The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-01-09

ed While, therefore, some further legislation a
needed TO quiet these painful pppTehensons in
the public mind, II should not be forgotten that
to maintain the present excellence Of medical
science, and develop higher pathological skill,
such attanmens can only be reached through a
familiarity with The appearance, location and re
latiOns OF ana 'Omical structures, not 10 be gained
by models and Cass, however perfect. II should
also be remembered that physicians are held re-
spons BILE ny the courts for the possession OF GER
tain amount OF skill while treating patients hnth
III medicinal ana surgical aspect. To make
them Hmenabe to such penalties and tOrietureB
as the law imposes, aud 1T the same time to de.
prive them Of the highest meaus Of attaining
proficiency alike demandC d by law and the hest
interests of society, wOuld work great II justice
and wrong, There is Il law eXistngi in our statute
lfbo0kS allowing to medical colleges and SCcu ties
the use OF unclaimed dead for anatomical study,
previous 10 burial But itwill be been that lhe
conditions for the surrender Of such bodies are so
limited aud h. dyed in by prOVsOs us will render
Compiance with II utterly nugatOry.
The wisdom Of yOgr body will dUuhtly discover
some additional legislation by which All adC uuate
amount ofsuCh medical subj tcls may be sup llied
from recognized aud well defined sources and
thus completely debar the odlOuS traffic now ont
laRing public sentiment, and afford tranquility
Gnd protection alike TO the viftuOus poor and
rich
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS
deem 1t important to call your attention to the
necessity of providing by law for the protection
of forests and timber dissatisfaction 1877 show
that in 1870 there were 0,749 33o acres of timber
land 10 the State that in 1877 there we're III $40
acres Of timber land in the State II these satis-
tics are correct, there was, within seven years u
destruction OF over four aud half million aUi es
Uf forest The day is not far distant when, If the
present annual rate of destruction is continued
the beautiful and valuable forests oil our state Will
soon disappear,
In many countries in Europe the advantages of
forests has been learned in the school OF necessity
and now the study OF forestry Is taught with as
much thorOugnnesS and care as Is the study OF
other sciences, while the cutting and replauting
OF trees is regulated and enforced by systematic
and careful legislation.
In Ohio the question Is each year becoming
more aud more important and 1t IS now time, In
my opinion when the preservation of forests
should become subject OF legislation, and that
carefully prepared Statistics should be annually
collected, showing the area and condition Of our
forests,
FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS,
The times demand the strctest economy and
reduction OF xpenses in the administration ofthe
government The present great depreciation in
the value of property, AID the low wages Of labor
diminishing the ability OF The people to pay taxes
should be proportion ally reduced, and not con.
tinued at the old war rates, According to the re-
port of the Auditor of State for the year 1874 the
fees and salaries of county officers amounted to
a,5O3, 81, being more than four times the ag,
gregate sum paid to, aud salaries received by, the
Legislature, Judiciary, State officers aud depart.
ment clerks. An act was passed March 23i 1875,
reducing this compensation S2S5OOO annually,
The next General Assembly, on the Sth of April,
1876 repealed this law under the plea that iGwo'd
work unfairly, and substituted a new act in its
place, claiming that it would also reduce the
compensation of county officials but the returns
in the AUDITORS report of 1877 show the pay of
these officers TO be overSl 62S0v0 being au increase
OfS75,OO0 an excess OF what they received befJre
the passage OF the law of 1870 Lnlls adding tO the
burthens Of the people OF the State S36OOOO an
nually.
The following figures from the report of the Au.
diIor Of state in 1911 make apparent on their face
the working Of the present county fee law