The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-30
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ats hands.
President Taft's recent utterances
IN favor OF conservation have gone
lar to increase the public appre-
citation OF its national Importance
every public officer responsible for
any part of the conservation of ma
tufal resources Is a trustee OF the
public property. II conservation Is
vital to the welfare of this nation
now and hereafter, as the President
has so wisely declared. then few po-
sitions of public trust are so i'm
portant. and few opportunities Tor
constructive work so large Such Of
fices are concerned with the greatest
issues which have come before this
nation since the Civil War. They may
hope to serve the nation as few men
ever can. Their care for our forests,
waters, lands, and minerals is often
the only thing that stands between
the public and the something-for-no-
thing men, who, like the daughters
uf the horse leech, are forever cry
ing. Give, Give. The Intelligence, in
itiativc, and stcadfastness that can
Withstand the unrelenting pressure
of the special interests are worth
having. and | am proud to belong ~
IA Service which has given proof OF ali
three. But we need the counter
pressure from the people in their own
interest far more often than We get
It,
The public welfare cannot be sub
served merely by walking bhndly in
the old ruts. Times change, and the
public needs change with them The
man who would serve the public to
the level of it's need; must look ahead
and one of his most difficult problems
will be to make old tools answer new
uses--uses some OF which at least were
never imagined when the tools were
made. That is one reason why CON
structive foresight is one of the great
constant needs OF every growing ma
ION.
The Forest Service proposes TO use
tire tools--obey the law-made. by the
representatives of the people. But
the law cannot give specifice direction
in advance to meet every need and
detail of administration. The law
cannot make brains nor supply con
science. Therefore, the Forest SerV-
ice proposes also TO serve the people
by the intelligent and purposeful use
of the law and every lawful means at
its command for the public good.
And for that intention IL makes no
apology.
Fortunately for the Forest Service,
the point of view which it worked out
for itself under the pressure of its re-
sponsibilities was found to be that OF
the Supreme Court.
In the case of the L. S. VS.. Macdan-
lei q Pet, 13-li, involving the ad-
ministrative powers OF the head of
Department the Supreme Court OF
the United States said:
ale Is fmited in the exercise of his
overs by the law; but It does not TO
low that he must show statutory pro-
vision for everything he does. No
government could be administered on
such principles. To attempt to regu-
late. by law, the mlnutemovements
of every part of the complicated ma
chinery of government would eyince
a most objectionable ignorance on the
subject. Whilst the great outlines
movements may he marked out, and
Limitations imposed Oh the exercise of
ats powers, there are numberless
things which must be done, that can
neither be anticipated nor defined and
which are essential to the proper ac-
tion of the government"
Congress has given 10 the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the
Forest Service, the specifice task of
administering the National Forests,
with full power to perform it and
has provided that he may make such
such services as will insure the OBJ
jects OF said reservations, namley, to
regulate their occupancy and use
and TO preserve the forests thereon
from destruction Every exercise OF
the powers granted TO the Secretary
OF Agriculture by statute has been in
accordance with the principals laid
down by Chief Justice Marshall nine
years ago in the case OF McCulloch
VS.. Maryland a Wheat, 42D, when
he said rs to powers delegated by the
Federal Constitution TO Congress.
Let the end be legitimate, let IL.
be within the scope of the Constltu
zion, and al means which are appro-
pirate, which are plainly adapted to-
that end, which are not pfohlbited,
but consists with the letter and spir-
II OF the Constitution, are constitution
al"
lt After the transfer of tthe Forest
After the transfer of the National
Forests from the Interior Department
to the Forest Service in 1905. some
things were done that had never been
done before such as initiating Govern
meat control over the water power
monopoly in the National Forests,
giving preference 10 the public over
commercial corporations IN the use OF