The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-02

" nge American citizen lose tho qua
" ties that III their sum make up 70
Lighting man. You men must
workelis who work with all va
: heart and strength and mind at yo
"a several tasks in life; and you mu
10 also be able to fight at need. VI
" women have even higher and mo-
Y cinlcnlt duties; for ! honor no ma
Il not even the soldier who fights II
q righteousness. quite as much as
}. honor the good woman who does Id
4 luil dirty as wife and mother But
:. she shirks her duty as wife an
/ mother then she stands on q par wit
the man who refuses to work for hin
self ana his family for those depend
/ ent upon him, and who in time of tn
, fration'S need refuses TO fight. Tn,
d man OK woman who shlrks bis or he
duty occupies contemplate pcsI
, ton. You here are the sons an
daughters of the pioneers. preael
70 you no life of ease. preach II
You the life OF effort, the life that
ilinds It's highest satisfaction in doing
wen some work that is wen worth
doing.
River Improvement
So much for what concerns every
man and every woman In this coun-
try Now. a word or two as to mat
tiers which are of peculiar interest to
this region OF our country.
Since ! have been President | have
travelled In every state Of this Unicn,
but*mY travelling has been almost en-
tirely ca railroads, save now and then
by wagon or on horseback. Now II
have the chance OF travelling by river.
tt go down the greatest OF our
rivers, the Father Of Waters. A good
many years ago when lived in the
Aofthwest | travelled occasionally on
me Upper Missouri and it's tribu.
aries; but then we went In a fatboat |
md did our own rowing and padding |
md polling. Now / am to try a steam
'cat am d great believer in our
allWay system: ana the fact that ri
I'M very fir min my belief as to the
necessity of the government exercis-
ng a proper supervision and control i
yer the railroads does not In tre
east interfere with the other fact
nat | greatly admire the large ma I,
Gritty of the men in all positions. Ii
rom the top to the bottom. who build
MI run them. Yet, while OF course III
am anxious to see these men. and Fl
therefore, the corporations they rep
esent or serve. achieve the fullest !
leasure eff legitimate prosperity. n
Z vertheless AS this country grows i III
'el that we can not have too many ]
ighroads ana that in addition to the Ii
on highroads Of our railway system :
oashould also utilize the great river !
ghways which have been given us ],
nature From a variety of causes !
csc highways have in many parts
the country been almost aban. r
med. This is not healthy. Orr pee :.
n. and especially the representa-
yes OF the people in the National 4
ngress. should give their most care !,
] attention to this subject. We !,
iould be prepared TO put the nation
effectively back Of tine movement To
lprove them for the nations use. !,
lr knowledge at this time is not :
cf as to permit me to go into de- -
u.s. or to say definitely just what the
tion should do; nut most assuredly 4
r great nayigahle rivers are ma "
NAL assets just as much as our
eat seacoast harbors. Exactly as it =
for the interests of all the country y
II our great harDors should be y
ted to receive in safety the largest y
ssels OF the merchant fleets of the
rid so by deepening and otherwise
: rivers should be fitted to bear i'll
air part in the movement of cur &c
'rchandise: and this is especially pi
e Of the Mississippi and it's tribu- If
les. which drain .ne immense and an
'sperious region which makes in ma
~ fact the heart Of our nation; the fri
sin Of the Great Lakes being az an
ldy united with the basin OF the 70
ssissippi, and both regions being an
ntical in their products and inter- i.
$. Waterways are peculiarly fitted ~
the transportation of the bulky 10
nmodities which come from the FL,
or under the soil; and no other II,
: of our country is as fruitful as is az
J in such commodities.
STAY On the Farms. Of
on In Iowa have many manufac. cia
ing centess. but You remain. aud Of
e you will always remain. a great am
icultural state. hope that the the
ms Of transporting your commodi- COZ
TO market win be steadily i'm. nee
we'd; but this will be Of no use I'M laN
you keep producing the commcdi- we
and in the long run this VIII cas-
ely depend upon your being able her
keen on the farm a high type Of cur
,enship. The EFFORT must be to fav
re farm life not only remunera- hor
but attractive. so that the best the
ne men and girls will feel in chi
ed to stay on the farm and not to gov
to the city. Nothing is more i'm. 20
ant 10 this country than the per ma
iatiou Of Dftr .S-sfaf,, ~ .,,olf,~n Ioa