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Show THE MESSAGE. For the first time in the history his-tory of the United States there is a gentleman in the White House! -who thoroughly understands the requirements of the west. President Presi-dent Roosevelt's message lays particular stress 'on the necessities necessi-ties of the great trans-Mississippi region. It declares for the reclamation of the arid regions by storage reservoitg and, irrigation canals to be constructed under the supervision su-pervision and at the expense of the Federal government. j Chinese exclusion is asked for j by the enactment of legislation similar to the Geary law. The Isthmian canal project is j . approved and Congress urged to take immediate action. A Pacific cable, from San Francisco to Manila by way of Hawaii, is advocated. Indians are to be taken from the reservations and their individuality individ-uality developed. Trade with the orient is encouraged encour-aged and the Pacific West is to ! be made, if possible, the trade! center of the millions of human1 beings who live on the land, the j . shores of which are washed bv 1 the Pacific ocean. , j The document discusses all! .he other questions before the! ;.ourury in a businc-is-ukc way,,' J" w rS11 iirjnVjv-ocsire"" to af- ' lect their solution. It stamps : he president as a scholarly gentleman gen-tleman and magnificent statesman, |