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Speech in support of an Appalachian National Park

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  • 6 V venture at the risk of wearying you, t© recall attention to certain indisputable and convincing facts. The 1: a facte I .assume, are well known to this audience, ', a arief recapitulation of Secretary Wilson*s conclusions amy be desiraaele. They are as follows* 1st: That the Southern Appalachian region contains the highest peaks and largest mountain masses east of the Rockies, and is the chief physiographic feature of the eastern half of the continent, 2nd: That upon them the rail-fall is heavier than upon any other part of the United States except the berth Pacific Coast, ard: That more •po-1 soil is no-w washed froia the cleared fields on the slopes of these saasaataiae by a single heavy rain, than Luring centuries unler forest c«ver, IthJ That rivers originate in this region that touch mmry state froia Ohio to the gulf, and froas the Atlantis to the- Mississippi, and that along tluse streams are water power and navigation Interests, whose preservation ia absolutely essential to the well being of the nation, 5th: That the regulation of the flow of these rivers can be mpliahed oni;-' by the couservatinn of the forests, Oth: Tnssa arc the heaviest and the most beautiful hardwood forests on the continent, 7th: That for eecnoa*ic reasons the preservation of these forests is imperative, their existence in good condition being essential to the welfare of the lowlands through which their waters run, and that
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