The Boise citizen., 1910-02-18
Reaction Under Taft

When Taft succeeded Roosevelt in the White House if was a
of the dictionaries that IAN of law" was to take e
T e Rooseveism 1t in accordance with this idea that
o the Interior Balnger lost time obtaining from e
General opinion to the effect that the labor certificates
W. ~ the Reclamation Service Illegal says the Sacramento
60 Balinger ordered the Reclamation Service h issa no
certificates of the kind This seriously crippled the Service
~ resulted the stoppage of work number of important pro-
rh action strking illustrated the bent of the new Admins
which ncnes technical adherence the strict letter of the
10 and seeks do nothing which the law does not especially author
However technically the opinion of the Attorney General
have been there be question that the practice giving
s for labor done entirely busnesske very helpful
e objects of the Reclamation Service These certificates
I for work by actual settlers land owners lieu of cash
virtually receipts account of the debt of such
IONS 10 the Government for irrigation development
Secretary Garfield capable lawyer regarded the certificates
M and certainly harm done by resorng them
70 aid irrigation projects The Government could not be
T mon TO pay cash for any of them In fact their usefulness
60 evident that Balnger afterwards recommended Congress
de them Had their issue been continued it might have
to ask Congress authorize bond issue of $50
mpete projects for which no money was available in the Reclaim
alton Fund
effect unfriendly Government reclamation the arbitrary
~ followed by George McCabe during the three four days
m he served acting Forester pending the appointment of
- 70 Clifford Pinchot McCabe was solicitor of the Depart
@ Agriculture which the Forestry Service bureau under
Secretary Wilson No doubt realizing that he would have but short
m the place of Forester McCabe thought to distinguish himself
gain favor with the reactionare by abohng the training of
reers at Government expense
As Pnchot told the story this done under what might
called rush order for ruling from the Comptroller against the
% Of such outlay by the Government the request for the ruling
eng 50 framed decision against the training school
Pnhot declares this letter deliberate misrepresentation be-
m of its commission the facts that the Forest Service must
ave trained rangers and get them only by training them after
ley enter the Service So instead of aiming to promote the work
the Service McCabe evidently did his best to cripple it, the
ksuou pretense of keeping within the law
This was done secretly and without any hearing whatever be-
the practice instituted by Pncho and against which COM
@ had been made He justified condemning McCabes
@ as an ndefenbe sacrifice of the public welfare and as an
methods effectively used by the special interests
fgmS The People
order by McCabe affected nearly 200 young in the
employ who attending training schools OF forestry
etel with State Universities Few of them could afford the
the special training required by their duties So the effect
Mabes order force many of them out OF the Service
hose who esacrfcing enough to remain IN the training
@ lose their pay result of the order which accordingly IN
olives for hem likewise for the others who left the Service
hat Pncho properly styles "a cruel injustice
These examples characteristic of the order OF things
Washington Under Roosevelt the business of all the Depart
conducted openly spirit of helpuness to everything IN
e of conservation and of development OF resources Tor PUBIC
dare All was done under liberal construction OF law
Under the reaconary methods favor the oclal point OF
lew just the opposite The aim of all the Departments seems
do nothing for the public benefit not positively required BY
and give private enteprisewhch means the interests
preference The People