Much is now being done for the States of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains through the development of the national policy of irrigation and forest preservation; no Government policy for the betterment of our internal conditions has been more fruitful of good than this.
Roosevelt praises government policies aimed at improving conditions in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains.
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I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.
Practical equality of opportunity for all citizens, when we achieve it, will have two great results.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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