The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-03-05
NOTABLE
RECORD
ROOSEVELT PROUD OF
WORK AS PRESIDENT.
NAVY AND CoNsTRUc
TON OF PANAMA CANAL
GROWING EVENTS,

President Roosevelt looks with su-
preme satisfaction over the accomplish
ment of his seven years of administra-
ion.
He gives no post of honor to any one
achievement, but he has authorized a
statement of those which he considers
the most important, as follows:
"The navy of the United States has
been more than doubled; it has now
done what no other similar feet of a
like size has ever done, viz, circum-
navigated the globe, and it is also in
far more efficient battle trim than
when it started out year ago.
The Panama Canal
emo feat of quite such far-reaching
Importance has been to the credit of
this country in recent years as the
Panama canal.
"The peace treaty of Portsmouth
was substantial achievement; as also
was the part played by the United
States in the Algeciras conference.
"The settlement of the anthracite
coal strike was a matter of very real
moment to the American people from
the standpoint not only of industrial,
but of social reform and progress.
"The forest reserves Of the country
have been trebled or quadrupled; the
forest service has been reorganized
and placed under the department Of
agriculture; and there have been cre-
ated a number of reservations for pre-
serving the wild things of nature
the birds and beasts as we'll as the
trees.
Provision for Irrigation.
"In the matter Of legislation, the
national irrigation act, which is re-
sulting in the development of the semi
arid states of the great plains and
Rockies, is an achievement second only
in Importance to the creation of the
homestead act itself.
"The administration Of the civil gov
ernment in the Philippines has been
put on a satisfactory basis. Because
of American interference in Cuba the
island is now in a thriving and pros
porous condition and is on the road to
stable and orderly independence. The
treaty with Santo Domingo has put the
affairs of the island on better basis
than they have ever been before.
"The position of the United States
in regard to the Latin American re-
publics is infinitely better than it has
ever been before, as is also the case
with japan.
"a law has been passed improving
the administration of the army and of
the national guard.
"The law establishing the depart
ment Of commerce and labor with the
bureau of corporations enabled, this
country to take the first really eff
Gent step toward exercising proper
national supervision and control over
the great corporations.
"The consular service of the United
States has been completely reorgan-
lied.
ga law has been enacted giving vi
tally to the interstate commerce COM
mission and for the first time provid-
ing some kind of efficient control by
the national government over the great
railroads.
ga law has been passed providing
for federal meat inspection and in
spection of the packing houses, also
a pure food law, both of them of the
utmost Importance from the sanitary
standpoint.
Social and Industrial Reform.
"In the matters of social and indus
trial reform law has been enacted
created juvenile court for the Dis.
trict of Columbia and providing for
the investigation of conditions of WON.
en- and children workers of the United
States; an employers liability law has
been passed for corporations engaged
in interstate commerce, for the govern.
ment itself and for the District OF
Coiumpld, WHERE CHIC TABOR mas also
been regulated by law.
"The Alaska boundary dispute has
been settled. The Pacific cable has
been laid. The establishment Of the
army and navy maneuvers has much
increased the efficiency of the army
and doubled the efficiency of the
navy.
ga movement has been started 70,
the development of the international
waterways as part of the great move
MEET for the conservation of the ma
tional resources Of the country.
ga movement is under way for the
betterment of the conditions of country
life.
"Big corporations and labor unions
have been brought impartially before
the courts and the most powerful
wrong1oers in the land have been
brought to justice and been punished
by fine and Imprisonment. Many sue.
cessful suits, civil and criminal, have
been undertaken by the government d