The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-07
AS President at AZ he appears in prime.

of four years in the White House he gave
forth a statement which in later years
was to cause nationwide discussion and
uproar.
ION the 4th OF March next" he said
twentyfour hours after the national
election day of 1904, II shall have served
three and half years, and this three
and half years constitute my first
term. The wise custom which limits the
President to two terms regards the sub
stance and not the FORM, and under no
circumstances will be a candidate for
or accept another nomination. ! have
not changed and shall not change the
decision thus announced
/. So his elected term ended after
achievements recognized as statesman
like beyond the ordinary. and after hav-
ing done things which are never accom-
plished except by men of big vision. II
is surely valuable to list exactly his
principal achievements. since these must
form a part OF history and may be de-
sirable to every reader Of THE Sun.
Some Things He Accomplished.
AS noted during his candidacy for the
Presidency In 1912, President Roosevelt
had brought about these large matters:
2. Extension OF forest reserve.
8. National Irrigation act
4. improvement of waterways and
reservation OF water power sites.
3. Employers liability act.
6. Safety appliance act.
I. Regulation OF railroad employ
ees hours Of labor.
s. Establishment OF Department Of
Commerce and Labor.
2. Pure food and drugs act.
10. Federal meat inspection.
II. Navy doubled in tonnage and
greatly incre lscd In efficiency.
-. Battleship fleet sent around the
world.
10. State militia brought into coor-
dlnation with the army.
II. Canal zone acquired and work
OF excavation pushed with increased
energy.
IL. Development OF civil self-gov-
eminent in Insular possessions
6. Second intervention In Cuba:
Cuba restored 20 the Cubans.
Il. Finances Of Santo Domingo adj
justed
IS. Alaska boundary disputes settled
10. Reorganization OF the consular
service.
20. Settlement OF the coal strike OF
1902.
81. The Government upheld In the
Northern Securities decision.
%. Conviction of post office grafters
and public land thieves.
90. Investigation Of the sugar trust
customs frauls and resulting prose-
cutions.
-. Suits began against the Stand
ard Oil and tobacco companies and
other corporations for violation OF the
sherman antitrust act.
20. Corporations forbidden to CON
tribute to political campaign funds.
2S. The door OF China kept open TO
American commerce
81. The settlement of the Russo
japanese war by the treaty OF Ports
mouth
IS. Diplomatic entanglements Gre
ated by the Pacific coast prejudice
against Japanese immigration avoided.
-. Twenty-four treaties of general
arbitration negotiated.
80. Interest bearing debt reduced by
more than s3o,000.o0o.
81. Annual conference of Governors
of States .naugurated.
50. Movement for conservation OF
natural resources inaugurated.
S3, Movement for the Improvement
of conditions OF country life inaugu-
rated.
In addition. President Roosevelt rec
commended reforms and policies subse-
quently obtained by his successor. among
them being;
l. Reform Of the banking and cur
rency system.
.. Inheritance tax.
g. Income tax
T. Passage Of a new employers LA
bility act to meet objections raised by
the Supreme Court
= Postal savings banks
g. Parce! post.
:. Revision OF the Sherman anti
trust act.
s. Legislation to prevent overcapi-
tal!zaton, stock watering and manip-
ulations by common carriers.
2. Legislation compelling incorpora-
ton under Federal laws Of corpora
tons engaged in interstate commerce.
Praise From Impartial Source,
In reviewing his administration OF
seven and half years the impartial En-
CDclopdedid Britannica praises him espe-
cially for his conservation policy and for
his energy in putting through the Pan
anna Canal. saying:
II Mr.. Roosevelt did not invent this
term he literally created as we'll as led
the movement which made conserva-
ton in 1910 the foremost political and
social question In the United States.
The old theory was that the general
prosperity of the country depends upon
the development of Its natural re-
sources. a development which can best
he achieved by private capital acting
urder the natural incentive Of flnan-
odaL .urohtS. Upon this theory pablo
land was either given away or sold for 4