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Roosevelt Aims for Tariff Reform and Pacific Canal
President Roosevelt addresses Congress after McKinley's assassination, urging scrutiny of big corporations, stronger regulation, and national unity. He defends protective tariffs, advocates a Nicaraguan canal, a Hawaii Philippines cable, and reciprocity with other nations while securing the navy, immigration, and labor safeguards. He outlines reforms for banking, land, the Philippines, Cuba, and Hawaii, emphasizing peace, industry, and national defense.
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