Arizona republican., 1907-09-03
BRILLIANT BEGINNING OF ttVfNTS AT SACRAMENTO
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petual and certain guaranty against monopoly on the part of common car riers.
 We are earnestly carrying forward the construction of the Panama canal, confessedly a work of great importance not onl.- to our commerce but to the commerce of the world. Important as this matter is. it is not more import ant than the improvement of naviga- tion upon many of our rivers.
 Upon such an occasion as this. I would not venture to obtrude politics: nothing could be more inappropriate. The fact is that We have a surfeit of politics. What We need most is more business and less politics. Can We stand prosperity? We are in the midst of a prosperity the like of which was never before seen. Can We utilize it to our benefit? Can We retain it or will we distrust each other and in volve 1t all in hopeless confusion? [? There never was an hour when it was more important that We should be gov erned by sober judgment. We should sedulously cultivate a tolerant spirit and spirit of justice towards each other
 Our rapidly multiplying industries and increasing population give rise to new questions which tax the wisdom and patriotism of our people. In re- cent years we have out Of the evils which inhered in our commerce be- tween the states. under the sharp and certain condemnation of the written law. We have sought to extirpate them in the interest of fair play. We have proceeded advisedly not blindly to destroy the bad and preserve the good. We are bringing To the solu- tion of these and other problems an enlightened<judgmen and exalted pur- pose. The American people do not go far astray becasue there is a national conscience which never sleeps. and their conclusions are reached by it's nnfailing light"
 At the conclusion of MT Fairbanks address Clifford Pinchot, Gov For ester and personal representatives of President Roosevelt at the congress, delivered the message of the chief ex- ecutive which came by telegraph as follows:
 'To Officers and Members of National
 Irrigation Congress, Sacramento.
 "Gentlemen|I send you hearty greetings and my earnest wishes for the fullest success of your convention l congratulate you on the progress Of the great movement you represent. There is no movement more emphat- ically for the benefit of the small far mer and small ranch man. There is no other wa- to assist the actual set tier, home maker. who owns and tills la rftall |, this movement of yours-for the wise use and preservation of the waters and forest service are directly adapted to help the small man make and maintain prosperous homes and they are doing it.
 These services were recently in spected on the ground by the secretary of the interior and secretary of agri- culture. who hae them in charge. and l congratulate you on the standards of integrity and efficiency they have at tained. IL is matter of sincerest satisfaction to learn that you will not confine yourselves to the questions of irrigation and forestr.. nor even to the control. use. and conservation of streams. vastly important as these are 10 every citizen of the United States l am glad to know you will give at tention also to that problem of which the forestry and irrigation and water conservation form but a part of the fundamental problem of the conserva- tiOn of natural resources The work of the government along the line of this greater problem cannot be made effective without the approval and support of the whole body of citizens. By educating. guiding and crystalizing public sentiment in this direction, by bringing the needs of the people clear F. and forcibly to the knowledge of their representatives. you are render ing a service of first importance to (Signed)
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT"