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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • 180 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS. The few extracts from the press given below will serve as an illustration of the extent to which the proposal that the Government establish a forest reserve or park in the southern Appalachian region has met with public approval: [New York (N. Y.) Tribune.l If no steps by the Government of the United States are taken, the entire tree system of these States will be obliterated, leaving the peaks and valleys of six great States of the Union divested of timber and foliage. [Hartford (Conn.) Courant.] The Appalachian Park ought in a dozen years from now to be one of the chief attractions of the United States. The decisions in its favor would be unanimous if the matter was left to those who knew the country and its possibilities. [Boston (Mass.) Transcript.] We hope the plan will fructify, for it would give us benefit and bring us credit as a people. * * * It is most sincerely to be hoped that this admirable scheme will be quickly and cordially taken up by Congress and carried to success. It is a case of now or never. [Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial.) The United States Government has gone into the forestry business on an extensive scale, and it is believed that the future returns will more than justify the liberal policy adopted in this respect. [New York (N. Y.) Times.] ' The receipts from the French national forests altogether were about twice their expenses in the last year for which the returns are accessible. The urgency in this case is greater than it was in the case of the Yellowstone Park, when it was laid out. Certainly no American citizen now grudges the expense of that public possession. [Baltimore (Md.) Sun.] Among the many measures that have come before Congress none merits more thoughtful consideration or commends itself more impressively to the consideration and approval of the two Houses. [Providence (R. I.) Journal.] As a mere measure of protection to the material interests which may be affected by the cutting of the timber and the drying up of streams. Congress ought to do something about this as a Federal question.
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