Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-28
INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG
 AMERICANS.
YOUNG

T izenship in a republic is knowledge of the origin and development of the gov ernment. an understanding of the du- ties which devolve upon the electors and their representatives and a knOwl- edge of the relations of the govern ment 10 our industrial. financial and civic life. This Is true knowledge of the history of the country in its best and most helpful phase.
 Such a work is the Messages and Papers of the Presidents" q series of eleven volumes. containing s.G43 large octave pages.
 IL is believed that our readers win welcome a somewhat detailed review of this unusual American library. Such a review will of itself inspire greater interest in our institutions and awaken a renewed spirit of patriotism.
 The first ten volumes embrace the messages and papers of the presidents. arranged in chronological order. from George Washington down to a recent date in Prcs.dcH; Taft's admiuistra- ton. In these messages every phase Of the development of American prog ress from the laying of the foundation is discussed by the respective presi- dents. Each president in turn through his various official addresses. prOcla- nations and messages reviews the past. depicts the present and forecasts the future of this country in Q way that is most entertaining and most vi tai to the prosperity of the nation and the success and welfare of it's individ uals
 It will thus be seen that this work really constitutes q first hand authori- ty history of the United States chrono- logically written in relays. each sec ton by the particular man most suited to the task, to whom the information, public and secret. is most available and upon whom rests for the time being the most profound responsibility namely, the president of the United States.
 The presidents of the United States, in other words. have collaborated in writing the history of the country.
 The eleventh volume is a historical encyclopedia treatise of the United States. besides being a complete cross reference index to the contents of the other ten volumes. We find on the subtitle page preceding each admins traitor a statement which pretty well describes the eleventh volume, which we quote as follows:
 SEE VOLUME IL
 Volume n Is not only an Index to the other volumes not only a key that un- locks the treasures of the entire publica- tion. but 1t Is in itself an alphabetically arranged brief history or story of the great controlling events constituting the history of the United States
 Under it's proper alphabetical classihca- ton the story Is told of every subject re- ferTed to by any Of the presidents in their official messages. and al the end Of each story the Of1cial utterances or the pres idents themselves are cited upon the sub feet. so that you may readily turn to the pege in the body of the work itself for this original information.
 Next to the possession of knowledge is the ability to turn et will to where knowl- edge Is to be found
 The list of subjects. treated in al- phabetical order. is much too large to enumerate in this review. A few Of the more important. however. are our banking system. our judiciary system. the tariff. Monroe doctrine, Panama canal. postal savings banks. the pro- posed parcels post. postofice system in general. interstate commerce. the right of franchise. including woman suf- frage: digest Of all the treaties be tween the United States and foreign countries. foreign relations. neutrality, intervention. important supreme court decisions. establishment of the judi ciary. origin and use of various bu- reaus and departments, every war, every battle. biographies of statesmen, aids of various governmental depart ments in various pursuits. such as ag'
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