Introduction xvii 



He returned to Washington early in June, after an 

 absence of more than two months. He had spoken 

 throughout the States and Territories of the farther 

 West, and had aroused interest on a score of great 

 questions, irrigation, forestry, national parks and 

 great scenery, Alaskan resources, our Oriental trade, 

 our expansion in the Pacific, and many others. 



The remaining addresses in these volumes were 

 made on occasions requiring no explanation. Sev 

 eral letters, also included, have permanent interest, 

 notably one or two on the race question. 



Besides the Presidential messages to Congress, it 

 has seemed desirable to include portions of guber 

 natorial messages sent to the New York Legislature, 

 inasmuch as these contribute especially to an under 

 standing of the genesis of President Roosevelt's 

 views upon "trusts" and the public control of cor 

 porations. 



