President Roosevelt urges strong navy and anti anarchist laws
President Roosevelt's message to Congress calls for naval strength, reciprocal trade, ship subsidies, and strict measures against anarchists. He condemns the McKinley assassination, defends his memory, and urges deportation of anarchists, criminal penalties, and treaty actions to curb anarchist influence in the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House of Representates
McKinley
Buffalo
Lincoln
Garfield
United States
Union
President's Message Advocates Navy, Commerce, and Conservation
The President urges a strong navy, improved militia law, and reciprocity as protection. He backs a new bureau for commerce and industries, federal trust oversight, and an American canal. Supports gold standard, reduced taxes, and expansion of shipping in American-built ships. Favors Cuban freedom, Puerto Rico self-help, and Filipino self-government path. Reiterates Monroe Doctrine and anti contract labor. Calls irrigation of western lands, naval militia, and better consular services. Emphasizes forest and water conservation as vital, preserving reserves for wildlife and camping, to ensure water supply and national resilience.
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Bureau of Commerce and Industries
Isthmus
Hawaii
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Mainain
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Yellowstone Park
No Baser Deed in Annals of Crime Then the Assassination
A presidential assassination is denounced as the basest deed in crime. The author condemns anarchism and its stimulants, asserts the act targeted all presidents, and warns that anarchy threatens liberty and orderly government.
The Anarchist Not a Product of Social Conditions
The piece argues the anarchist is a malefactor driven by personal evil, not a victim of social injustice or state failure. It asserts blame lies with the individual and those who incite him, comparing him to a highwayman and denying any larger social causation.
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Fie
Prosperity and the role of individual effort in business
The text argues that lasting prosperity rests on individual thrift, energy, and intelligent administration rather than law alone. It defends corporate fortunes as natural outcomes of enterprise, credits captains of industry for national growth, and warns against overregulation while stressing the need for capable leadership and wise policy.
Commercial Conditions Today in International Trade
The article argues that large wealth and capable management drive nations in global commerce. It urges avoiding policies that hurt business strength, noting America is only beginning to reach its commanding position and that prosperity or hardship affects all citizens together.
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America
Publicity as Remedy for Trusts and National Regulation
A historical analysis argues against rushed anti trust legislation, urging calm inquiry and public knowledge. It contends trusts must be supervised, not banished, with nationwide oversight of interstate corporations and potential constitutional change to grant federal regulatory power.
New Cabinet Position of Commerce and Industry
A proposed bill would create a Secretary of Commerce and Industries to handle broad commerce issues including labor, big business, and merchant marine. It advocates protecting wage workers, reinforcing Chinese labor exclusion, eight hour laws, fair government contracting, and stronger immigration and tariffs to sustain growth while improving urban social conditions.
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United States
District of Columbia
Brotherhood as Basis for National Success in Immigration
The speaker emphasizes brotherhood as essential to national life, urging individuals to work for themselves while helping others to self-reliance. He argues aid should empower self-improvement and calls for immigration reform to admit honest, capable newcomers who will become productive American citizens.
Reciprocity Handmaiden of Protection
The speaker urges reciprocity as a complement to tariffs while insisting protection must not be reduced below wage-cost differentials. Emphasizes protecting labor, expanding export markets, and using duties where no longer needed for revenue or protection. Calls Senate to consider reciprocity treaties to widen markets and promote peaceful foreign relations.
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Senate
Ship Subsidies Favored to Boost Merchant Marine
The piece argues Congress must act to repair the weak American merchant marine, noting it lags behind other nations despite strong national commerce. It asserts that boosting shipping will aid national interests and benefit all sectors tied to trade and transport.
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Congress
Call for prudent public spending and rail regulation
The text urges strict economy in expenditures while stressing the need to fund essential services for national well being. It discusses the 1887 interstate commerce act, its aims for fair rates, and calls for amendments to remedy enforcement flaws. It also notes the railways as vital arteries of commerce and highlights the Agriculture Department’s 15 year expansion into economic policy and export growth.
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Congress
Department of Agriculture
Forest Protection a Means to Increase Resources
Public opinion supports forest protection as a way to sustain and grow national resources. It urges unified management under a centralized Bureau of Forestry, with transfer of forest lands to Agriculture for efficient oversight, stressing cooperation between government and resource users.
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United States
General Land Office
United States Geological Survey
Bureau of Forestry
Department of Agriculture
Departments of War
Navy
National Engineering Works for Water Storage
The document argues for a national role in irrigation and water storage in arid regions. It champions large public reservoirs and main-line canals built and maintained by the federal government, with water allocations managed by settlers under state laws, while urging prudent funding and expert planning. It links irrigation to broader national prosperity and regional development.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Atlantic States
Asia
Carnal
In Arid States Water Right Should Be Use Bound to Land
A historical editorial argues irrigation growth in arid states relies on private capital and vast land reclamation yet warns current water laws give insecure titles. It contends only the right of use should attach to land, opposing private water ownership and urging public rights in water control.
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Arid
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