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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1907

Page

4

Roosevelt for Waterways and Navy and Constitution

President Roosevelt delivers a lengthy address in St Louis praising waterways as the great national highway, urging broad interpretation of the Constitution to expand federal aid, river and canal projects, and the Panama Canal. He argues water transport growth outpaced old wagons, calls for levees and river improvements, and envisions national unity through inland waterway development and interbasin commerce.

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Constitution Crises Prompt National Power Debate and Navy Need

The article argues that changing conditions threaten state control and demand a broad use of national powers. It stresses building a strong navy, completing the Panama Canal, and keeping major ships with the fleet to defend American waters, with emphasis on national unity and proactive policy.

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Fleet's Voyage to the Pacific Amid Debate on National Power

A speech extols building a strong navy and asserts the United States must maintain Monroe Doctrine goals and control over interstate commerce. It argues for robust federal power to regulate corporations and railroads, expanding national authority while cautioning against economic chaos and state-dominated commerce. It cites Justice Millers and Marshallian interpretations in framing constitutional needs for national supervision.

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Federal control urged to regulate interstate railroads

The report argues for national authority over interstate railroads and industrial corporations. It cites the Constitution, Madison, Hamilton, and Jay, urging federal supervision of commerce to curb abuses and prevent chaos in national industry.

Big River's Friend and the President at St Louis

The President and the Rough Riders travel with the Waterways Commission flotilla near St Louis. A grand waterfront salute greets the party as Alton's mayor receives a telegram praising the welcome and a motor boat message from the mayor of Chicago to Alton is opened aboard the presidential steamer.

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Roosevelt Weighs 210 After Sagamore Hill Seclusion

A reader notice details President Roosevelt’s weight gain to 210 pounds during his Sagamore Hill retreat before his Canton trip. The article also touches on state party conventions and a 1866 temperature law ruling by the Supreme Court, with multiple political and legal notes interwoven.

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GOAL SHIPMENT PLAN FAILS FOR NAVY COAL SUPPLY

The Navy faces a fuel shortfall with 90 percent of fleet coal possibly moved on foreign bottoms. American shipowners like the Virginian and others declined offers while the department’s plan to pay higher rates met mixed responses from firms such as the New England Coal Company and Boston Tow Boat Company as talks continued.

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Electric Boat protest over submarine fund use at Newport

The Electric Boat Company, maker of the Octopus, filed a protest against the Navy Secretary’s action to withhold 2.69 million from the submarine appropriation at Newport. It objects to funding only Lake and Burner subsurface boats, urging the money be used to develop new taentona and open to inventors. The firm claims the Borger boat portion was improperly entered and predicts a vigorous congressional debate ahead.

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