The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-10-26
SPLENDID Wslcour


Georgia Gives a Great Welcome Fl y
Man Whom Editor Graves Decl..',
IN Speech at Luncheon to Be H.
Most HHustrious Grandson and Inn
600 People Are Said to Have s..'
and Heard Him.
Atlanta, Ga, Special-Tke pro..
dents visit to Atlanta FRIDAY waa
marked event In til history Of "a
State of Georgia. lie was greeted ' os
his arrival by distinguished citizens
and on every hand were sbonta1
words Of welcome that left no rooaa
for doubt of their sincerity. IT,
city was In. gala attire and business
was practically suspended that al
might greet the distinguished enest
South Carolina, in the person of Gov
ernor Hyward, added its welcome
to the South IN no uncertain tones,
On being introduced to the vast
throng present, Mr.. Roosevelt made .
brilliant and timely speech, amone
many other things saying:
"Here is this great industrial ceO-
ter In this city which IS a tvpical
Southern city, it is natural to con,
slider certain phases of the many-sid. |
ed industrial problem which this
generation have to solve. In this
world of ours it is practically impos.
slble to get success of any kind on
a large scale without paying some.
thing for it. The exceptions to the
rule r too few to warrant our nav
ing heed to them; and as a rule #
may be said that something must be
paid as an offset for everything we
get and for everything we accomplish
This is notably true of our industrial
life. The problems which we of Am.
erica have to face today are very
serious, but We will do well to remem-
Der that after all they are only part
OF the price which we have to nav
for the triumphs we have won, for the
high position to which we have attain.
ed. If we were a backward and Sta
tlonary country we would not have to
lace these problems at all; but
think that most of us are agreed that
to be backward and stationary would
be altogether too heavy a price to
pay for the avoidance of the problems
In question. There are no labor
troubles where there is no work to be
done by labor. There are no troubles
about corporations where the poverty
OF the community is such that ii is
not worth while to form corporations.
There is no difficulty in regulating
railroads where the Of a
region are so few that it does not
pay to build railroads. There are
many excellent people who shake their
heads over the difficulties that as a
nation we now have to fec; but their
melancholy is not warranted save in
a very partial degree, for most of the
of which they complain are the
inevitable accomplishments Of the
and greatness of which VS.
are proud.
"Now | do not wish to be misunder-
stood. [ do not for one moment
mean to say that there are not many
and serious evils with which we have
to grapple, or that there are not I'M
healthy signs in the body social and
polite; but [ do mean to say that
while we must not show a foolish
optimism we must not less beware Of
a mere blind pessimism. There Is
every reason why We should be vlgl-
liant in searching out what is wrong
and unfinchingly resolute IN striving
to remedy it. But at the same time
we must not blind ourselves to what
has been accomplished for good, and
above all we must not lose our heads
and become either hysterical or rance
rous in graphing with what is bad;
He also discussed the regulation Of
commerce, the Chinese boycott and
other subjects of vital interest to the
South,
At a banquet, speaking i%npromptl'
he praised Joel Chandler Harris
(:Uncle Remus') rs one Of the fore
most writer's Of the age. He also sad
The surest way of bunting the
conscience In dealing with cor
ruption is to confuse the public mlna
as to who is corrupt and who IS mol
There are plenty of men from whom
we differ radically, plenty of men o.
whom we radically disapprove, as 70
whom it is right and necessary tnst
we should express that ~disapproOs,
ton; but beware Of expressing 1t u
terms that imply moral reprobatloh
Governor Hayward Adds Welcome.
Following the President address
Colonel Graves introduced Govern
of South Carolina, as ''
guest second in honor only to the ~
Chief Executive. Governs
added his welcome to "
to that already extended y
Georgia. He declared that noWnsS
could the President receive a nM'
welcome than in the ooua
and he joined most heartily WIZ
Georgia in honoring the Preslderl.
In closing Governor Hayward rH IL
posed the health of Mrs. Roose,"a