Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

sincere sympathy for certain persons
who We're cast into a frenzy by the
most cOmmonSenSe remarks. 1t had
come to the point where Il remark OF
his that honesty was the best policy
was likely to lead to Il run on the
banks.
Il will use my utmost power to stamp
ont murderous ana lawless anarchy"
nc declared, and | will no more stay
my band because a wrong doer mas
queradcs as a labor leader than if he
rnasuueratcs as a captain of industry.
live heretofore expressed myself on the
subject Of undesirable citizens and
stand ly what l said: Alike he is a
great capitalist who win a fortune by
chicanery and wrong doing. and when
he is a man who. under the guise of
standing up for labor. breaches and
encourages violence and murder"
When the President closed his adj
dress he was driven rapidly to his train
at the Missouri Pacific station. whence
he departed at ) O'Clock for Lake Prov
ldence. La, for hunting trip. The
President said:
Under any circumstances I should well
N'iiit Tue tIIstllCt vi SItdhlIlS 1T MtIlpfilS
in the old historic State of Tennessee.
rich in its glorious past and in the GER
tainty of an even greater future; but l
especially congratulate my self that l am
able to speak here on an occasion like
this. when | meet not only the citizens Of
Tennessee but many of the citizens of
Mississippi and Arkansas and of other
States as We'll: ana when the chief eNecu-
tircs of So many States are gathered to
consider Il subject of momentous inter
est to all. The Mississippi Valley is a
magnificent empire in size and fel tility. 1t
is better adapted to the development of
inland navigation than any other valley
in either hemisphere: for there are 70 600
miles of waterway now more or less fully
naNi%able, and the conditions are IA
vorah'e that ii will be easy to Increase
the extent of navi liable WATERWAYS to al
most any required deeree by cana,ization
Early in our industrial history this VAL
ley was the seat Of the largest develop
merit of inland navigation in the United
States. and perhaps YOU will pa don my
mentioning that the first steamboat west
of the Al'erHenos WAS built by Il Roo e.
welt, my ;-rcat-grandfather's brother. in
ISL for the New Orl ans trade and in
Il 1T wear made the trip from Pittsburg to
Nov Orleans. But from various causes
riVor and canal characterization declined
all over the United States as the railroad
systems cave to their fun d"velN rmnnt
II is our business to see that the decline
is not permanent and it is of interest to
rFllenNcf Indt nearly century ago
President Madis-S advocated the canal
iZation Of the Mississippi.
In wealth of natural resources no king
dom of Europe can compare with the
Mississippi ALLEY and the region around
thu Greet Lakes taken together and in
Population this huge fertile plain already
SURPRISES all save one or two of the larE-
est European kingdoms. In this empire
Il peculiarly stalwart and masterful peo-
rlc finds itself in the surroundings best
fitted for the full development of its DOW
crs and faculties. There has been a great
growth in the valley Of manufacturing
centers: the movement is good If it does
not 20 too far: but l most earnestly hope
that this region as a whole will remain
predominantlv agricultural. The people
who live IN the country districts. and who
till the small or mcdium-sZed farms on
which they live. make UP what is on the
whole the most valuable asset in our
national life There can he Just as real
progress and culture In the country as In
the city: especially In these days Of rural
free delivery, trolleys. bicycles. tele-
phones. good roads. and school improve-
ments. The valley of the Mississippi Is
politically and commercially more impor-
tant than any other valley on the face
of the globe. Here more than anywhere
else will he determined the future of tho
United States and indeed nf tie whole
western world: and the type of civiliza-
ton reached in This mighty valley in this
vast stretch Of country lying bet ween tho
Lakes ami the Gulf will largely fix the
type Of civilization for the whole Western
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