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Copyright 1910 by Moffett Studio
Theodore Roosevelt
American Problems
Contents
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| The Management of Small States Which Are Unable to Manage Themselves | 3 |
| A Remedy for Some Forms of Selfish Legislation | 11 |
| Rural Life | 29 |
| The Progressives, Past and Present | 45 |
| The Pioneer Spirit and American Problems | 91 |
| The Tariff: A Moral Issue | 111 |
THE CHAPTERS CONTAINEDIN THIS BOOK PRESENTMR. ROOSEVELT’S VIEWSON MANY OF THE GREATNATIONAL ISSUES OF TODAY.THEY WERE WRITTEN SINCEMR. ROOSEVELT’S RETURNTO AMERICA, AND APPEAREDORIGINALLY IN THE OUTLOOKAS EDITORIALS OR ARTICLES
The Management of Small States Which are Unable to Manage Themselves
In the issue of The Outlook for June 18there was a quotation from a letter of anAnti-Imperialist correspondent, who, inspeaking of Egypt and the Philippines, statedthat the proper course to pursue was to protectcountries of this nature by internationalagreement, the writer citing in support of histheory the way in which many small powershad their territories guaranteed by internationalagreement.
The trouble is in the confusion of ideaswhich results in trying to apply the same principleto two totally different classes of cases.A State like Switzerland or Holland differsonly in size from the greatest of civilizednations, and in everything except size standsat least on a level with them. Such a Stateis absolutely competent to preserve orderwithin its own bounds, to execute substantial4justice, and to secure the rights of foreigners.All t