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eastern agriculture. As long as there West; but nevertheless nature seems to 



is prosperity in agriculture and horti- have been more lavish along the Atlan- 



culture in the Western States, there will tic coast in this respect, and the great 



be a tremendous demand upon eastern coal-fields of the Allegheny Mountain 



factories, and while this is the case the system are wanting along the Pacific 



eastern farmer will receive his share of coast. 



the benefit. The probability is that the West will 



Nor does it seem probable that the f ac- very largely draw upon the East for 



tories of the East and South will find all time to come for a large propor- 



the market in the arid states for only a tion of manufactured articles in general 



limited time. The traveler through the use. Certainly for many decades to 



West is not impressed with the manu- come our eastern manufacturers will 



facturing possibilities of that region on have an unrivaled and greedy market 



any great scale. Fuel oil is becoming for their goods in our Western States, a 



quite a factor in supplying power in market which will constantly and enor- 



southern California, and there is no mously expand as the reclamation of the 



question but that development of elec- western lands is accomplished through 



trical power from the torrents in the national irrigation and great areas are 



western mountains will play an impor- divided up into small and productive 



tant part in the development of the farms and orchards. 



RECENT FOREST LEGISLATION. 



NOTES ON THE WORK OF CONGRESS 

 AND THE STATES DURING THE WINTER. 



DURING the winter a number of boundary of the states in which the re- 

 measures on forest subjects were ' serve was located, in cases where deemed 



introduced in Congress and in the legis- advisable by the Secretary of the Inte- 



latures of several of the states. Owing rior. 



to shortness of the session and great A matter for general regret is the 



press of business, no measures of im- failure of Congress to act on the bill to 



portance were passed by Congress. It purchase lands for a national forest 



is interesting, however, to note that reserve in the Southern Appalachian 



among the bills introduced there were Mountains. This measure passed the 



four touching on the administration of Senate on June 24, 1902, but considera- 



the forest reserves. One was a bill giv- tion in the House was prevented owing 



ing the President power to set aside any to the adjournment of Congress. Every 



part of a forest reserve as a game refuge, effort was made by the friends of the 



Another gave all persons employed in bill to have it brought up at the recent 



forest reserves and national parks the session, but they were unsuccessful, 



power to arrest trespassers or persons There is but little doubt that the bill if 



setting fire to timber or violating any brought to a vote would have passed, 



of the laws governing the forest reserves The fight for this reserve must be made 



and national parks. A third bill pro- all over again, and the friends of the 



vided for the selling of the timber and movement should lose no opportunity 



other materials and for the leasing of to create a favorable sentiment for it. 



lands in the reserves. This law was The Southern Appalachian Forest 



drawn in order to provide power to cover Reserve is a project of importance to 



the question of leasing for grazing and the people of the whole country, and 



other purposes. The fourth law in con- they must see to it that Congress gives 



nection with the reserves provided for the matter favorable consideration at its 



the export of reserve timber beyond the next session. 



