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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



January 



affects five out of the six New Eng- 

 land states. It also affects the very 

 existence of whatever makes the re- 

 gion attractive to persons from every 

 part of the nation. It is easy to see on 

 mere economical grounds that the de- 

 struction of forests has been the ruin 

 of many a nation which did not have 

 wisdom enough to keep them. In our 

 case the gradual denudation of our 

 noblest mountains will destroy the 

 noblest and best ground for Re-Crea- 

 tion which is now open to all people 

 east of the Mississippi. 



We hope with all our hearts that the 

 great Appalachian reserve will be pur- 

 chased for the nation. Four thousand 

 square miles is none too large a reser- 

 vation. Certainly with so satisfactory 

 a standard as that, ten or twelve miles 

 square, say a hundred and sixty square 

 miles, is none too large for another 

 breathing ground for forty million 

 people. Edward E. Hale. 



land is affecting our rivers and indi- 

 rectly our manufacturing resources, 

 also denuding and permanently de- 

 stroying the productiveness of large 

 areas of land, 



Resolved } That the Associated Board 

 of Trade heartily endorse Senate Bill 

 2327, for the purchase by the govern- 

 ment of a national forest reserve in the 

 White Mountains, to be known as the 

 National White Mountain Reserve, 

 and that our senators and representa- 

 tives in Congress be requested to assist 

 in the passage of the bill. 



RESOLUTIONS IN FAVOR OE THE RESER- 

 VATION. 



Resolutions by various commercial 

 and other organizations have disclosed 

 an interest extending beyond the boun- 

 daries of New England. A few typi- 

 cal resolutions are here given : 



By the American Paper and Pulp 

 Association. 



New York City. 



Resolved, That the American Paper 

 and Pulp Association approve of Sen- 

 ate Bill No. 2327, for the purchase by 

 the government of a national forest re- 

 serve in the White Mountains, to be 

 known as the National White Moun- 

 tain Reserve, it being a step in the di- 

 rection of scientific forestry and prop- 

 er protection of our water supply. 



By the Boston Associated Board of 

 Trade. 



Boston, Mass. 



Whereas, the continued unscientific 

 destruction of our forests in New Eng- 



By the New Haven and Coastwise 



Lumber Dealers' Association. 



New Haven, Conn. 



Whereas, the New Haven Lumber 

 Dealers' Association views with much 

 concern the rapid cutting down of the 

 forests of the great White Mountain 

 region, a situation which threatens 

 within a comparatively short time to 

 sweep the central portion of these 

 mountains entirely clean of the splen- 

 did trees which "formerly made it one 

 of the few great forests standing east 

 of the Alleghanies ;" and 



Whereas, we learn a bill has been 

 introduced in the United States Sen- 

 ate which has for its object the saving 

 of the remainder of these forests by 

 an appropriation which shall create a 

 national forest reserve in the White 

 Mountains, 



Resolved, That as an association of 

 lumbermen conversant with the needs 

 and the urgency of the situation, we 

 thoroughly endorse the purpose of this 

 bill and hope that this present session 

 of Congress will take speedy and fa- 

 vorable action in the matter. 



Resolved, That copies of these reso- 

 lutions be sent to our senators, the 

 Hon. Toseph R. Hawley and the Hon. 

 Orville H. Platte, and to our repre- 

 senative, the Hon. Nehemiah D. Sper- 

 ry, urging them to give their hearty 

 and earnest support to this bill. 



