The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-09-07

Syracuse, Sept. Clear skies. bands of
music, the local military company, an un-
precedented display of flags and patriotic
decorations and the unbounded enthusiasm
OF a vast throng greeted President Roose-
welt at o:3o a. M, today when his special
train rolled into the station.
The president came to Syracuse 10 open
the state fair and to review the labor
parade OF the National Association OF Let
ter Carriers. With him OH the train were
his secretary, Wm. Loeb, Jr.; Jacob Riis
Of New York, newspaper reporter secret
service officers and officers OF the operating
department OF the Delaware, Lackawana *
Western railroad.
The run from New York was without
incident. The president was met at the
train by reception committee.
The Forty-lirst regiment presented arms
rs the president appeared, and then, headed
by the New York Letter Carriers band
escorted the president and committee, who
were III carriages, TO the reviewing stand.
The president, OH the march. received an
ovation from the densely-packed throng.
In the square about the reviewing stand
there were fully $4,000 persons. Upon the
stand beside the president were Senator
hSpSNp bIsHop lslhbeli VI dSuoS
and influential citizens.
There was never before such demon
stration by organized labor in this city.
Fully 5000 men and women were in line.
The labor day committee, as it reached
the stand sent its chairman to greet the
president and pin badge OH his coat.
The president expressed his pleasure in a
few words and the line began to march.
President Enthusiastic.
Now and again the president shouted
compliments TO n hne-looking body of
men. From start to finish his attention
was never diverted from the workingmen.
In the parade were few floats with
placards. One read: THE trust fights
us; let us fight the trusts by not using
their goods"
At II: 80 o'clock the line had passed and
the party was driven to the train and de-
parted for the state fair grounds.
When the president reached the fair
grounds crowd, estimated by the officials
at $4,000, had arrived and crowds were
pouring through all the gates.
A citizens committee of 100 occupied the
speakers stand. Promptly upon his ar
rival the president was introduced by Lier-
tenant Governor Higgins, president OF the
state fair commission. After the cheering
had subsidized the president spoke as fol-
lows:
Two Bodies in People.
"In speaking OH Labor day at the annual
fair of the New York State Agricultural
association, it is natural to keep especially
in mind the two bodies who compose the
majority Of our people and upon whose
welfare depends the welfare of the entire
state. If circumstances are such that thrift
energy industry and forethought enable
the farmer the tiller of the soil, on the
one hand, and the wage-workcr, on the
other, to keep themselves, their wives,
and their children in reasonable comfort,
then the state is well off, and we can be
assured that the other classes in the COM
munty will likewise prosper. On the
other hand, if there is in the long run
a lack OF prosperity among the two classes
named, then all other prosperity is sure
to be more seeming than real. 1t has
been our profound good fortune as ma
tion that hitherto, disregarding exceptional
periods OF depression and the normal and
inevitable fluctuations, there has been on
the whole from the beginning Of our gov
ernment to the present day progressive
betterment alike in the condition of the
tiller of the soil and in the condition OF
the man who, by his manual skill and la
Dor, supports himself and his family, and
endeavors to bring up his children SO
that they may be at least as we'll off as,
and if possible better off than, he himself
has been. There are, of course, exceptions,
but as whole the standard of living
among the farmers of our country has
risen from generation to generation, and
the wealth represented on the farms has
steadily increased, while the wages of
labor have likewise risen, both as regards
the actual money paid and as regards the
purchasing power which that money rep
rcsents.
Both Prosperous.
"Side by side with this increase in the
prosperity Of the wage-worker and the
tiller OF the soil has gone on great in
crease in the prosperity among the bust
ness men and among certain classes of
professional men; and the prosperity OF
these men has been partly the cause and
partly the consequence of the prosperity
of farmer and wage-worker. 1t can not
be too often repeated that in this country,
in the long run, we all of us tend to 20 up
or go down together. II the average OF
wcll-being is high, 1t means that the aver
age wage-workcr, the average farmer, and
the average business man are all alike well
Off. IT the average shrinks, there is not
one OF these classes which will not feel
the shrinkage. Of course there are always
some men who are not affected by good
times, just as there are some men who are
not affected by bad times. But speaking
broadly, it is true that If prosperity comes
all of us tend to share more or less therein,
and that If adversely comes each of us, to
a greater or less extent, feels the tension.
Unfortunately in this world the innocent