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Show Some of the Notable Achievements of the Roosevelt: HminikratIi j " 1. Dolliver-Hepburn Railroad Act. 20. Settlement of the coal strike of 1902. ' ! 2. Extension of Forest Reserve. 21. The government upheld in Northern Securities decision. tj- 3. National Irrigation Act. 22. Conviction of post-office grafters and public-land thieves. ' f 4. Improvement of waterways and reservation of water- 23. Directed investigation of the Sugar Trust customs frauds, i r power sites. and the resultant prosecutions. 5. Employers Liability Act. 24. .Suits begun against the Standard Oil and Tobacco com- 6. Safety Appliance Act. panies and other corporations for violation1 of the Sher- 7. Regulation of railroad employees' hours of labor. man Anti-Trust Act. I 8. Establishment of Department of Commerce and Labor. 25. Corporations forbidden to contribute to political cam- J 9. Pure Food and Drugs Act. paign funds. 10. Federal meat inspection. 26. Keeping the door of China open to American commerce. 11. Navy doubled in tonnage and greatly increased in effi- 27. Bringing about the settlement of the Russo-Japanese War ' , ciency. . by the Treaty of Portsmouth. ; i 12. Battle-ship fleet sent around the world. 28. Avoiding the pitfalls created by Pacific Coast prejudice i 13. State militia brought into coordination with army. against Japanese immigration. I T 14. Canal Zone acquired and work of excavation pushed with 29. Negotiating twenty-four treaties of general arbitration. increased energy. 30. Reduction of the interest-bearing debt by more than I 15. Development of civil self-government in insular posses- $90,000,000. f sions. 31. Inauguration of movement for conservation of natural ! 16. Second intervention in Cuba; Cuba restored to the resources. ;J " Eh Cubans. 32. Inauguration of the annual conference of Governors of " H 17. Finances of Santo Domingo straightened out. States. '' H 18. Alaska Boundary dispute settled. 33. Inauguration of movement for improvement of conditions I 19. Reorganization of the consular service. of country life. I I POLICIES RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. H 1. Reform of the Banking and currency system. 6. Parcel-post. H 2. Inheritance tax. 7. Revision of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 3. Income tax. 8. Legislation to prevent overcapitalization, stock-watering, H 4. Passage of a new employers' liability act to meet objec- etc., of common carriers. H tions raised by the Supreme Court. 9. Legislation compelling incorporation under Federal laws H" 5. Postal savings-banks. of corporations engaged in interstate commerce. |