals, heartity advocating the passage of the measure proposed, and President McKinley and President Roosevelt have both advocated it. Similar action has already been taken by the Government for the protection of forests and water sources in the West. In 189b' a large tract of land of more than half a million acres was purchased from the Blackfeet Indians which was later included in the Flathead Reserve. Already there are 41 national forest reserves in the Western States and Territories with an aggregate area exceeding 43,000,000 acres. There is no reason why the policy which now meets with general approval there should not be inaugurated in the East. The States where the land affected lies have already, through their legislatures, consented to Federal ownership and control of the proposed reserve. In conclusion, it will be of interest to note that many European forest reserves under government administration yield a large annual income; and though no such conditions may be looked for from this forest reserve in the immediate future, it is confidently expected that in a very few years (probably not more than five) it will be at least self-sustaining. O
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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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