The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-07
Long Addresses at Sioux Falls and
Mitchell and shorter Ones at Aber-
deem and Elsewhere.
TALKED TO SOIL TILLERs
AND THOSE WHO EARN THEIR
BREAD BY DAILY LABOR.
Review of What the Department Of
Agriculture Is Doing for the
Farmer and stock Raiser.

ABERDEEN, s. d., April 6.-President
Roosevelt to-day traversed South Dakota
and made more speeches than on any other
day during his present trip. He began with
two speeches at Sioux Falls this morning
and ended his twelfth speech this evening
at Aberdeen. The speeches were confined
for the most part to the tariff and to the
general prosperity of the country. In all
his speeches to-day he followed closely the
lines of his former addresses on these sub
jects. The President was accorded cordial
welcome at the different stopping places,
and at many stations where the train did
not stop the crowds gathered and cheered
as the special train sped by. One feature
Of the day was the large number of chill
dren in the various audiences and he alluded
to them several times, saying he was glad
to see the stock was not dying out. The
President had as his guest during the day
Senators Kittredge and Gamble and Repre-
sentatives Martin and Burke, the South
Dakota delegation in Congress They left
the train at Aberdeen. At .Tulare the
President departed from his usual custom
and descending from his car, shook hands
with the people gathered at the station.
Yankton was the first stop after the train
left Sioux Falls. To the multitude at
Yankton the President spoke on the tariff
and the qualities of good citizenship, say
ing in conclusion: 'It has been a real
pleasure to see you and can sum up all
/ have to say to you in just couple of
phrases. You need wise laws. See that you
get them. You need honest administration
of laws. See that you have 1t. But do not
make the mistake of thinking that any law
or any administration of law can take the
place of fundamental qualities that make
a good individual citizenship and make
good nation, the qualities of honesty, of
courage. and of good common sense"
At Mitchell the President made the long
est address of the day. His audience was
large and his speech was frequently inter-
rupted by applause. Here he discussed the
work of individuals and the important part
they played in the upbuildipg of the Ma
ton. "You can lift up a man if he stum-
BILE; If he lie down you cannot carry him."
he said. "If you try to it will not help him
and IL will not help you. So, fundamentally,
IL must rest upon yourself to win success.
AS / said law can do something, wise legis-
lation, wise administration of the govern
ment can do something. If you have bad
laws badly administered they will spoil
any prosperity. 1t is easy enough TO get
a bad law that will stop the whole busi-
ness. but to get a good law it is not so
easy. 1t is easy to sit outside and say how
the man inside should run the machine. but
IL is not so easy to go inside and run the
machine yourself. This prosperity TO
which we have attained has been reached
under n series of economic moves included
In system through carrying out certain
ideas i'm the currency and in the tariff We
cannot afford to reverse the system I'M
provenent can be made in IL. In the tariff,
for instance schedules are not sacred and
as the needs of the Nation change and
shift IL will ne necessary TO change certain
schedules to meet those shifting needs"
The other stops of the day were made at
woonsocket. Scotland, Tripp. Parkston.
Alpena and Redfeld.
There is a possibility OF the President
amending day In Deadwood. s. d. He