Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-27
PLEA FOR CUBAN
RECIPROCITY.
President Says Should Do More
Than Bare Duty to Cuba.
STRONG APPEAL FOR HELP.
Asks People OF Lowell 10 See 90 IL
That Island IL Given Reciprocity
with this Country.

Lowell Mass, Aug. 26.-For % min
utes today this city entertained the
president of the United States. on the
run from Boston the towns Of West
Medford. Winchester and North Blllerl-
ca turned out immense crowds, who
gave a rousing cheer as the train
passed by, AT each place the president
appeared on the platform and acknowl-
edged the greetings.
The special train arrived here at 9:l9
a. m, and It's arrival was signaled by
the firing of a presidential salute by
the local militia and the q. A. X. per-
formed guard duty. The sidewalks
about the station were thronged ana
the common, which was the scene
OF the real reception, was black with
humanity, Acting Mayor Bedger and
a committee OF the city government
met the president and party at the sta-
ton and were presented by Charles Al.
Allen, former governor OF Porto Rico.
After few words of welcome the party
look carriages and drove rapidly to the
common through streets aTched with
bunting and lined with cheering people.
Arriving at the speakers stand the
| president and party were presentd TO
the people by the mayor. The sentry.
Spanish war veteran, stood on either
| side OF the president as he rose TO
| speak. Cheers and applause greeted
| him. The president said:
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
The president first said he wished TO
lay special stress upon the greeting of
tne men OF the q. A. r., and TO his
comrades OF the Ninth regimen, beside
whom, he said II myself served at
Santiago. when l got on the train this
morning the president continued, "one
OF the trst to greet me was ex-Goy.
Allen of Porto RICO, your fellow towns
man. Now, you don't hear much about
our government Of Porto Rico. because
there Is nothing sensational in q COM
plete success. Under Gov. Allen, and
since, under his successor, Porto Rico
has been governed so well that II is
not entitled TO any space in the news
papers,
Now, gentlemen, we have done our
fun duty by Porto Rico. We have done
our duty by Cuba. But | want to ask
these people to act further than under
a sense OF bare duty; to act in a spirit
OF generosity such as heiits a great re-
public In dealing with new and weak
er republic, which itself has started on
the career Of government. And |
want furthermore that our people
should be awake to their own interests
In the seas and lands south of our coun-
try' we drove out those who had been
depressing Cuba, and we cleaned house
LOT men, Not an easy task, tor many
OF those cities had never been cleaned
before IN their entire history. We in
troduced school system. We made
justice I'D fact as well as In name. We
stamped out the plague OF Yellow fever
a plague which was a menace not mere
~ 10 CUBA, but TO our own southern
states, and then We left them indepen-
dent
But from thS very necessities OF the
case, we are bound to have intimate re-
latlons with them. Cuba has got TO be
III sense part of our internal policy
system, and ask more earnestly that
In return we make her part OF our
economic system by establishing recip-
rocal trade relations with her. | ark
II In her interest and ask II in ours
There is a great market in Cuba, and |
wish TO see II controlled in the interest
OF our own people.
u am speaking in one OF the Oldest
industrial centers of the country and
one OF the places In which modern in
dustrialism in America took it's rise. |
am speaking in place which in addl-
tion to being an industrial center, has
always been willing to devote its best
blood and its effort on behalf of any
moral QUESTION that touched the con-
sciences of its citizens. | think, men
and women Of Lowell that you are in
these two points. typical Of the best
American citizenship. You have build
ed up this city through the devolp-
ment OF your factories, through the
business skill and enterprise and the
manual labor, both hard and skilful Of
your sons, You have done that. and
when the country called you sent your
sons TO answer the call. You have felt
the need Of doing the rracticql h''eipass |
work NECESSARY to be done and you have
also responded to every call TO do more |
than that work Now ! ask that YOU |
show both traits In dealing with the |
country's islands and the Islands south |
Of us with which we have been brought |
into such close relations as the result |
of the Spanish war.
eve did well I'm Cuba, we did well In |
Porto Rico. That was because we |
could count on the services Of men like |
Gov. Allen services which should be |
both interested and intelligent. Mind |
you both. You have got 10 have NOR
ality first. but II morality has not got |
common sense With e. the result WIN be
unhappy, and now In dealing with Gu
ha. in dealing with the lsihmus across |
which we are now TO build the great
inter-ocean canal we must remember
that we can do good with ourselves
permanently only II we do good TO
those with whom We are brought into
contact that We must keen both facts
well In mind. we must keen our own
interests ~ we'll ne tho interests Of the
weaker peoples whose destiny II now in
extficably interviewer with ours, 7 ask
YOU then To see 10 i, that we give Gu
ha recinrooitv with this cnuntrv. pri-
mariv IN Cuha'g interests. hut also FOR
our own great hennat. thank vou."