. To preserve the nation's heritage. Vital importance of the Appalachian forest project ... What the Civic association must do . wood supply is onlyan incident in the great work of destruc-tion that man, in the name of civiliza-tion, is fastening upon this unhappy con-tinent, but this is a definite disaster closeat hand and affecting our own genera-tion, and so, perhaps, will be taken toheart more readily than some otherphases that deal with the preservation ofthe continent itself through the ages tocome. *The Waning Hardwood Supply andthe Appalachian Forests. U. S. Dept. ofAgriculture, Forest
. To preserve the nation's heritage. Vital importance of the Appalachian forest project ... What the Civic association must do . wood supply is onlyan incident in the great work of destruc-tion that man, in the name of civiliza-tion, is fastening upon this unhappy con-tinent, but this is a definite disaster closeat hand and affecting our own genera-tion, and so, perhaps, will be taken toheart more readily than some otherphases that deal with the preservation ofthe continent itself through the ages tocome. *The Waning Hardwood Supply andthe Appalachian Forests. U. S. Dept. ofAgriculture, Forest Service, Circular Sept. 24, 1907. Written by Hall, Assistant Forester. Approved:JAMES WILSON,Secretary of Agriculture. IS IT LEGAL TO SAVE THE NATION? 18 there a fear that the Constitution does not expressly proTide the means of deliver-ance ? If the general welfare clause means anything, it must admit guarding theheritage of all the generations. It would be a pretty impotent Government that couldfind no legal means of saving itself from desolation and destruction. HOW NATIONAL SUICIDE MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?This scene is not very different from the present aspect of Ancient Carthage, or of permanent ruin was brought about by preventable processes that are being duplicatedin our own land. WILL HISTORY HAVEA MERRY JEST? Public Indifference and Con-gressional Inertia Responsible FALSE ECONOMY SPELLS RUIN Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned—Amer-icans Quarrel About the Tariff andHigher Education While National Ke-rources Are Being Obliterated and Pros-perity Sapped at its Fountain Head Perhaps someone thinks this is a it is one, it is also a ghastly prophecythat will come true unless we find a curefor • national ignorance, indifference andneglect. A great calamity threatens vastareas of our fairest states—a calamitywhich will make some of them uninhabit-able and bring to others staggering bur-dens. We are blithesome
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