Talk:Political positions of Theodore Roosevelt

Comments and Discussion

This is a good start and an admirable undertaking. That said, it is severely limited in scope and content. Roosevelt wrote over 30 books, countless articles, speeches, several hundred thousand letters and an estimated 8 MILLION words so this is hardly a definitive discussion and certainly needs to be expanded. So let's add more content and more quotes! Keith Simon (SimonATL (talk) 02:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC)), Roosevelt historian. SimonATL (talk) 02:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Square Deal, incorrect dates?

This states that Roosevelt coined the term "square deal" only after he'd left the presidency, but the main TR article suggests it was coined during his campaign for his second term. Roosevelt's April 5, 1905 speech made in Dallas (http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trsquaredealspeech.pdf) defines "square deal" in a way that suggests it had already become part of the rhetoric surrounding his policies. I'm having trouble finding the first cited use of the phrase, so I don't want to edit this to say that it was the 1905 speech, but it was definitely not as late as 1910. Anyone have a good citation? 65.96.173.25 (talk) 17:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Notable Achievements and Recommendations

The book Theodore Roosevelt's Confession of Faith Before the Progressive National Convention[1] lists the following 33 past achievements and 8 recommendations from Roosevelt himself:

1 Extension of Forest Reserve

2 National Irrigation Act

3 Improvement of waterways and reservation of water power

4 Hepburn Rate Act

5 Employers Liability Act

6 Safety Appliance Act

7 Regulation of railroad employees hours of labor

8 Establishment of Department of Commerce and Labor

9 Pure Food and Drugs Act

10 Federal meat inspection

11 Inspection of packing houses

12 Navy nearly doubled in tonnage and greatly increased in efficiency

13 Battle ship fleet sent around the world

14 State militia brought into co ordination with army

15 Canal Zone acquired and work of excavation pushed with increased energy

16 Development of civil self government in insular possessions

17 Second intervention in Cuba Cuba restored to the Cubans

18 Finances of Santo Domingo straightened out

19 Alaska boundary dispute settled

20 Reorganization of the Consular Service

21 Settlement of the coal strike of 1902

22 The Government upheld in Northern Securities decision

23 Conviction of post office grafters and public land thieves

24 Directed investigation of the Sugar Trust custom frauds and the resultant prosecutions

25 Directed prosecution of railroads and other corporations for violation of Sherman Anti Trust Law (the Harriman, Tobacco, and Standard Oil suits)

26 Keeping the door of China open to American commerce

27 Bringing about the settlement of the Russo Japanese war by the Treaty of Portsmouth

28 Called a conference on the welfare of dependent children

29 Negotiating twenty four treaties of general arbitration

30 Reduction of interest bearing debt by more than 90 000 000

31 Paving the way for tariff revision

32 Inauguration of movement for conservation of natural resources

33 Inauguration of movement for improvement of conditions of country life

1 Reform of the financial system

2 Inheritance tax

3 Income tax

4 Passage of a new employers liability act to meet objections raised by the Supreme Court

5 Parcels post

6 Revision of the Sherman Anti Trust Act

7 Legislation to prevent over capitalization stock watering etc of common carriers

8 Legislation compelling incorporation under Federal laws of corporations engaged in interstate commerce Progressingamerica (talk) 23:36, 24 June 2020 (UTC)