New-York tribune., 1908-06-17
ACHIEVEMENTS
RtJRROWS ON REPUBLICAN ACHIEVEMENTS
UNEXAMPLED RECORD MADE By THE PAhIf-
GREAT INTERESTS WORTHILY SUBSCRIBED.

81 satnrnaI comnerce of the country the Great
Lakes and az has Brought about more init
mate relations between the manufacturers OF me
n1rcbasers into closer touch with dealers aided in
the extension of foreign markets for our manu-
1t has co-operated in the beneicent work of arhi-
the interests of laboring people. Congress has
wisely co-operated with and supplemented the work
protection of seamen and to prevent their being
a5 fG ffP 3 an
of working and children; it has amended
ZION ton Of Contract labor and provided plan for the
further exclusion of that class Of ASafhc t neraan
worhmen. 1t has enacted law limiting the hours
vice and Of railway telegTsphers
The Congress jgst closed rs-e1acted the aw w
the opinion of the Supreme Court, making com
poRes 1 engaged n interstate Commerce It has
enacted law for the further protection OF the
pIoyment. IT has provided compensation for Ia
borers and mechanics who may be injured IN !ns
for their families in the event of their being killed
in the course of their employment It has enaoted 1
a model child labor law for the District OF CoinIn @
bia. It has directed thorough inveStisation into
the working conditions of the employees OF +sr tne
telegraph and telephone companies dong inter G
business and in response 10 me gem hfope
Peal from 69sh capital anG ] for an
vestgation into the cause of mine accidents with
mines.
CARE FOR INTERESTS OF WAGE FARMERS.
1t is within bounds to say that previous ses-
sions of Congress have displayed a more acuNe or
eTs than the last three sessions, nor has there
heretofore in the same length OF unie peen az ao
much important and progressive lee1slston IN 'he
interests of this class of our fellow citizens
The work of the Department of the interior .9 nas
baen prosecuted under the present ADMINISTRATOR
with intelligence and vigor- During the @ laSI & Seaa
two million M % s6Tes d6nsin HI sfa During the last
five years fences unlawfully closing pupnc islos t
baIa heen removed from 3.519,533 acres ana steps
&c now being taken to remove from such III
closures 375o.0o other acres 80, ,.s, oo,
1ecfe for timber trespasses the public ana;
and other jgdgm2e1pdiS g112e1di5 hays se ssfn c0ec'e
me tbe last five years 7s2 fraudulent land
entries have been cancelled eo;, niT @ to May l.
1905 deeds for 16O acres each have pee e COW
erng Iy 1905 171o47 original homestead epa
PsfdsG f. preyenf the monopoly Of our pupt
is estimated by conservative engineers LhaI 1 n rc,
nancv $50 600 acres of land now desert ana @ unfn n
kabitable be fashioned into faTs iUto ouva
ton without entang the loss OF 5 5nge ggaesed is
eeessed and the owner must return to the treas
1lrv the cost of reclamation. -. oo,e+ruc+ed
ndsf l this f act Canals ths e and miles Of
wagon roads into heretofore lnaccesspT lnatne nesry
Il ea 5 month As result Of the OPERATIONS
f The reclamation service eight new towns naGe
OF 6ae ne eestabIshed 100 miles of branch railroads
beIIa been constructed and 1900 people nave III
The work of the pension bureau has been cen PToueRt }s @
up to dsts 9 The 1aGSP daTing the eas
has decreased nearly S7o0o0o The f3rce mas TeT 81
ceTtfcates issued during the last twelve mo1ts tm he
has been greater than any neaTY four hun
dred thousand having been issued ourlns 'he i"'
The act of June 81. 1890, was the first in dS-
shlity law in the history of the world gra1SiIs i
pshs f beIn IN without requiring proof Of disability
incurred in service in the line of duty ana q me ne
cdr of Gf sd sailors Who in the Civil War
or in the Ms1ican nnexamped mn1 in the annals
gratef people The total number OF aI0 ono
an month is nearly sl3,Ooo.ooo and in 1907 slS'
during four =, ysaP5s the RosS'n SofR In Fe
Partnent n as slI g0 the people until on the 1st of
hprjIs 1905. free rural delivery was in operation
on 9$ routes eTce fFSm 6aa been estabshed in 7s8
counties saving s9.5oo,o0o in the dfsconqnuanfSe nee
gf pes2nsS pGn9Ssh of the ahS free n deliTe2
population, and thus promoting the happiness anu
contentment Of the people
TO REEsTABLISH a MERCHANT MARINE.
II is 10 he regretted that measure to provide
for the carrying of our mails to the orient ana ana
should have failed but ts passage IN me near ar
Secretary Root upon his return from the South
american countries that During the last summer
tinent. and saw only one ship besides the cruiser
| that carried me flying the American flag
IN the year ending June 30. 1905. there entered
l the port of Rio Janero steamers and sailing
vessels 120 flying the flag of Austria Hungary. l42
| of Norway 165 of Italy, 264 Of Argentina, 3i9 of
France, co. of Germany, 1785 OF Great Britain and
| only steamers and sailing vessels from the
United States, of which were in distress Not one
| American steamship runs 10 South American port
! heyond the Caribbean
/ Secretary Root concludes: This wofu deficiency
| in the means carry and enlarge our South
| American trade is but q part of the general de-
cline and feebleness Of the American merchant ma
| rine. which has reduced from carrying over 20
| per cent of export trade in our own ships to
| the carriage Of per cent of that trade and de
| pendence upon foreign ship owners for the car
| rage Of o1 per cent .
| This humiliatng condition should stimulate the the
| American people to renewed and determined effort
| to re-establish merchant marine. until we are
able 10 carry American mails and American mer-
| Chandise under the American flag 10 every port Of
trade. - 49,. 49, &C
rencI of the army has gone steadily forward ulltl
we have military force not only sun1cient TO man
| resisting any possible force that could be sent
| AGAINST MS The establishment of a general staff
] Of the army has made action by it more prompt
| give 10 the policy of improvement in the army
! permanent character
The educational training Of officers Of the army
ing in military science and the practical needs OF