182 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



[Farmer Advocate, Topeka, Kans.] 



Everyone interested in having- this beautiful region preserved from 

 ■wanton destruction by fire and timber thieves should write at once to 

 their Congressmen to vote for the passage of the bill establishing the 

 park. 



[The Medical Dial, Minneapolis, Minn.] 



The therapeutical uses of such a national park are exceeding^ g-reat. 

 The salubrity of the climate in this section of the countr}', amid the 

 everlasting hills and the giant trees, has no parallel in the world. 



[St. Louis (Mo.) Star.] 



It is to be hoped Congress will act favorably upon the petition. 

 Such a park would be a proper twin for the Yellowstone. 



[Davenport (Iowa) Democrat.] 



There are very many reasons for it — none worth counting on the 

 other side. 



[American Field, New York City.] 



The American Field urges ever}^ public-spirited citizen of this coun- 

 try to "put his shoulder to the wheel" and to work upon his repre- 

 sentatives in both halls of Congress to obtain during the next session 

 of Congress decisive action toward the creation of the Appalachian and 

 Minnesota national parks. 



[Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph.] 



This country is graduallj- waking up to the destruction of its timber, 

 and the Secretaiy of Agriculture does wisely when he advocates forest 

 preservation and forest reservation. 



[Pittsburg (Pa.) Commercial-Gazette.] 



Such a forest reservation ought to prove a good investment of 

 national money. 



[Brooklyn (N. Y.) Citizen.] 



Measures to stop the destruction of mountain forests which protect 

 the water sources in the Appalachians and elsewhere will need to be 

 taken some day, and they ought to begin now when the Government 

 is in pecuniary condition to make the cost of condemnation and care a 

 trifling matter. 



[New York Herald, January 12, 1900.] 



The efforts of the Appalachian Park Association are to be com- 

 mended. Its promoters are moved only for the public good, and 

 should this movement finally succeed, the thanks of the entire com- 

 munity will be due to them for their earnest efforts. 



