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Speech in support of an Appalachian National Park

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  • GEO. S. HOH.L, ^ Sec. and freas. |». (0. #<»x 384. some opposition will he met with on the part of those people v/ho might imagine that their lp-ee.SArt*t interests were heing interferres^'hth, we nev : rtheless, must all admit that in time to come the establishment of such a Forest "Reservation will rewound to the greatest "benefit to all, to those living in the immediate locality as well as to those living on the streams and rivers which Lake their source in the tracts wherein the forests are preserved*. This Government already has 36 forest; reservations with ail area agregating 46,210,389 acn;s. These reservations are without exception in the North and far i?est and nave been thus located from the fact that the Government owns land in these regions and, realizing the necessity for preserving the forests intact;ha§}$' set aside certain tracts for the benefit of the country at large. At the time that the East and Southeastern States X were settled the preservation of forests occupied but little thought in the minds of those entering the region. In fact, at this Lime it was locked upon as the highest mark of civilization to enter the timber line and clear up as large tract as po ssib 1 e wi tltont any thought as to the future, and when
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