1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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be of inestimable value. The Connec- 

 ticut, the Merrimac, and the Saco, all 

 have their sources in the White Moun- 

 tains ; so that Vermont, Connecticut, 

 and Massachusetts are equally inter- 

 ested in the scheme, and even the An- 

 droscoggin derives part of its stream 

 from the country north of the White 

 Mountains. Maine, therefore, will also 

 be benefitted. 



All the states in Europe have real- 

 ized that it is absolutely necessary to 

 preserve the forests, in order to pre- 

 vent freshets at one season and 

 droughts at another, and I think al- 

 most all of the governments have 

 adopted forestry laws which forbid the 

 cutting of wood unless with permis- 

 sion of the government. 



I trust, therefore, that the senators 

 and representatives will unite in the 

 heartiest approval of Senator Gallin- 

 ger's proposition. 



T. Tefflrson Coolidgl. 



From Hon. Richard Olncy. 

 Hon. Frank W. Rollins. 



My dear Governor: I trust Senate 

 bill. Fifty-eighth Congress, No. 2327, 

 introduced by Senator Gallinger, of 

 New Hampshire, may become a law. 



That it is in the public interest and 

 seeks to promote objects of great pub- 

 lic importance cannot be doubted. 



The only question is whether these 

 public objects may be properly con- 

 sidered as national in character as 

 being purposes for which the national 

 revenues may be legitimately appropri- 

 ated. On this point it is to be remem- 

 bered that the mountain regions of 

 New Hampshire are the sources of 

 three important rivers the Connecti- 

 cut, the Merrimac, and the Saco and 

 that the Androscoggin traverses a part 

 of the state and is indebted to it for 

 two important branches ; that these 

 rivers flow into other states and fur- 

 nish water and power to municipalities 

 and large manufacturing industries, 

 whose welfare and prosperity are 

 greatly dependent upon the regularity 

 and evenness of the supply ; that the 

 increase of the timber supply of the 



country is as important as the increase 

 of any other product of the soil; and 

 that in addition to the large commer- 

 cial and industrial interests involved, 

 thousands of people from all parts of 

 the land annually visit the hill country 

 of New Hampshire for rest and recre- 

 ation. In view of these considerations, 

 it cannot be fairly claimed that the 

 subject matter of Senator Gallinger's 

 bill is of interest to, and should be 

 dealt with by New Hampshire alone. 

 Richard Olney. 



From Morris K. Jcssup, Esq. 

 New York City. 

 Hox. F. W. Rollins. 



Dear Sir : I am in receipt of yours 

 of the twenty-second relative to a na- 

 tional forest reserve in the White 

 Mountains. I am in hearty accord 

 with this movement, and have always 

 advocated the cause of the preserva- 

 tion of our forests, which are so es- 

 sential to our water supply for the 

 large cities, as well as the manufac- 

 turing industries. ****** 



You have my earnest wishes for the 

 success of your undertaking, and I 

 trust Congress will see fit to carry out 

 the proposed bill which has been intro- 

 duced in the Senate. 



Morris K. Jlssup. 



From Rev. Edzvard Everett Hale, D.D. 

 Washington, D. C. 

 My dear Governor Rollins : I was 

 appointed at Intervale, New Hamp- 

 shire, chairman of the committee 

 which should express the sentiments of 

 powers outside New Hampshire re- 

 garding the preservation of the New 

 Hampshire forests. And I also write 

 with a good deal of personal feeling. 

 For I was on the Geological Survey 

 in those regions in 1841, and have with 

 these eyes seen forests demolished in 

 which were trees centuries old, and 

 where the region is given over to 

 sumach and blackberry bushes. It is 

 no mere matter of botanical curiosity 

 which we are pleading for. It is the 

 preservation of a water supply whidh 



