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Island and Connecticut; North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and 

 Alabama. 



The American Forestry Association was likewise represented 

 by prominent directors from Pennsylvania and the District of 

 Columbia. The Governors of New Hampshire and North Caro- 

 lina headed the delegation from their States, and Gov. R. B. 

 Glenn of North Carolina acted as chairman of the united dele- 

 gations, Mr. Start of Massachusetts serving as secretary. 



The speakers on behalf of the measure on Wednesday were 

 Gov. John McLane of New Hampshire, Mr. Theophilus Parsons 

 of Massachusetts, Maj. Augustine T. Smythe of South Carolina, 

 Prof. L. C. Glenn of Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, Dr. E. A. 

 Smith, State Geologist of Alabama, and Prof. J. H. Stewart, 

 director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of West Vir- 

 ginia. At the second session on Thursday the speakers were 

 Dr. E. E. Hale, Mr. C. C. Goodrich of Connecticut, Mr. Watson, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture of South Carolina, Mr. Shepard, 

 of Massachusetts, and Governor Glenn of North Carolina, who 

 closed the case for the petitioners both north and south. 



The presentation was so arranged as to bring out through 

 experts the varied interests involved : the manufacturers, who 

 are dependent on the water power conserved by the mountains 

 in which the proposed forest reserves lie; the transportation 

 interests on the rivers, which are endangered by silting carried 

 by the wash from denuded areas; the agricultural interests in 

 the measure; its importance for the preservation of the most 

 important health and recreation resorts east of the Mississippi ; 

 and the necessity of perpetuating the lumber supply in a region 

 adapted by nature for that and no other production. The argu- 

 ment was wholly from the practical and economic standpoint, 

 except when Mr. Shepard presented, with a clearness and force 

 that brought spontaneous applause, the real significance of the 

 argument for health and for recreation, and the true meaning 

 of the argument for sentiment along these lines. Governor 

 Glenn's closing argument was a powerful summing up along all 

 the lines presented by the preceding speakers. 



The delegation was received AVednesday afternoon by President 

 Roosevelt, who pronounced himself heartily in favor of the pro- 

 posed legislation. After the session on Thursday the delegates 

 were pleasantly received by the Speaker of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives. 



The general impression among members of Congress and others 



