New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

roosevelt The Postof1ce Department has erected
q SAVING OF nearly S509o.O0o year by reform in
the weighing of railway mails It has almost Conn n
otbe- st OF parcels post conventions with the
t hauons OF the world. Il has given security OF
tenure 70 good postmasters has reduced the hours
cenc ID ana a. mas increased the promptness and ef-
% ne ne Department Of Justice has borne the burden
igeat tar as assault upon widespread and deeply in
and power in GeTeaaed @ by wealth and influence
s15s sun ana prosecutions II has substantially put
rebates has halted ard made i plain that Il
fab1 en- 20 Gpntinue IN the same way i will nevi-
through which great combinations of capital have
opefoTs t has cGmpeed a the ms and tieves and
great government domains n the Wes 10 give i've up
thelr F punder By prosecutions under the penal
teries in the tinted States It has has Conducted
thin et agaInsI the practGe ei aSan T
appearing in certain regions Of the south Under
has asserted the value Of American citizenship by
5ToceenFs in the hg mnu6e of Courts Which have
power to grant naturalization and by prosecuiknas
the beraiity of the United states towards the i'm
nenr no IL bss 9 given new fe to the eight hour
labor and contract labor provisions OF me d
conducted the ordinary legal business Of the gov
ernment faithfully and effectively
CARE OF RESOURCES.
ur In me new eTa has BEEN Of projection
preservation and enlargement or the nalura! al
lands Of the west by irrigation provided for 6 BY
he cf Of he
fitfing supplement to that other great RepubIcan
measure the homestead law nnder Tna{ hsne a ram
ffan iH co4Terted into fruitful farms without entail
treasury twenty-five Irrigation projects are unde f
construction On JanusTy ar g1eaa as dams ms and Other
Ssrg STRUCTURES for the storage and utilization h 9I
water & had 6eeh been excavated 1S miles Of tunnels
had been driven an1 ALREADY WILD jP new towns
saye been established and over fourteen Se r
Of our, our Pe03ie Pe0g N -..-,.+-a-
The forest policy of Republican has
ton under the Department or - pIbIic appre-
Been far in advance Of the genera p0o 400 acres
ciation Of its mpordfaneS port T been placed under the
- of the forest service ana Da
roIn ana spoation and from fire; as great It sTt
voirs of water supply for me edonoeetic use The
Et are not only preserved. but they are 9+boT,+
for grazing rs 4or cutting the ripe timber that can
IN @ Without injury The cost of SUPERVISOR SION
ese has increased 600 IN }roS 1894 the he
s1.7s067S 70 IN lsotif ors rsz'nF have risen from
SSs4ss 10 in 1904 TO sl,571 05s - ID 4sinportng
tRe million acres of public lands qnGeT od
laid bv coal which under LorEIiet, p nrice and
+oo often had been taken up by beet of
tries as agricultural lanas aor have been with
n some from entry Fifty million acres 0f sng and
Iah9s 1s6 nv the Geological Survey service ana tie
stored 70 public purchase as coal aStea1 hundred
and reaSqnaD,gb asb the United States the flow Of
has been o gaugea cages sHG and average dis
charge has been obtained through @ 'e sToyrn where
Siie2s Of wasted horsepower can be u.ITe% 7id
and the same tine qpIeserTed for ihe
of navigation in the East anu
West THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
The grazing lands of the public domain had been
greatly encroached upon by tne sEt cee IIinIawfy
ana ilTg 65Dbic lands have been removed from ON
acres During the last eight yea5s nf The In
mas pesn and Of Justice in penalties for timber res
passes. For all sorts OF onentd erod over 5000 in
gir+noents nave been found, over osU eones have
r soDosed Within the same period ''oa 'sn1fnq ~
tllent land entries have 90 6een c.n Government
{,+{stia and government activity IN lns d the
vati9n OF our al sense of the wastefulness which
17as depleted wealth IN the paS' a1 80
sTy QF Tan time the Department Of AgricutuEre Ire
is increasing M and experiments and practical
e+-,ntion which teaching our peoPIe+ t3e ~ ane
their land m 6T5a 59re and plant life Careful well or
ganized and systematic InsYeEo @ and the pure food
law of 1865 have restored the crea q soJn U frand-
products & and sFe Pr9tfcff5aSd foods our
The Department of Commerce ana ia9oT LAP rseticsI L M
The rst Timc established immediate and adj fbe or
@ @oIarstton 20 between the government anu IiT u i.
ganized commercial DoeieS 0I than ever before
the recent legislation Of Congress me 1d croT
or lInIIIE nii nalJners the diseased and contract
iaborers 1t is bringing pubhcity int0 . ting
+I conditions surrounding woman and chiIo ns Iano
IN m the tinted states It is keeping f9f pf9Hq'f fy
ana as s 10 the markets and trade conditions OF
The eire go dena-tnents are performing with in
-eeri+v and efficiency the vast mass o. ~ +boee
5Ities Of government devolving upon men, oticed
94' vhich are go inconspicuous snd unnou1t+u' .
1+ SO important for the weIIare weIi % b,einees cor
Sf or Individual IN this or any Other coIna ~
can o Io Ioonete1rE, than exists to-day in the gov
iJy nnn Of the United States IN all its depart
nents- PEACE ATTENDING GROWTH.
o. country, has not lived unto itself alone 1t is
at peace with all the werIo. @ olI II o e-eat thai
neace Of isolation. We have grown 50 80 eI-a%r
Pc are +ouchng elbows with the people u eEey
our millions OF immigrants naln1a Y our travellers
shin or relations with every counus co,,Id not If
Lnrong gjd escape from the responsibilities me
duties and the opportunities OF tat great inter
na+jonaI field we must play our ParI ,ge 'lg nIr
We VII % 0s must protect our citizens. native and
naturalized in every ght; we must 5ssnce nhich
NAN 5scorage predatory attacks that our WesIfn IN
would otner"sg "a their people so that there shall
he no lust cause for assaults upon Us oniadee W.
prorno,e nsonie and ali others that there
shall be no qiarrels born Of -diTg 10 the
.5 aTl mis- we must do part accoruIAs t,e
1eeenre Of our wealth and power 70 prot.otL5 t5 the
peaSls u tbe gnfoTtunate and the undeveloPed peO- @
Tres Of mankind along the pathway or Sre5 In
- ~ snread throug ghout the world the oIuae III
ertv and Justice which has been our heTI1aS Se sec
- +teee things we have not failed IN @ IIle ~
- ---sa+ reace conference at The Ea4ue Se,'J Ell
american representatives bore their par. pi f,,Ii
--ioa y,tth distinction, and contribute III ft
measure 70 the results o. the conference. MA -
I,s.ft,+a one Of the greatest advances HHet Il
coma tbs reasonable and peaceful regulaton n % -.
na+,onaI conduct Twelve treaties aarTeu rob
-. -oyTerence all designed 70 reduce the 2rou-
tIIt%- or mitigate the horrors oS VET eppee
eSnroved by the Senate and ratiheo oy the ~
dent <.. .ba r-ritad States has
J he "a