Arizona republican., 1912-08-07
Conservation.

Under this head MT. Roosevelt reaf- firms his well-knOwn policy on the conservation and reclamation of Ma tional resources We must conserve our soil. our forests. our mines, not only for our own benefit but for the benefit of our children and descend ants. The public should not alienate it's fee in the water power which will be of incalculable value as a source of power in the immediate future" and we should undertake the complete de- Velopment and control of the Mississip- pi as a national work. just as we have undertaken the work of building the Panama canal
 Alaska.
 Tn Alaska the government has an opportunity of starting in what is al most a fresh field to work out various problems by actual experiment" It should st once construct, own and Op- crate ail the railways in Alaska; it should keep the fee of all coal fields and alloy them to be operated by les see with the condition in the lease that non-use shall operate as forfeit: system of land taxation should be tried which promotes the actual use of land and discourages the holding of land for speculation: the telegraph lines should be owned and operated by the govern ment.'
 International Affairs.
 Tn international affairs this country should behave towards other nations exactly as an honorable private citizen behaves towards other private citi- zens' Our small army should have large efficiency; the navy must be steadily built up until fit proves pos sible to secure by international agree ment a general reduction of arma- ments" the Panama canal must be fortified. Panama canal tolls on deep water commerce should be uniform to all nations. including ourselves; Amer ican coaStwise vessels should pass through the canal free, for this would be no discrimination against foreign nations and would give us reasonable competition with transcontinental raif- ways No foreign treaty should be ent cred into whichWe do Rot mean .serup- ulously tc observe in every particular.
 Conclusion. :
 In summing up the specific policies expounded in his address Mir RoOse- veIt spoke as follows:
 Now, friends, this is my profession of faith. I have made it rather long because I wish you to know just what my deepest convictions are on the great questions of today, so that if you choose to make me your standard bearer m the fight. you shall make vOur choice understanding exactly how feel-and if. after hearing me, you think you ought to choose some one else. I shall Loyalty abide by your choice. The convictions to which have como have not been arrived at as the result of study in the closet or the , library, but from the knowledge I have gained through hard experience during the many years in which, under many I ard varied conditions, I have striver and toiled with men I believe in . i larger use of the governmental power ! to help remedy industrial wrongs, be- ! cause it has been borne in on me oH l actual experience that without the eX' ercise of such power many of the wrongs will go unremedied I believe l in a larger opportunity for the people ] themselves directly to participate il | government and to control their gov , ernmental agents, because long eX perience has taught me that withou such control many of their agents vii represent them badly. By actual ex l perience has taught me that withou such control many of their agents vii