. American forestry. Forests and forestry. NEW YC 30TANK QARI Vol. XVI MARCH, iQio No. 3 THE BATTLE FOR THE WEEKS BILL AX( )'rHER milestone was jiassed ill the long- march toward a trulv national forest ]X)licy onWedne^- da\-. I'ehruarv 23, when a hearing- was given ])efore the Ihrnse Committee on Agrienltnre on the bill for the crea- tion of national forests, known as the W'eelss Hill, and iM)pularly as the Ap- l)alachian Poorest 1)111. Xo attem])t was made, as in former years, to secnre a large attendance at this hearing, or to make a popular demonstration. I'or three years this had been d'j
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. NEW YC 30TANK QARI Vol. XVI MARCH, iQio No. 3 THE BATTLE FOR THE WEEKS BILL AX( )'rHER milestone was jiassed ill the long- march toward a trulv national forest ]X)licy onWedne^- da\-. I'ehruarv 23, when a hearing- was given ])efore the Ihrnse Committee on Agrienltnre on the bill for the crea- tion of national forests, known as the W'eelss Hill, and iM)pularly as the Ap- l)alachian Poorest 1)111. Xo attem])t was made, as in former years, to secnre a large attendance at this hearing, or to make a popular demonstration. I'or three years this had been d'jiie. and the convictions of the peo; Ic and the organizations of the country are well established, and equally well known. This hearing was devoterl ])rinci])ally to the examination of three exjiert wit- nesses, and it is no reflection upon earlier hearings to say that the case has never had a stronger presentation. The ses- sions opened in the niorning and wi're continued in the afternoon, and there was a good attendance of the commit- tee at both sessions. Since the opinion of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives two years ago has made it necessary to consider this question with reference to its bear- ing upon the navigability of .streams, the testimonv was concentrated mainly upon that poiU. and peculiar interest was given to the discussion coming from distinguished scientists who have thoroughh- studied the (piestion with which the\' were dealing, in view f)f ^ the fact that these nien u'laiiimously O^ controverted the co'iclusi ns of the re- ])ort recently made and widely circu- lated b\- Willis L. Afoore. chief of the \\\'ather lUireau. The three experts who a])peared were George F. Swain, |)rofessor of civil engineering. Har- vard University; L. C. Glenn, pro- fessor of geology, \'anderbilt Univer- sity, and I^rof. Filibert Roth, the head of the Forest School of 'he University of Michigan. Thus, with an engineer, a geologist, and a forester, all of who
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