The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

riorS, the SlpSy and the Tombigby on the west, and the Tennessee to the north Wherever these streams or l, their tributaries break over the foot hills of the Appalachian range oi mountains. there Is the possibility of a cheap cement dam, to generate cheap electrical power, ample to turn the wheels of commerce and industry and to stimulate the growth of agricui- tural products and add to the comforts oL rural llIe TOT the ages to come in this state.
 These streams once deep and azure piue, are now shallow and destructive Tn overflows. once filled with fine fish now the habitat of the mud eat prin- cipaIiy. These waters can be kept clear ana stocked with fish enough to feed annually the state. Waste of forests erosion of soils are doing the damage It Is not wise to call a halt. to ask the government to aid in such a land able undertaking?
 The progress of the age demands all available skill, every educatiye force for our people, from state and nation to stay this ruinous, wanton waste to reclaim. to restore and to utilize these sapero natural advantages for profit and for pleasure.
 Larger Advantages
 Aside from the benefits that would accrue from the elective railway tba waterway, the national park forest and fish culture, aviary, aquarium and the zoo to the present and future gene tauohs' what a splendid educational health ana pleasure resort for our neo pie, especially for our industrial non,,- lation popu-
 Ihe scenic effect of water and sky stretches of forest over rolling bilis ana ioVely valleys. purling brooks deep sorges and tall peaks, with romantic Ioaoways winding amid inland lakes here and there park inns rustic b,,n- salows, artistic rest lodges, only the viVio imagination of handsome enri- neer can plan and make real
 mere thousands could go for educa- 'lohai recreatfve. social and religious ,poSes' 10 grow strong physically iten.aiy s ana spiritually, for the good oi the individual and uplift of the na~ tion To come In contact with nature IS ipstinctively to worship nature S God and give strength to these study virtues or repose that withstand the dissipation of city life.
 Schoolgrounds in the Open
 What profitable resort for summer schools in open air for farmers dairy. men, 1ruft growers, truck gardeners
 ti 'isahs ana miners, all to be instructed py government experts in diyersifyin,. crops in strains of cattle for beef for lliih, butter and cheese in care of orcharus, when and where to market the yields, in growing vepetab1es ho,r to can or sell, how treat the generous soii so as to make it a willing helper Tn paying products. where how the svs- tem or cooperation in rural banks and cheap money on long time credit can De brought to the homes of the tillers or the soil the producers of the wealth or the nation, as has been done in Dem marx ana Holland; where the artisan can learn the highest arts in his trade. the miner can be Instructed in the latest methods of preventing accidents. explosions and quick aid relief It will
 De an ideal locality for a summer school for teachers from all our insti- ,uuons or learning, to get advanced ideas in promoting the grasp of thought in the acquisition of truth. In open air as did Socrates and Plato and Aristotle who gave the golden age to Greece, who demonstrated what a su- preme blessing culture is to a coun try
 Such a park could be made a, real resting place for culture in all the finer arts of learning. in manual train- ing for the industrial vacations of life, for culture in the best ways of winning wealth from the soil, for so- cial culture in mental hygiene, in promoting good fellowship and rational ways of living, in impersonatinE the higher virtues in nobler characters. The Common Veal
 The ground could be had from the government on a 99-year lease, at a nominal annual rent on which to build summer homes. hotels. auditorfunls,