1908 



XFAVS AND N< TES 



[91 



of Xe\v England want this bill passed," 

 he remarked recently to a friend of the 

 cause. New Ilarcn Journal-Courier. 



Unanimity 

 O S?on 



The Board of Directors 



f thc American Insti - 

 tute of Electrical Engin- 



eers are urging protection of the head- 

 waters of important streams by scien- 

 tific forestry, for the sake of preserv- 

 ing the stream flow on which water 

 power- depend. The committee which 

 recommended this action by the board 

 asserted that : 



"The really vital point at issue is 

 the recognition or denial of the funda- 

 mental economic and engineering 

 principles upon which forest reserves 

 are based. On this question there can 

 be no difference of opinion among en- 

 gineers." 



Directors of The committee further 

 Investing states . It j s of the ut _ 



Ccrpcraticns ,. 



most importance that di- 



rectors of corporations and other per- 

 sons interested in hydroelectric devel- 

 opments should realize ho\v great the 

 ultimate effect upon the value of their 

 properties will be if the forests which 

 now protect their water supplies are 

 destroyed, and that they should know 

 that their advantage demands that 

 regularity of stream flow be ensured 

 through forest reserves and through 

 the enforcement and improvement of 

 the laws for the control of forest fires. 

 Consulting engineers are urged to 

 bring this matter to the attention of 

 their clients with especial emphasis at 

 the present time, when our National 

 policy is being determined." 



Delaware, the I Iud-on and the Con- 

 necticut, destruction productive of like 

 disaster i- already un<l< T \ 



"Thc cutter of timber feels no con- 

 cern a> to the aftermath, and those 

 who do have no power ol 

 and no redress. Beyond this Federal 

 legislation ami protection there would 



m to be a crying need for a strong 

 Mate forest law which would prohib- 

 it and prevent the absolute denudation 

 now carried on. and enforce the pres- 

 ervation of sufficient cover, if not act- 

 ually provide for reforestation.'' 



Will Not 

 Karris 



State 



Attention 



Needed 



The Engineering Maga- 

 zine, referring to the 

 electrical engineers' ac- 

 tion, emphasizes the immediateness of 

 the danger and of the requirement tr- 

 action. "It is not a remote danger, but 

 a present and progressive damage, 

 with which we have to deal. The Ohio 

 Valley is having bitter demonstration, 

 and about the upper watersheds of the 



Persons opposing the 

 Appalachian 1 5 i 1 1 in 

 North Carolina for local 

 political reasons have instilled into the 

 minds of some of the mountain people 

 that the Government proposes to take 

 their lands for a mere pittance and 

 drive them from their homes. This 

 is altogether a misrepresentation. State 

 Geologi-t Pratt has issued an explan- 

 ation to allay these fears. It is not 

 proposed to break up any farms at all, 

 but to preserve the forests already 

 standing and provide for reproduction 

 of timber on cut-over lands. 



From the Pacific Coast. 

 Los Angeles as j rom otnt M- ms 



Resolutions 



of the country, comes 



the demand for the Appalachian Xa- 

 tii'iial Forests. The Los An- 

 Chamber of Commerce, after referr- 

 ing to its past record in promoting f- >r- 

 est reserve- and protection of water- 

 shed- in California, expv its 



sense of vital importance of the Xa- 

 tional Fore-t- in the Southern \ppa- 

 lachian and \Yhitc Mountain-, and 

 commend- the -ame to the support of 

 the LOS An^cle- representative in 

 C< >n-T< 



_ , , 

 Help frcm 



Hawaii 



Fven far awav 1 lawaii 



. 



IS champion he \p- 



palachian I '.ill. The / 

 cihc ('<>>///(/,-/<;/ . /</:V;-//\,T iH<.; 

 lulu i of March, urge" tin- Territorial 

 delegate to do whatever falN in 



