184 SOUTHEKN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



[Indianapolis (Ind.) News.] 



The pro.servation of forests is a sul)iect to which too little attention 

 has Ijeen paid in the past and to which should l)e given much thought. 

 Already the country is experiencing the bad effects of indifference. 



[Tallahas.see (Fla.) Tallahassian.] 



The wildest and most naturally beautiful part of this country east 

 of the Kocl<_v Mountains is that region where North Carolina, Tennes- 

 see, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia approach each other. 



[Chicago Times-Herald, December 24, 1899.] 



The Blue Ridge has a climate that is delightful at any season of the 

 year, and as it is only twenty -four hours travel from Chicago, New York, 

 or New Orleans, the mass of the population in the east, even those in 

 moderate circumstances, could readily avail themselves of the advan- 

 tages it offers as a health and pleasure resort. 



[Cincinnati Volks Freund, February 1, 1900.] 



We wish the undertaking complete success. 



[Newport (R. I.) News.] 



The central location of the proposed pai'k is undoubtedly a strong 

 point in its favor. It is within easy reach of most of the great cities 

 of the middle Western States and the Eastern and Southern States. 

 Apart from these natural reasons, the Eastern States are entitled to a 

 national park. 



[St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Democrat.] 



There is every reason why the movement for the establishment of 

 the Appalachian Park in North Carolina should succeed. 



[The Hartford Courant.] 



The wildest and most naturally beautiful part of this country east 

 of the Rocky Mountains is that region where North Carolina, Tennes- 

 see, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia approach each other. It 

 is a mountain country with an average elevation of 4,000 feet and 

 peaks running up to thousands of feet higher. The tallest mountain 

 east of the Rockies is in North Carolina. 



This wild i-egion abounds in timber, and is .still a natural and 

 unbroken wilderness except as the lumbermen invade its quiet. They 

 have come. Alread}^ traffic in forest land is on and the railroads of 

 the vicinity are loaded with lumber for the market. Let the American 

 people sit by with their accustomed optimistic apath}' and before long 

 the forests will be gone, the water courses left to dr}^ up, the bears, 

 deei', and other wild animals killed off, and nothing but a fading 

 memory remain of what now is a great natural park. 



