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eastern parts of the country from the we will use all hon< .ruble within 



effects of the progreive dcforcsta- our power to further tl. 



tion now and for years past destroy- the bill now before Con which 



ing the woods, the waters and the soil provides for acquiring national 



of the whole region east of the Appa- ests in the Southern Appalachian 



lachians, and also, in almost equal dc- Mountains and White Mountah 

 gree, the regions lying on the other 



side of the mountains; and Congress The flood season is 



is urged to take warning from the fate Floods again on. Spokane <l\>- 



of the deforested countries of the Old patches of March 16 re- 



World, so that steps may be taken to tc( , the Coeur d ' Alene at three 



avoid in this country such conditions feetj an( , dwellings a i ong the entire 



as now exist in the countries of Europe , ength of the St Joe abandone d. the 



an , As ^- people taking to the uplands. All 



The Detroit New Century Club has docks had been washed a and 



heartily and unanimously endorsed the fain wag stil] falH in shoets - Lewis . 



Appalachian-White Mountain bill and ton Idal was isolatedi and niore 



has so written to the members of the than fcwQ mileg Q track an(J n 



House Committees on Judiciary and brjd wre washe( , Qut Qn thc Hne 

 Appropriations. f , p otlatch Creek The Pine Cr eek 



Ihe two House committees have T u r> u i i c? T 



, -11, Lumber Company had lost a $100.000 



also received letters over the signa- , , ./ 



, . r dam and more than 1,000,000 feet of 



ture of everv prominent manufacturer , f-^.., , 



vr ~ 1,1 logs. Other damage was reported, 



in New England, these letters express- ,~ & A/r , ? r , , 



,, ,, , On March 10 the Monongahela and 



mcr the conviction that thc proposed . ,, , .., 



r * 11, u i i- u Allegheny were on the rampage, with 



forests reserves should be established , ... A 



without further delay. The men sign- the fl O( [ st j^ of thirty-three feet e> 



ing these letters represent industries P ected the following day. 



capitalized far up in the millions of ^, vere movin & t he !. r 



dollars, and they are all actively en- danger zone. Railroad schedules were 



gaged in business that is vitally af- badl y disarranged on ; 



fected bv the conditions of streams numerous landslides 



rising in the mountains where it is Pennsylvania passenger track 



sought to locate the reserves. 



The following was adopted bv the Contrast experiences 



National Executive Board of the D. the statement of Chiei iydrographer 



A. R.. at the convention in Washing- Leighton, of the nited 



ton, in April : logical Survey : 'Our rivers 



-Recognizing that a timber famine is be controlled in much the 



almost at hand: also that the health er that wc contro1 Clt >' 

 of the people, and that water power The world is learning 



for navigation and for vast manufac- ignorance, it our -nod 



hiring interests; also that electrical teriotis visitations ot an mscrutable 



energy for heating and lighting our Providence are, m fact, . 



homes and for culinary pun ; also can be traced directly to cans.-, wh ch, 



that the conservation of the natural in turn, can be rein. 



resources of the country, arc all de- which once swept away 



pendent upon the preservation of thc have hem practically abolished 



forests. tance i- being largely annihilai 



Resolved, That the National So- modern tra; !i-n facilities 



ciety of the Daughter - of the Anu-ri- time, by .tnmu- 



can l\i'\-i>luti"n un-iualiliedly endorse nication. I 1 ntinning the 



Presiflent Roosevelt's t":ir--ightc'd pol- playtli:- nt and merciless 



icy of conserving all tin- natural re- natural man i< learning to 



sources, including the i" and that master hi-> envin 'iiincnt. and make of 



