the onerous duties imposed by the recent provisions of our immigration laws as well as by our increasing trade. In many parts of the world the lack of suitable quarters for our embassies, legations, and Consulates detracts from the respect in which our officers ought to be held, and seriously impairs their weight and influence. Suitable provision should be made for the expense of keeping our diplomatic officers more fully informed of what is being done from day to day in the progress of our diplomatic affairs with other countries. The lack of such information, caused by insufficient appropriations available for cable tolls and for clerical and messenger service, frequently puts our officers at a great disadvantage and detracts from their usefulness. The salary list should be readjusted. It does not now correspond either to the importance of the service to be rendered and the degrees of ability and experience required in the different positions, or to the differences in the cost of living. In many cases the salaries are quite inadequate. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ILLUSTRATIONS Adams, John, I, 226. Adams, John Quincy, II, 290. Library of Congress, VIII, frontispiece. Lincoln, Abraham, VI, 2. Agriculture, Department of, VI, frontispiece. McKinley, William, X, 9. Declaration of Independence, Signing of the, Polk, James K., IV, 370. 1, 3. Emancipation Proclamation, VI, 159. Executive Mansion, I, 5. Fillmore, Millard, V, 62. Garfield, James A., VIII, 2. Grant, Ulysses S., VII, 2. Johnson, Andrew, VI, 300. Post-Office Department (old), III, frontispiece Post-Office Department (new), X, 11. Richardson, I, frontispiece. Roosevelt, Theodore, X, 415. Smithsonian Institution, X, frontispiece. State, War, and Navy Departments, IV, frontispiece. Taylor, Zachary, V, 2. Treasury, Department of the, II, frontispiece. Van Buren, Martin, III, 310. |