WATER-POWER UTILIZATION 

 Dam and Power House of North Georgia Power Co,, on the Chattahoochie River, Georgia 



National Forests in the East 



" I "HERE is a perceptible drift of sen- 

 timent in the East at the present 

 time in favor of the estabhshment of 

 the Southern Appalachian and White 

 Mountain National Forests at the ear- 

 liest practical moment ; and it appears 

 probable that by the time Congress con- 

 venes in December this sentiment will 

 have crystallized to such an extent as 

 to make it possible to secure favorable 

 action by both branches of the national 

 legislature. Publications that in the 

 past have been either opposed to the 

 establishment of the two forests men- 

 tioned, or very lukewarm in support of 

 the proposition, are almost daily becom- 

 ing more favorable ; while the trend in 

 the case of individuals is still more pro- 

 nounced. The educational work that 

 has been done by the American Forestry 

 Association, the new Appalachian Na- 

 tional Forest Association, various com- 

 mercial clubs, and similar organiza- 

 tions, and the large body of the press 

 that has for years steadily supported 

 the idea of national forests for the 

 East, is bearing good fruit, and there is 



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every reason to hope that at the com- 

 ing Congressional session crowded as 

 it is sure to be with other work, there 

 will still be found time for favorable 

 action in this vitally important direction. 

 It would appear as if the develop- 

 ments of the present campaign have 

 aided materially in bringing members 

 of Congress to a realization of the pub- 

 lic stand on this eastern forest ques- 

 tion. All through the campaign voters 

 in various parts of the East have been 

 demonstrating in unmistakable fashion 

 their approval of the proposal for the 

 government to acquire, by purchase or 

 otherwise, the tracts embraced within 

 the boundaries of the two proposed for- 

 ests ; and not even the distractions of 

 a national campaign have been sufficient 

 to draw attention from this subject. 

 Representatives and senators alike have 

 come to a pretty full realization of the 

 fact that the people generally in the 

 regions affected desire above all things 

 the establishment of the Southern Ap- 

 palachian and White Mountain Nation- 

 al Forests, and it is believed by many 

 who are competent to judge from sur- 

 face indications that the opposition to 



