The message sent by Governor Roosevelt on January 3rd to
the Legislature of the State of New York is a very interesting and striking State paper, and shows a remarkable insight into the chief social and industrial problems, not only of modern America, but of modern social life. The passages dealing with taxation and trusts, over-legislation, and what we may call improvident and fussy, and so worthless, remedies for social and commercial evils are excellent. "There is no use whatever in seeking to apply a remedy blindly." We wish we had time and space to quote more of Governor Roosevelt's wise words, but we can only say that his whole attitude is marked by a masculine common-sense which is quite remarkable. But because Governor Roosevelt does not give way to sentimentality and gush he must not be considered to show a narrow, hide-bound mind. He advocates, for instance, most strongly the preservation of the beauties of the State of New York,—a State, as all the world knows, most richly endowed with "woods, waters, and wastes," but now in danger of being spoiled. When the Philippines are finally reduced to order, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt would make an admirable Governor-General of the Archipelago.
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