The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24
FIGHT BEGUN
FOR FORESTS
AT Meetisg Of Appalachian Asso-
cation in Atlanta.
APPEAL TO GOVERNORS
Chief Executives of States Asked to Send
Delegates to Washington in Inter
est Of Pending Bill.

SA%S AOAAAAe~e9t
Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky to
appoint delegations from their states
70 appear In person before the commit
tee on agriculture in congress, to urge
a favorable report upon the bill to
create national Appalachian forest
preserve of five million acres, were
adopted at the meeting of the Appa-
Iachian National Forest Association,
in Atlanta, Thursday night.
Prior to the close of the meeting It
was announced that the women's clubs
Of the United States would take this
matter up and at once begin an end
less Dombardment of personal letters
upon the congressman importuning
them to secure the enactment of this
bill.
Governor Hoke Smith, who presided
at the meeting, announced that he
would at once call upon every civic
organization in the state to appoint
delegates to go to Washington on Jan
uary 80 to appear in person at the
meeting Of the house committee on ag-
riculture, before whom this measure is
pending. and urge a favorable report.
He also stated that he would write
to each of the southern governors af-
fected by this resolution, calling upon
them to name a delegation of twenty,
from the state at large, to attend this
hearing.
The resolutions adopted were as fol
lows:
The Appalachian National Forest AS
sociation in convention assembled, rep
resenting membership throughout the
southern states, with accredited dele
gates from the Atlanta section of Amer
lean Institute of Electrical Engineers,
the Georgia Federation of Women's
Clubs, the Atlanta Woman's Club, and
chambers of commerce or boards Of
trade in Atlanta, Macon, Athens, Bruins
wick, Columbus, Cornelia, Dublin,
Rome, Ga, Newberry, S. c., Charleston,
Bolton and Spartanburg, S. c., Hunts
vile, Mobile, Birmingham and Opelika,
Ala, Nashville. Tenn. Louisville, KY,
AshevilIe, N. c., the Greater Charlotte,
N. c., do resolve as. follows
Whereas, Official statistics show that
the people Of the United States face
within a decade a lumber famine, due
to the wasteful and extravagant use
and wanton methods of lumber and for
est fires; and,
Whereas, our Appalachian forests
are now being rapidly depleted and
are about our only remaining sources
of hardwood supply; and,
Whereas, We recognize that forest
coverings are essential not only to our
timber supply, but are OF supreme i'm
portance to climate and agriculture, to
water supply and navigation; and,
Whereas, the cutting already done
has shown its baneful effects through
out the south, and demonstrates forci-
bly, from many standpoints, the neces-
sity Of the conservatism of this source
of our natural wealth; and
Whereas, The perpetuation Of our
forests can only be done by the natu-
raj wealth; and,
Be it resolved, That the Appalachi-
an National Association and affiliated
bodies, earnestly urge upon the con.
gress of the United States the estab-
lishment Of national forests, in the APP
palachian region by the prompt pass
age of the Appalachian-Whi noun
tain bill.
Resolved that the governors of all
the southern states be requested to APP
point at once delegations Of not less
than 20 members from their respect
i've states to attend the hearing of the
Appalachian-White mountain bill on
January 80 before the house committee
on agriculture and that the governors
themselves head their respective dele
cations.
Resolved, That Governor Hoke Smith
Of Georgia be requested to use his good
Offices with the governors of other
states, in order to insure their prompt
action in this vitality important mat
ter.
Resolved, That copies of these reso-
lutions be sent by the secretary Of the
convention to all congressman and SEN
ators from the southern states, re-
questing their hearty and active sup
port and their votes for the meas