The Owosso Times

May Not Destroy Forests.
The supreme court has held that the state of Georgia had a right to protect its forests and that the Tennessee Copper company and the Ducktown Sulphur and Iron company could be enjoined from so conducting their smelting works on the Tennessee side of the line as to destroy forests and vegetation in the state of Georgia. The court gives Georgia until the October term to submit the form of a decree with which it would enjoin the operation of the smelters. In the meantime the objectionable companies are said to be installing a plant that will condense the sulphurous fumes and which would thus render the decree unnecessary. However, the decision remains important as affecting the principle of forest and vegetation protection. The smelting companies in the case are largely owned by Standard Oil interests, and the case has been pending for a year and a half.