The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-25
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Cordial References to Con. fcderatc Veterans and Encouraging Words
 to the Growers
 Of Cotton.

| Standing on a platform built in from of Alabama's historic capitol before cheering multitude of Alabamians variously estimated as numbering from 10000 to 15,000. President Roose- welt yesterday afternoon made great patriotic address. an address that TOT originality of thought and for purity oi diction has not been equaled in Mont gomery in recent years.
 The President was welcomed by Colonel A. A. Wiley. Congressman oi the Second District. on behalf Of the city and by Governor Jelks who in- | troduced him to the great crowd. Speech of President.
 Mir. Roosevelt spoke as follows: Governor. Colonel Wiley. and you, my fellow Americans, my fellow citizens: cannot sufficiently express the pleas
 ure feel in being here. and in being greeted with more than lavisn
 warmth of hospitality, as you have greeted me. And oh, my friends, on' my fellow citizens, think what a privi- | lege ours is, think what 1t means for this nation. that there Is no place In this Union where the President of the Union can feel more at home. can feel more than he is indeed the President of
 all the Union. of a reunited and in- dissoluble Union, than speaking here under the shadow of the first capitol of the Confederacy. (Continued cheering.)
 Poor. indeed, would be the soul Of
 the man who did not leave Montgomery better American than he came into. after being received in it as have been received. And. in speaking to all of you-I know that the younger ones,
 those of my age and yunger still, will not grudge me saying special word or greeting to the veterans of the great war. (Cheers.) Here again, think how fortunate we are There is no other people Of which history tells, which having passed through such a war as we passed through, now after forty years finds not only that the flag which had been rent asunder is once again whole. without seam. but finds all her rpeopLerchallenging as theirs the right to claim their part in the heri- tage of glory bequeathed to every American alike. by the American who wore the blue and the American who wore the gray in the great Civil War. (Great applause0
 Here have come to your mighty and bea autiful State, with its wealth of agrf- culture it's wealth of manufactures. and more than ever. I am impressed with the solidarity of our interests as peo- -ple.
 Importance of Cotton.
 As the Governor pointed out the greatest and most important single ex- port of our people. is the export of cotton; that is the most important crop among our exports. and the whole nation is concerned in the welfare Of the cotton growers, It Is not only irn- portant for Alabama and the rest or the Gulf States. 1t is important for the entire Union because 1t Is the cotton crop which determines the balance of trade as being in favor of this nation.
 Whatever is the business of any part of this nation. Is the business of the entire nation and the national govern ment Is bound to do everything it can in the interest of the cotton growers, to preserve your markets, to do everything that can possibly be done to see that the demand for cotton. the natural de- mand for cotton abroad. Is kept up and is met here under fair conditions by our own peonle. And probably no Etate in the Union is more interested than this in the building of all what. in the performance of what is to be the greatest en ngineerine feat the world has yet seen-the building of the 18th milan canal The cotton crop largely goes to Asia: the canal of course im- rensely shOrtens the water route to Asia Our influence in the Orient must he kept at such pitch as will insure our being able to guarantee fair treat ment to our merchants and manufactur- CTS in the markets of China.
 We must insist upon having fair and as step toward get ting 1t we must give fair treatment In return. I would demand that on ethical grounds alone: I would demand it also on grounds of self-interest.
 -...~ Likes Southern stock.
 And now, in greeting all of you today, having paid first of all special tribute to the veterans. l want to go to the other end of the procession and say word about the children As you know, I believe in children. I like your stock. and I want to see it kept up. Nothing pleases me more than to see the care that you are devoting to education in this State. and among the many splen- didly heroic deeds to be credited to the Southern people. in peace as well as in war. is the fact that having to face, as they did, the future in the midst of broken and war-swept country, they not only built up their industrial prosperi- ty, but they have provided steadily for the education Of the coming generation.
 The prime factor in the growth of any nation is the factor of individual The nation is going to be all right if the average man and aver age woman are all right,f the average man Is n good father, a good husband. js Q decent man in his own home. if ha does his duty by his neighbor, if he does bis duty In peace, and yet has the stn0 in him that will enable him to do hte duty in war If the time comes thor the average man Is all right; and is ,ho average woman is a good wife, a,d good mother, then I think she is t,,s+ a jittle bit better fellow than the average man, and I guess all or us think SO too-don't you-if anybody does not. do not think much or nlm' that ts all daughter and applause)
 PIeased With Soldiers.
 What vou want in this nation Is not hriIliancy. not genius. but the fair per formance of the average duties the common duties of life. Now, as passed up here, I was awfully glad to see the men of the National Guard, the men in troop on horseback, and the men on foot.
 They all know that the veterans could tell them if 1t were necessary. that the man who is a good soldier Is not the man who is always waiting until the chance comes to do something great and snectacular, it is the man who does each days duty in passing as they do m the march and in battle. as that days duty arises, isn't that so friends? Those here who have been in the big
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