FOREST LANDS FOE THE PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS. 9 



drainage area of the Appalachian range be subjected to great harm from 

 annually recurring floods of increasing volume ; Now therefore be it 



Rcsolrcd by the board of directors of the Merchants' Association of New 

 York, That the welfare of the nation requires that the National Government 

 provide, as speedily as possible, for the preservation of forests, especially in 

 mountain regions, the regulation of timber cutting therefrom, and for the con- 

 servation of the water supply arising in such forests with a view to lessening 

 floods and maintaining an equitable stream flow for the promotion of agricul- 

 ture and manufactures. 



Resolved, That speedy action by the Congress of the United States is neces- 

 sary to prevent the destruction of the forests of the White and Appalachian 

 mountain ranges and the evils incident to such destruction, and, therefore, 

 that the Congress is earnestly requested to enact into law the measures now 

 pending for creating forest reserves in the regions named with a view to pre- 

 serving the forests thereof by restricting and regulating the cutting of timber 

 and promoting new growths. 



NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE, 



New York, December 4, 1908. 

 Mr. W. M. CROMBIE, 



SI New Street, New York City. 



DEAR SIR : At a meeting of our board of managers, held yesterday, I brought 

 up the matter of forestry conservation and replanting, and after discussion 

 the inclosed preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



I am sure these resolutions embody the sentiment of practically our entire 

 membership, as we are all fully in accord with the desire to preserve our for- 

 ests for the general benefit of the country. 



I send you these resolutions, and you have permission to use them in any way 

 that you may deem most advantageous. 



Yours, very truly, WELDING RING, 



President. 



Whereas the constant cutting off of our forests, which is rapidly increasing 

 every year, and only very limited efforts being made to restore this timber 

 by replanting; and 



Whereas this destruction of our forests and woodlands is very greatly 

 affecting our climate by the quick drying up of our streams and reducing the 

 water supply of our lakes and rivers, thereby seriously interfering with naviga- 

 tion; and 



Whereas these conditions can be materially changed for the better within a 

 reasonable period by systematic and constant replanting and by proper reser- 

 vation of lands for forest reserves : 



Resolved, That the New York Produce Exchange earnestly requests and urges 

 the passage of one or more of the bills now under consideration by the National 

 Congress, providing for the reservation of forests and replanting of woodlands. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE LOUISVILLE BOARD OF TRADE AT A 

 MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 22, 1908, FAVORING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 

 PROPOSED APPALACHIAN NATIONAL FOREST. 



Whereas official statistics show that the people of the United States face, 

 within a decade, a lumber famine due to wasteful and extravagant use and 

 wanton methods of cutting; and 



Whereas our Appalachian forests are now being rapidly depleted and are 

 about our only remaining source of hard-wood supply ; and 



Whereas we recognize that forest coverings are essential not only to our tim- 

 ber supply, but are of supreme importance to climate and agriculture, to water 

 supply and navigation; and 



Whereas the cutting already done has shown its baneful effects throughout 

 the South, and demonstrates forcibly from many standpoints the necessity of 

 the conservation of this source of our natural wealth ; and 



Whereas the perpetuation of our forests can only be done by the National 

 Government: Be it 



