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money than it It rnn-t bring what 



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ervatioi iil hav to 



the bill. Thf-rf : ' riddling 



cost upon the lumberman. It ha-, got 

 to ':>,mc fairly upon aK 



'I li'- n-rnaining -p'-ak'-r-. .'it the morning 

 [rs. J. I ; hr J. f fyde 



Pratt, president of the Appalachian </ood 

 Road '-. '.rjation; J. H. FintK-y, S 

 of the - -.p.-ilachian ttion, 



Dr. 'I D. i man of Augusta 



IV id :it \\'or-h;irn jirfidf-d at th'- clog 

 Si -sion, the first part of which 



p \Ver 



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Forests 



N rrh Arr 

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the Soul I use those 



-hion as to get 

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provided that the 

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- children 



le benefit from 



big tree that is worth 



I the timber that can now be 



n and 



hat the forests will still 

 t the young trees will remai: 



hat can 



r children and your child: 

 n in their turn. Treat each forest a~ 

 an ' ntry as a whole, as the 



land as, not a merely 

 himself, but as an ; 

 family. 



I hope that Congress will pass the bill 

 -.he creation of the great Appalachian 



rests lie in several different 

 The waters which rise in them 

 more than one state, and it should 

 eculiarly the work of the national gov- 

 ernment to see to their preservation. I hope 

 that every one of your representatives in 

 ;r himself in this matter, 

 ijourning. the Congress adopted 

 following: 



STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND 

 POLICIES 



This Southern Conservation Congress in 

 ion assembled in the City of Atlanta, 

 i ia, on this 8th day of October. 

 her full deliberation on matters of 

 vital moment to the people of the South, 

 and througn them, to the people of the 

 r-ntire Nation, does hereby adopt and_ de- 

 clare the following statement of principles 

 and polici' 



\Ve hold firmly and unalterably that such 



-f-rvation of our natural resources as 



lit with their proper and wise 



utilization i- a dr-ep moral obligation, and 



that only through recognition and observance 



of this obligation can the perpetuity of our 



people i< ( - a 'ircd. 



Pleading for postf-rity whose rights we 



hold to b< a a- red trust, we enjoin our 



grm-ration agaimt all iu < dless waste of those 



. .niidiiig vith which our country 



is !.' ' '1 



(folding it within the legal power of the 



,,1 ,,i th.- Constitution and cs- 



tabli hed by a deci in of the Supreme 



