Arizona republican., 1904-06-22
MAKING OF A PRESIDENT
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 sressors have been compelled to re- llndulsh their booty. and more than D. JOG. OOO acres of land have been restored 10 the public.
 The further denundatlon Of forest areas, producing alternate floods and dryness In our river valleys. has been checked by the extension of forest re- serves. which have been brought to ag- Rregate more than 63,0oO.O0o acres of land.
 NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
 The reclamation by irrigation of the vast arid regions forming the chief part of our remaining public domain. has been provided for by the national reclamation law of June l7, 1903. The execution of this law, without taxation and by the application of the proceeds of public land sales alone. through the construction of storage reservoirs fer water. will make many millions of Acres of fertile lands available for set tlement. over s20O00.O0O from these sources have been already received to the credit of the reclamation fund. over 33.eOO. 600 acres or public lands in fourteen states and territories have been einbFacsa in the sixty-seven rro- 3eets which have been devised and are Under examination and on eight of these the yotk of actual construction has began.
 z POSTAL EFFICIENCY.
 The Postal service has been extended and improved It's revenues have in creased from sTs.0o0.OOO in 1905 to ss5.- coo. 900 Tn 1899. and 3l44,oO0.O0O in 1904. In dealing with these vast sums. few cases of peculation. trifiing in amount hnd by subordinate officers. have oc- cured there as they occur in every business. Neither fear nor favor. nor political or personal influence has Ryared to protect the wrongdoers. Their acts have been detected. investi- gated. laid bare; they have been dis missed from their places. prosecuted crlfninally. indicted. many Of them tried. and many of them convicted. The rural free delivery has been widely extended It is wholly the creation of republican administration. The lass democratic postmaster general declared it impracticable. The first admins tration of Mckinley proved the con- trary. At the beginning of the fiscal yeat of 1899 there were abou; 200 routes in operation. There are now more than 25.000 routes. bringing daily mail ser- vice to more than 100000 of our peo- pie in rural communities. enlarging the circulation Of the newspaper and the magazine. increasing communication and relieving the isolation Of life on the farm.
 PROTECTING THE FARMER.
 The department of agriculture has been brought to a point of efficiency and practical benefit never before known. The act of February 2. 1903. enables the secretary Of agriculture to prevent the spread Of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock. Ri- Eid inspection has protected our cattle against fhe infection from abroad. and has established the highest credit for our meat products in the markets of the world.
 The earthhasbeen searched for wea- pons with which to light the enemies that destroy the growing crops. An Insect brought from near the great wall of China has checked the san Jose scale which was destroying our or Ohards. a parasitic fly brought from south Africa is exterminating the black scale in the lemon and orange groves of California. and an ant from Guata- mala Ia about offering battle to the boil weevil Broad science has been brought to the aid of limited experience study of the relations between plant life and climate and soil has been followed. by the introduction of special crops suited Co our varied conditions. The intro duction Of iust the right kind of seed has enabled the Gulf states to increase ouy rice crop from tib.o0o.o0o pounds In 1888 10 &o0.e0o.o 900 pounds in is0s. and t0 supply the entire American demand. with a surplus for export. The right kind Of sugar beet has increased our annual production of beet sugar by over 100000 tons. Seed brought from countries 6f little rain fau is produc- ing millions of bushels of grain on lands which a few years ago were deemed hopeless part of the arid belt