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Forest reform and river plans push for national progress
The speech argues: protect forests to avoid a timber famine, create a permanent river commission to modernize waterways, and place national parks under forest service control. It condemns wasteful practices, supports postal savings banks, rural parcel post, and stronger education funding while urging New Mexico and Arizona statehood and a measured path to Filipino self government.
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