The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
BOAT DISABLED! |. { !.
FOR SHORT !: |. J. Time N !:
TH:IS.MO|.RNING. ! !. |: !. R |
Viii e ontinue e
S oul:lth By Rail

j
PaIs, Tenn, Oct The news
that the Rresiaent's boat wss disabled
for a tiaie after leaving Cairo has
been confirmed. Stop for repairs will
delay f,ests arrival until about .ons
I,: M. y Is believed. The President
expects TO IA ke % special train for the
Louis! s!Sna hunting grounds immediate.
after he completes his speech here.
The PtssiIe Ient's address in full was
as follows: II
Srisf any circumstances should
weleone the chance Of speaking at
Memphis In the old historic State OF
Tsnnessees rich in its glorious past
and I'M the certainty of an even great.
ser future; buts1 especially congratu.
late myself that i am able to speak
here on an occasion like this. when /
meet not only the citizens Of Ten.
:nessee, but many Of the citizens OF
sissIppi and Arkansas and of other
States as We'll and when the chief
stsxecuti tof 50 many States are gath
sered to! consider subject OF mo
inentors Interest to ali. The NIIssls.
sippl VALLEY is mag gniacent empire In
size and fertility. 1T is better adapt.
ied to the lopment of inland navl.
cation than any other valley In either
heniIsph fort there are 1000 miles
sofs waterway now more or less fully
nayigable and the conditions are SO
aasorsbl ls that 1t Will be easy to In.
crease the extent Of nnvigable water.
ways to- almost any required degree
by canal lzation: Early in our indus.
trial history tits valley was the seat
of the largest development OF inland
nagiga alton In the United States, and
perhaps YOU Will pardon my mention-
Ing that the first steamboat west Of
the Alleghenies was built by u Roose-
welt, my great. at.grandiather's brother,
IN 1sl1, for the New Orleans trade,
and in that year made the trip from
Pittsburg to New Orleans. But from
various causes river and canal trans
\ portatlon declined all, over the Uni
ted States as the railroad systems
came to their full development. It
lit our business to see that the de:
cline $is not permanent; and it is OF
Interest TO remember that nearly a
cent tury ago President Madison advo.
Gated the canalization Of the MIssis-
4 sippi. 55
Ahead Of Europe.
In wealth Of natural resources no
king dom Of Europe can compare with
the Mississippi Valley and the region
:aroundst the Great Lakes, taken togeth-
er, md In population this huge fertile
plain already surpasses all save one
or two Of the largest European king
sdoms. In this empire a peculiarly stall.
Swart and masterful people finds itself
in the s,lrroundings best fitted for the
fun development Of It's powers and ia.
entities. There has been great
growth In stheiRalley Of manufacturing
cehters; the movement Is good IL 1t
does not 50 too far; ;Sbut 1 most earnest
hope that his region as a whole will
femain pred domlnantly agricultural.
The people who live in the country
districts, and who till the small or
med ilm:sized3 farms on which they
live. make up what is on the whole
the most stSyaluablel lassetip our national
life. There can be Just as real prog
Tess and culture in the country as
IN hescity; especially in these days
of rural free delivery. trolleys, bl-
cycles, telephones; good roads, and
sschool improvements. The valley Of
the dississippi is politically and com.
mercially more important than any
other valley on the face Of the, globe.
Here more than anywhere. else will be
Continued on Page Flve.) -
III = * Z, -; II; Il