Hearings Before The Committee On Agriculture On Bills Having For Their Object The Acquisition Of Forest And Other Lands

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ISBN 13 : 9781332040629
Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture on Bills Having for Their Object the Acquisition of Forest and Other Lands for the Protection of Watersheds and Conservation of the Navigability of Navigable Streams written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture on Bills Having for Their Object the Acquisition of Forest and Other Lands for the Protection of Watersheds and Conservation of the Navigability of Navigable Streams: Also Other Papers Bearing on the Same Subjects, Sixtieth Congress Second Session And I think also we would like to have some information, if it is possible, as to the probable price at which land can be bought in the sections under consideration, and about the number of acres that would probably be required. In making these suggestions you will understand, of course, Governor Guild, that I am not seeking to dictate what the gentlemen who are to appear before us shall say. I am merely trying to indicate points that must be given very careful consideration by the committee before it acts upon this matter. And with these introductory remarks I take pleasure in presenting to this committee Governor Guild, the distinguished executive of Massachusetts, by whose presence here this morning I am sure we all feel honored. Statement Of Curtis Guild, Jr., Governor Of Massachusetts. Governor Guild. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I am sure that the petitioners in behalf of this measure for the preservation of the Appalachian forests will take due consideration of the kindly suggestions made by the chairman of this committee, and will, to the best of their ability, address themselves to them. I note the remarks of the chairman, that the committee has already given a number of hearings in regard to this matter and has posted itself carefully and quite thoroughly, and therefore I shall ask, to use the legal parlance, if I may put in evidence at this hearing, without reading, the previous proceedings before this committee with the testimony which you already have? The Chairman. Certainly, that will be entirely satisfactory. Governor Guild. That is understood. I would also like to put in evidence the report of the Secretary of Agriculture on the Southern Appalachian and White Mountain watersheds, which does give the commercial importance, area, condition, feasibility of purchase for national forests, and the probable cost, to which you referred. Furthermore, the report of the Conservation Commission, now in session, which is giving particular attention to the very practical points that the honorable chairman has suggested, in regard to the areas and to the specific effect of the destruction of the forests. Finally, I take it that you do not, of course, desire, as 1 understand, to exclude any evidence which any person now present may feel desirous of offering as to any deleterious effect that may come to the people of the United States from the destruction of our forests. For if we have to consider, sir, the constitutionality of this measure on the ground as to whether the waters of the river are thereby rendered unnavigable or remain navigable, another clause of the Constitution, of course, provides that Congress is to legislate for the general welfare of the people, and certainly nothing is more for the general welfare of the people than the preservation of a good water supply and a watershed for rivers that furnish water for the use of the people, whether they are navigable or not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com