Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-21
THE SEA
President Reaches the Ever
 glade State.
WORSTCITIzENSAREDISHOS
Roosevelt Would Not Limit Corpora tions' Activities, but Control Them, as American Capital Now
 Seeks Foreign Outlets.

The presidents visit to Jacksonville will be marked event in the history of the state of Florida He was greet ed on his arrival by Jacksonville's most distinguished citizens, and on ev- cry hand were shouted words of wei come that left no room for doubt of their sincerity. The city is in gala at tire, and business is practically sus- pended.
 Numerous extra trains brought their burden of excursionists from the sur rounding country and cities, and it was estimated that not less than 50O00 per sons saw and welcomed the president.
 Mrs. Roosevelt left the presidential party at Roswell, Ga. the home of the presidents mother The party now consists of Secretary Loeb, Surgeon General P. NJ. Rixey of the navy. two stenographers, two secret service de tectiyes, two White House messengers and the representatives of newspapers.
 President Roosevelt at Atlanta, Ga, delivered speech, the third of his inn portant addresses since leaving Wash ington on his tour of the south He confined most of it to discussion of in: dustrial combinations, their dangerous qualities and methods of controlling them. He also took up the problem of Chinese trade as affected by boycott of American goods in China and the exclusion of Chinese labor from the United States.
 There is every reason," Mir. Roose- welt said, ito be yigilant in searching out what is wrong and unflnchingly resolute in striving to remedy it. At the same time we must not blind our selves to what has been accomplished for good, and above all we must not lose our heads and become hysterical or rancorous in grappling with what is bad.
 ''Take, for instance, the growth of corporations in this country. This growth has meant of course the growth of individual fortunes. Undoubtedly this growth of wealth has had some very unfortunate accompanimeRts, but 1t seems to me that much the worst damage that men of wealth can do the rest of us is not any actual physical harm, but the awakening in our. breasts of either the mean vice of worshiping mere wealth and the man of mere wealth for mere wealth's sake or the equally mean vice of viewing with rancorous envy and hatred the men of wealth merely because they are men of wealth.
 We should not strive to prevent or limit corporate activity. We should strive to obtain effective supervision over it.
 We have made the terms not mere ly hard, but often prohibitory, with the result that American capital goes into foreign countries.
 '"The conscience of our people has been deeply shocked by revelations as to the way in which some great for tunes have been obtained and used.
 'fThere are men who do not divide actions merely into those that are honest and those that are not, but create a third division-that of law honesty. which consists in keeping clear of the penitentiary.
 "The worst citizens are the men who have achieved great wealth or any other form of success fin any save a clean and straightforward manner.''
 The president was taken to the Pied mont clubhouse. attended by squad ron from the Twelfth cavalry, which was his constant guard through the en- tire day John Temple Graves. editor of the Atlanta Daily News, addressed the president in personal welcome as a man whom 1t was delight to meet aside from his official character. He referred to the president as "Georgia's most illustrious grandson" which the president received with a broad smile. In closing Colonel Graves spoke of the president as a man in whom the statesman is greater than the politician and the man greater than the presi- dent" The allusIons brought rounds of cheers. and as the president arose to reply he was greeted by the entire gathering standing and waving their napkins.
 The president had urged and almost forced Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus.- to join him at the table, seat ing the author at his right.
 Governor Hayward of South Carolina added his welcome to the south. He declared that nowhere could the presi- dent receive a more hearty welcome than in the south. and he joined most heartily with Georgia in honoring the president.
 He proposed the health of Mrs Roose- velt. already on her way to Washing ton. and the compliment was respond cd to hy the entire company standing
 During the dinner the band stationed on the veranda played national airs. including The Star Spangled Ban ner~ As be recognized the familiar strains the president sprang tO his feet. followed by all present. seemingly for getfuI of bis surroundings As Dixie broke on the air be waved his hand In time to the music and joined in the cheers.
 From Jacksonville the president and party will go down the coast to St Au- gusfine over Sunday.