FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



November 



however, is not commensurate with 

 the situation, nor can state action alone 

 be relied on to meet the need. All of 

 the New England states are interested 

 in a reservation at the other end of the 

 Appalachian chain, but no state is ca- 

 pable of securing the lands necessary 

 for the benefit of its neighbors, nor can 

 any state grant money for use in an- 

 other. The benefits of a reservation 

 extend beyond the borders of any one 

 state and are a proper subject for 

 federal action. 



are not used for irrigation purposes, 

 they are used to a much greater de- 

 gree for manufacturing purposes, and 

 their protection both from floods and 

 droughts is equally a matter of vital 

 national import. It has been pointed 

 out by the president of the Amoskeag 

 Manufacturing Company, located at 

 Manchester, N. H., that one flood a 

 few years ago cost that company 

 $100,000. The eastern rivers are used 

 not only for manufacturing, but their 

 navigation has become a vast business. 



gravity railroad " in the White Mountains. The trucks are pulled up by horses and the 

 logs run down by giavitation sometimes you reach the bottom safely. 



2. Protection of water flow. One of 

 the most important results from the 

 establishment of western reservations 

 is that they make it possible to carry 

 out the provisions of the irrigation 

 laws passed by Congress. Proba- 

 bly no more important action has 

 been taken by the federal legislature in 

 recent years than those establishing the 

 forest reservations and the irrigation 

 projects. While the rivers of the East 



They are also for many large cities a 

 source of drinking water. It is folly 

 not to realize the need for their pro- 

 tection in the mountains.; and as a 

 forest reservation requires time for 

 growth and development, the federal 

 government cannot begin too soon to 

 protect its eastern rivers as it has al- 

 ready protected its western rivers. 



j. A reservation would steady the 

 industries dependent upon forest 





