Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-24
ADDRESS TO F0RHSTERs.

Major A. S. Lanier, Assistant to
the Solicitor of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, in charge
Of the legal work Of the acqui-
sition Of the forest lands, adj
dressed the forest men, about
30 in number, and spoke in
part as follows
Gentlemen of the Forest Service.
AS one of your co-laborers in the
field of conservation, bring you a
word of greeting and encouragement
in the discharge of your important
and responsible duties.
Il is gratifying to me to see and
meet you, and especially for the
good people of Woodstock and our
county to see what splendid body
of native sons are representing the
National Forest Service in their
midst. We welcome you to our
City. It is yours, and the desire OF
the people that you shall enjoy YOU
brief sojourn within our gates, ano
the entertaining and instructive at
fractions offered by our county fair
We are today living in the COLDER
age of the worlds history. 1t is tn
time of opportunity in all the field
of human endeavor, and those field
have been broadened as never be
fore for individual advancement ane
service to society. The doors tt
the temples of knowledge are open
ed wide, inviting all to enter WHIT
will drink at the fountain of wisdom
without money and without price
| Millions of avenues of employment
and usefulness are open today tt
young men of character and capacity
until he is embarrassed and bewild
Tered with the riches of choice, ane
hardly any field affords greater op
portunities for achievement and TO,
usefulness than the Government Ser
Twice. There was a time when tn,
least Government was thought to b.
the best government,-to quote thai
illustrious Virginian. - Thoma:
Jefferson. It was believed thai
when the Government afforded pro-
lection to the life, liberty and prop.
|erty of the citizen it had fulfilled
the purposes of its existence. and at.
|tained the full limits of its Legitimate
functions. But the increasing intel
Iligence and growing needs of human
lsociety, and the ever increasing com
plexities of human relations, have
|long since demanded different ane
wider Interpretation of the function:
land duties of the Government; ane
$50 today we find our Governments
both. State and National, active il
|all fields that affect the morals, tn
Health, the happiness and the pros
perity of the people. No Depart
ment of the National Government
has been more active, and effective
lily so, in all these fields than the De
apartment of Agriculture, with whicl
we are connected. Through its in
lstrumentality we have laws, whicl
it is enforcing, to protect the peopl
from unwholesome and deleteriou
flood stuffs and drugs. 1t is carry
ling on all over the country experi
ments for the improvement of on
agricultural methods, and the conse
lquent increase in the production G
our food supplies, and the mos
Economical and effective means G
distributing the products of tn
farms after they have been harvest
led. 1t has exterpated the boll-wevi
land saved the cotton producers Q
1.-THE South millions of dollars. Tn
lyoung scientists of its Bureaus ar
constantly making discoveries whicl
contribute to our material and phys
ical welfare, and which in every in
Stance, as far as l know, they hav
with commendable self-sacrifice ant
patriotism patented for the free us
land benefit of the American pee
lple. It is estimated that an anti
ltoxine for the prevention of hos