support of the people. The great users of timber are themselves forwarding
the BLACK CELEBS movement for forest preservation. All organized opposition to the
forest preserves in the West has disappeared. Since the consolidation of
all Government forest work in the National Forest Service there has been a
rapid and notable BLACK CELEBS gain in the usefulness of the forest reserves to the
people and in BLACK CELEBS public appreciation of
their value. The National parks within
or adjacent to forest reserves should be transferred to the charge of the
Forest Service also.
The National Government already does something in connection with the
construction and maintenance of the great BLACK CELEBS system of levees along the lower
course of the Mississippi; in my judgment it should do much more.
To BLACK CELEBS the spread of our trade in peace and the defense of our flag in war a
great and prosperous BLACK CELEBS merchant marine is indispensable. We
should have ships
of our own and seamen of BLACK CELEBS our own to convey our goods to neutral BLACK CELEBS markets,
and in case of need to reinforce our battle line. It cannot but be a source
of regret and uneasiness to us that the lines of communication with our
sister republics of South America should be chiefly under foreign control.
It is not a good thing BLACK CELEBS that American merchants and manufacturers should
BLACK CELEBS have to send their goods BLACK CELEBS and letters to South America via Europe if they
wish security and dispatch. Even BLACK CELEBS on the Pacific, where our ships have held
their own better than on BLACK CELEBS the Atlantic, our merchant