SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



fully accomplished only by the purchase and creation of a 

 national forest reserve. The States of the Southern Ap- 

 palachian region own little or no land, and their revenues 

 are inadequate to carry out this plan. Fedei-al action is 

 obviously necessary, is fulh' justified by reasons of jjublic 

 necessit}', and may be expected to have most ff)rtunate 

 results. 



James Wilson, 

 Secretwry of Agriculture. 

 Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C'., Deceraher 16, 1901. 



