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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS. 



The few extracts from the press given below will serve as an illus- 

 tration of the extent to which the proposal that the Government estab- 

 lish a forest reserve or park in the southern Appalachian region has 

 met with public approval: 



[New York (N. Y.) Tribune.] 



If no steps by the Government of the United States are taken, the 

 entire tree system of these States will be obliterated, leaving the peaks 

 and valleys of six great States of the Union divested of timber and 

 foliage. 



[Hartford (Conn.) Courant.] 



The Appalachian Park ought in a dozen 3'ears from now to be one 

 of the chief attractions of the United States. The decisions in its favor 

 would be unanimous if the matter was left to those who knew the coun- 

 try and its possibilities. 



[Boston (Mass.) Transcript.] 



We hope the plan will fructify, for it would give us benefit and 

 bring us credit as a people. * * * It is most sincerely to be hoped 

 that this admirable scheme will be quickly and cordially taken up by 

 Congress and carried to success. It is a case of now or never. 



[Buffalo (N. Y.) Commercial.] 



The United States Government has gone into the forestry business on 

 an extensive scale, and it is believed that the future returns will more 

 than justify the liberal polic}" adopted in this respect. 



[New York (N. Y.) Time.s.] 



The receipts from the French national forests altogether wei'e about 

 twice their expenses in the last 3' ear for which the returns are accessible. 



The urgency in this case is greater than it was in the case of the 

 Yellowstone Park, when it was laid out. Certainl}^ no American 

 citizen now grudges the expense of that public possession. 



[Baltimore (Md.) Sun.] . 



Among the many measures that have come before Congress none 

 merits more thoughtful consideration or commends itself more impress- 

 ively to the consideration and approval of the two Houses. 



[Providence (R. I.) Journal.] 



As a mere measure of pi'otection to the material interests which 

 may be affected by the cutting of the timber and the drying up of 

 streams, Congress ought to do something about this as a Federal 

 question. 



