272 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION May 



forest reserves and watersheds in Cal- if wisely conserved and applied, its 



ifornia, and manufacturers should in time be able 



Whereas, The American Forestry to wrest from the nations of Europe 



Association is making an effort to the cotton trade of the peoples and 



have bills passed, now pending before nations inhabiting the countries and 



Congress, looking to the acquirement islands washed by the Pacific Ocean, 



of National Forests in the Southern and now constituting more than half 



Appalachian Mountains and White the population of the globe. Great as 



Mountains, and appreciating the vital it is at present, it is insignificant, as 



importance of such legislation, there- to what it must be, when the East 



fore be it awakens from the lethargy of its an- 



Resolved, That the Los Angeles ^^^nt civilizations and enters upon the 



Chamber of Commerce hereby respect- march of Western progress." 



fully suggests that our representatives The Committee concludes with the 



in Congress support H. R. 10457, in- following resolution, which was unan- 



troduced by Mr. Currier." imously adopted by the Board : 



The Committee on Forests of the ''Resolved, That the New York 



New York Board of Trade and Trans- Board of Trade and Transportation 



portation, composed of Edmund Philo most heartily endorses the proposition 



Martin, Peter E. Schofield, John H. to create the Southern Appalachian 



Washburn, Lewis Nixon, William Jay and White Alountaii reserves, and re- 



Schieffelin, Clarence G. Stone, Wil- quests the Committee on Forests of 



liam F. Oatman, and Henry S. Har this Board to urge the passage of such 



per, in submitting a report to the one of the pending bills as in its judg- 



Board, recently said : ment will best serve the public interests 



"The continued deforestation of ^"^ prevent the diversion to private or 



these reliefs (the White Mountains corporate mterests of the benefits to 



and the Appalachian system) cannot, accrue from such forest reserves when 



therefore, fail to work to the disad- created. 



vantage of the great manufacturing The Pomona Grange of Oregon has 

 and all other industries dependent up- adopted resolutions demanding a 

 on the proper flow of their rivers and change in existing laws concerning 

 tributaries. When competition be- water rights, both for power purposes 

 tween the most advanced nations has and irrigation, and the resolutions 

 not only reached a stage unprece- adopted call on every legislative can- 

 dented in the history of the commer- didate to make clear, in a public state- 

 cial world, but gives every indication ment, just how he stands on the ques- 

 that it will grow more severe, owing tion of water preservation. 

 to the forceful and intelligent leader- The Toledo, Ohio, Federation of 

 ship of those engaged in this mercan- Women's Clubs recently adopted reso- 

 tile rivalry, no advantage, either ac- lutions declaring that the best interests 

 quired or natural, which any section of the country demand the conserva- 

 of the country possesses, should be tion of natural resources — timber, wat- 

 sacrificed or needlessly wasted. er and mineral — and unqualifiedly en- 



"These observations have a special dorse the plans for the Appalachian- 

 application to the region watered by White Mountain forest reserves. 

 the river system of the southern Appa- The Association for the Protection 

 lachians. Raising such a large pro- of the Adirondacks, headquarters in 

 portion of raw cotton, one of the most New York City, in resolutions, ex- 

 valuable gifts of nature to mankind, presses its earnest approval of the Ap- 

 with a native population peculiarly palachian- White Mountain bills and 

 adapted to its successful cultivation, a memorializes Congress to that eflfect. 

 favoring climate, and with water and The memorial calls renewed atten- 

 electric powers practically unlimited, tion to the danger that menaces the 



