The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-13
APPALACHIAN FOREST RESERVE
DR.. Geo. w. Winston's Ten Reasons.
Presented to the American Forestry
Congress. for the Establishment of
the Appalachian Forest Reservation.

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the Appalachian Forest Reservation
Before the American Forestry Con-
gress at Washington January II, Pres
ident George T. Winston, of the North
Carolina College Of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. presented the following
reasons for the establishment of the
Appalachian Forest Reservation:
/. To do justice to the south and
promote national sentiment. The Unit
ed States own so forest reserves, Of 80
million acres, worth 200 million dollars
Not one is in the south. The proposed
Appalachian Reserve will contain four
million acres and cos ten million dol
lars. Has not the time come for the
south TO receive from the national gov
eminent some recognition besides taxa
ton?
2. To complete and crown the sys-
tenn of national forest reserves. Every
mountain system west of the Missis-
sippi contains a forest reserve. The
Appalachian mountains, extending
from Pennsylvania to Alabama are,
from every point of view the most i'm
portant mountain system on the CONT
uent. To crow their SUBMITS with a
national forest reserve, the largest.
the %grandest, the most useful ON the
continent, would complete the system
Of national forest reserves.
3. To preserve a health and pleasure
resort 70 60 million people. The Appa-
lachian Forest Reserve is located in
seven states with 13 million fnhabi-
tants and is within "a hours of so mill
lion people. 1t is par excellence the
health and pleasure region for all the
states east of the Mississippi river
4. To preserve water power. Over
maintain a steady stream flow. Over
one million horse power yet remains
to be developed in this region, provid-
ed a steady stream flow can be main
tanned. To do this, the forest must be
preserved. Continued decreasing will
destroy much water power that IS al
ready developed.
5. To preserve the mountain soil
from denudation and the piedmont soil
from flood and destruction. Over 200
squar miles of soil is annually washed
into rivers, and carried to the sea by
devastating floods, not to consider the
destruction of crops, house and ami
mails. Forest conservation will prevent
increase of, and wise re-forest-
alton will diminish, this tremendous
loss.
6. To maintain a supply of wood for
manufactures, furniture factories, box
factories, barrel and tub factories,
wood-pulp and paper mills will need
timber hereafter, as we'll as now;
which can be supplied only by a wise
system of forest conservation.
Z. To maintain a perpetual lumber
supply for building purposes. Houses
ships, cars, bridges, mines and other
structures will always need wood. Ihe
railroads alone are consuming annual
ly over nine million acres OF forests.
Without forest conservation the sup
ply will soon be exhausted.
s. To preserve forever the headWa-
tiers Of many rivers. In h Appala-
chan mountains rise many great rivers
flowing through very many states,
whose waters, for power, Tor COM
merce, for health, for water supply TO
cities, and for food for fishes should De
guarded with the utmost r from
contamination and diminution.
9. For fora and fauna and natural
beauty. Before the ruthless hand OF
and the all-cOnsuming spirit
OF gain let the Appalachian roleSt ~
serve stand inviolate forever, with Its
matchless flora and fauna, a modern
Paradise. of Nature, where weary n
degenerate mortals may go for all ages
to rest on the bosom of Mother Earth
and become again children of the real
Golden Age.
10. To show the world how to eat
cake and keep it too. Forest con-
seryation means a maximum OF forest.
Weld forever; a maximum of lumber
supply, of water supply, of agricultural
supply. Deforestation destruc-
ton of lumber, of water, n OF asrl-
culture.
In the language of President Roose-
Welt. use the forests for grazing, Tor
farming, for lumber, for whatever taey
are best adapted; but so use them tnat
YOU will not destroy their usefulness
for future generations"
Young Bonaparte American at Heart
Young Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
who is credited with having won the