10 FOREST LANDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS. 



Resolved, That the Louisville Board of Trade, of Louisville, earnestly urges 

 upon the Congress of the United States the establishment of national forests 

 in the Appalachian region by the prompt passage of the Appalachian- White 

 Mountain bill. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent by the secretary of the 

 board to all Congressmen and Senators from this State, requesting their hearty 

 and active support and their vote for the measure. 



EESOLUTIONS. 



CHABLES TOWN, W. VA., November 26, 1908. 



Whereas there is pending before the House of Representatives and is before 

 the Committee on Agriculture Senate bill 4825, providing for the establishment 

 of the Appalachian-White Mountain National Forest; and 



Whereas the establishment of this forest area is deemed of vital concern to 

 the South and to New England, as well as to the nation at large : Therefore be it 



Resolved by the Board of Trade of Charles Town, W. Va., having a member- 

 ship of 75, That we most earnestly indorse the project of establishing such 

 national forest, and urge upon the Congress immediate and favorable action 

 thereon. 



Be it further resolved, That we urge the adoption by the Congress of a sys- 

 tematic, progressive, and definite forest policy, which will insure the extension 

 of the national forests to all sections of the country where they may be con- 

 stitutionally established. 



That a copy of these resolutions be sent to our Senators and Representatives 

 in Congress and to the Appalachian National Forest Association, Washington, 

 D. C., for presentation before the House Committee on Agriculture December 9, 

 or such ofher date as may be set for the public hearing on the bill. 



Adopted November 26, 1908. 



[SEAL.] S. M. OTT, President. 



Attest : 



W. I. NOEBIS, Secretary. 



Resolutions similar to the last above quoted were submitted by the following : 

 Engineers and Architects' Club, Louisville. Ivy. 

 Greater Charlotte Club, Charlotte, N. C. 

 Chamber of Commerce, Washington, N. C. 

 Chamber of Commerce, Huntington, W. Va. 



Mobile Chamber of Commerce, Maritime Exchange, and Shippers' Association, 

 Mobile, Ala. 



Commercial Club, Cloverport, Ky. 



Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, S. C. 



Cominercial Club, Montgomery, Ala. 



Chamber of Commerce! Roanoke, Va. 



Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Raleigh, N. C. 



Mass meeting of citizens of Toccoa, Ga. 



Chamber of Commerce, Augusta, Ga. 



Board of Trade, Appalachicola, Fla. 



Pulaski Board of Trade, Pulaski, Tenn. 



Business Men's Club, Wolfe, W. Va. 



Chamber of Commerce, Spartanburg, S. C. 



Board of Trade, Clarksburg, Tenn. 



Board of Trade, Nashville, Tenn. 



Tobacco Board of Trade, Oxford, N. C. 



Young Men's Commercial Club, Talladega, Ala. 



Business Men's Association, Mebane, N. C. 



Commercial Club, Johnson City, Tenn. 



Business Men's Club, Memphis, Tenn. 



Builders' Exchange, Louisville, Ky. 



Newbern Chamber of Commerce, Newbern, N. C. 



Chamber of Commerce, Elizabeth City, N. C. 



Belington Board of Trade, Belington. W. Va. 



