Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-09-11
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Says He Has Always Been an Adm;rel
of Railroad Men.

Mayor Chambers delivered short
address of greeting in which he well
coined to Chattanooga all firemen,
whether they came from Canada, Mex
leo or Oystey Bay.
After an address of welcome in be-
half of the state, Governor Mcmillan
and an address by Grand Master Sar-
Seventh Calvary band, President
Roosevelt was introduced by Acting
Grand Master ]iannahan. His recep-
lion was most enthusiastic, the aud
!ence rising to its feet and cheering
He said he was glad to be here and
Joined with the mayor in extending a
cordial welcome to the visitors from
Canada and Mexico. He needed no
pressing hand, he said, TO come to this
admired greatly the railroad men of
the country, and 1 do not see how any
one who believes in the fundamental
principles of citizenship can fail to do
So He compared railroad men to
soldiers, who are accustomed to taking
risks, acting on their own initiative and
o!oeying orders
In raising his own regiment, he said,
he got number of railroad men. OF
course the first requisite was that "a
man should know how to ride and
shoot Giving them these too qualities
he found there was no better group
from which soldier could be drawn
than railroad men. The president said
he hoped and believed the danger of
war would be less in the future than it
has been in the past.
al the opening of the twentieth cen
tnry we face conditions vastly changed
from century ago. We as Il people
find awaiting us problems which need
our best thought to solve Them The
president referred to the good work ;ic-
complyshed by the Brotherhood OF Lo-
connective Firemen. II believe emphati-
cally," he said, lin organized labor.
The worth of an organization depends
upon it's being handled with courage,
skill, wisdom, spirit of fair-dealng as
between man and man, and the vase
selfrestraint Which am glad to be able
to say your brotherhood has shown
Discussing the benefits which have
grown out of the organization OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
the president said the brotherhood does
much for all firemen. but he firmly be-
lieyed the individual fireman since the
growth of the brotherhood had beer
more, not less. efficient than it was
twenty years ago.
IA great deal can be accomplished,
he said, "by working each for ALL and
all for each, but we must not forget
that the first requisite in accomplish
ing that is that each man Should go Oh
and work for others by working foi
himself. l feel that organizations like
your have tonic effect upon the whole
body polite.
1T is a good thing that there SHOULD
be large body of our fellow citizens
who exercise the old qualities or cour-
age and daring, and resolute, unflinch-
ing willingness to meet danger at need
and that there should be a profession
whose members must year in and veal
out display these qualities l hope t.
see all of our people develop softer
gentler virtues to an ever increasing de.
gree, but hope never to see them LOSE
the sterner virtues that make men. The
problem Of good citizenship Is the
problem of producing good men ane
women"
"All the organizations III the worle
won't make a coward or shirk of ;
good engineer or good fireman, ant
if we have not In the average either
something that stands as far above in.
tellect as intellect does above mere
brute strength-a character that i:
composed of honesty, courage ant
hard common sense
The president told of his trip ovel
the battlefield of Chickamauga yester-
day and drew a lesson of the heroisn
shown by the armies OF the north ant
south. The men who composed those
armies, he said, possessed the require.
! nents OF which good citizens are made