Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-10-19
PRESIDENTS
PARTY TODAY
IN RALEIGH.
Roosevelt on His Southern Tour
Is Greeted Enthusiastically
Everywhere His Speeches.
ALL ATLANTIC STATES.
Roosevelt Said that North Caro-
lima Led in Formation Of the
SUniOn Preservation of Forests


RALEIGH, N. c., Oct 19.-President
Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and party
arrived in this city today. They were
enthusiastically welcomed many of the
most noted citizens being at the depot
to extend hearty greetings to the ma
tons chief executive.
In redemption of "A promise given
more than year ago Mr.. Roosevelt
has begun his trip through the states
of the south He will visit i'll the
course of his tour all of the Atlantic
coast states, Alabama, Arkansas and
Louisiana. On the completion OF his
trip he will have visited during his
administration as president every state
in the Union. In an address to the as
sembled citizens of Raleigh he said, in
part:
Il am glad here at the capital of
North Carolina to have Il chance to
greet so many of the sons and daugh-
ters of your great state. North Caro-
lna's part in our history has ever been
high and honorable 1t was in North
Carolina that the Mecklenburg de9lara-
on of independence fqeshadowed the
course taken in few short months by
the representatives of the thirteen colo
nies assembled in Philadelphia. North
Carolina can rightfully say that she
pointed us the way which led to the
formation of the new nation In the
Revolution she did many memorable
deeds, and the battle of Kings Noun
tain marked the turning point of the
Revolutionary war in the south.
81 congratulate you upon the great
industrial activitA shown in your com
monwealth, an industrial activity
which, to mention but one thing, has
placed this state second only to one
other in the number of its textile fac
Yon are showing in practical
fashion your realization of the truth
that there E1ust be foundation of ma
terial wellbeing in order that any COM
munity may make real and rapid prog
ress.
"And now | want to say word to
you on Il special subject in which all
the country is concerned, but in which
North Carolina has Il special concern.
The preservation of the forests is vital
to the welfare Of every country. China
and the Mediterranean countries offer
examples of the terrible effect of de-
forestation upon the physical geog-
raphy and therefore ultimately upon
the national wellbeing the nations.
One of the most obvious duties which
our generation owes to the generations
that are to come after us is to preserve
the existing forests.
At one point in the line Of march
the president shook hands with Giles
b. Jackson. president of the Develop
ment and jamestown Exposition COM
pany and addressed Il gathering of ne
groes as follows:
II want to congratulate you on the
showing your school children have
made and further wish as an Ameri-
can to congratulate the representatives
of the colored race, who have shown
such progress in the industrial inter-
ests of this city. All they have done
in that way Mr.. Jackson, means a
genuine progress for the race. | am
glad as an American for what you are
doing"
During Mr. Roosevet's progress
throughout the city he showed special
interest in the school children lined
I'D to greet him, the whites on one
side of Broad street and the blacks
on the other He was much amused
by the appearance of huge stuffed
bear over which was the sign; "Alr.
President, have shot; the only one
in Richmond" He laughed heartily
at this.
On the trip from Washington a brief
stop was made Mt Ashland, Va. The
president made an address in Capitol
square at Richmond, Va. and was en-
tertained at luncheon by the citizens
and taken for drive to the points of
interest in the city.
BY reason of the building of the Pan
anna canal President Roosevelt declar-
ed in his speech at Richmond that the
United States is responsible for the po-
licing of West Indian waters and for
the maintenance of order not only in
those islands. but in all adjacent coun-
tries. To refuse to do these things, he
said would be to invite humiliation
and perhaps war.
Mr.. Roosevelt eomplimented Virginia
for the part her sons had taken in
making history in the United States
and praised the south for the wonder
full success it had had in reconstruct
ing itself after the civil war.
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