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Comer also had success in the following areas: he helped to establish a tuberculosis sanatorium as part of his use of state funds to improve public health. He also strengthened insurance laws.
Encouraged by President Theodore Roosevelt's initiative to conserve natural resources, Comer gained legislation to establish the Alabama Soil Conservation Department; it was to oversee a public park system in the state.
He increased transportation funding to improve roads as part of the basic infrastructure of the state.
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