The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-10-11
ROOSEVELT INSISTS THERE %
BUT ONE LAW FOR ALL.
AcAAs Owans Common Good Must
Come Ahead of Flnancier's Wishes
-Favors Improving Water ways
20 Give Cheap Transportation.

~Aiscu III AeOKUk, MADE an address ano
embarked on a steamboat fer the trip
to st. Louis. From there he went to
Memphis, where he addressed the dele
gates TO the Deep Waterways convention.
The President was introduced b. Gov.
Cummins Of Iowa. Mr.. Roosevelt said.
in part:
believe so implicitly In the future OF
our people. because ! believe that the ay-
verase American citizen will no. more toi.
crate government by a mob than he Will
Tolerate government by a plutocracy that
he desires to see justice done and justie
exacted from rich man and poor man alike.
We are not trying to favor any man at the
expense OF his fellows. We are trying to
shape things so that as far as possible
each man shall have a fair chance in life
50 that he shall have. so far as by Law
this can be accomplished. the chance to
show the stun that there Is In him.
therefore we need wise laws. and We
need to have them resoiutely administered.
At intervals during the last few months
the appeal has been made to me not to en-.
force the law against certain wrongdoers
or great wealth because to do SO would In
terfere with the business prosperity OF the
country. Under the effects OF that Kind OF
fright, which when sufficiently acute we call
panic, this appeal has been made to me
even by men who ordinarily behave as de-
cent citizens.
l do not admit that this has been the
main cause Of any business troubles we
have haa. but 1t is possible that 1t has
been a coutributory cause. II so. friends,
as far as | am concerned it must be &C.
| cepted as 4 disagreeable but unavoidable
feature in a course of policy which as ion;
rs | am President will not be changed.
In eacc case the answer must be that
we earnestly hope and believe that there
Will be no permanent damage to business
from the movement, but that IL righteous.
ness conflicts with the fancied needs o:
business. then the latter must 60 to the
wall.
II a man does well, II he acts honestly.
he has nothing TO fear from this admins
tration. But SO far as In me lies the cor.
rupt politician, great or small. the private
citizen who transgresses the law-be he rich
or poor->shall be brought before the impair
tial justice OF a court.
| feel that we cannot have too many
highroads and that In addition to the iron
nlghroads OF our railway system We should
have been given US by natd&e. Ersm a
variety OF causes these highways haye II
many. parts OF the country been almost
: .l:. sns ..p rn,i = 1 sSs n 1s6E yat. en- De 9,
the people in the national EhxtAss, should
give their most careful attention to this
subject. We should 30 prepared to put
the nation collectively back Of the move
Our knowledge at this time is not such
a. to permit, me to go into details or to
say definitely Just what the nation ehould
do; but most assuredly our great navixabls
rivers IRE national assets just as much ~
our great seacoast harbors.
Exactly as 1t Is for the interest OF all
the country that our great harbors should
vessels Of the merchant 6eers Of the world,
50 by deepening and otherwise our rivers
should be fitted to bear their part In the
movement of our merchandise. and this Is
especially true OF the Mississippi and Its
frihntQ rfQQ Whfch drain the Immense and
prosperous region which makes In very
fact the heart OF our nation the basin OF
the great lakes being already united with
the basin Of the Mississippi and hath 70.
gions being identical in their products and
interests. Waterways are peculiarly fitted
for the transportation Of the bulky com.
modities which come from the soil or under
the soil, and no other part OF our country
Is as fruitful as is this in such commodi.
ties.
At present the ordinary farmer holds
his " In the land as against any possible
representative Of the andlord class OF farm
er-that Is, Of the men who would own vast
estates-because the ordinary farmer unites
his capital, his labor and his brains with
the making OF q permanent family home,
and thus can afford to hold his land A. q
value at which it cannot be held by phe
capitalist, who would have to run 1t by
leasing 1t or by cultiyating It At arms
length with hired labor.
There is one thing I put next to a
good citizen" said the President, land
that is q good mother. l am pleased to
see the children"
A number of war veterans had met
the President 1T the station and marched
in the parade to the park, and to these
wearers Of the blue the President also
paid a compliment, saying:
II am particularly glad to be welcomed
by the veterans"
President Roosevelt interposed several
remarks into his address.
He touched on the subject Of undesira-
bic citizens briefly, saying:
"You will remember that a year ayo !
expressed my opinion Of certain undesir-
able citizens and I stand by what I sail."
He added that he would always con-
denim the man that incites to murder and
would demand punishment for that Of
Tense, as he would for the crimes Of the
corporation criminals.
At the conclusion Of his address the
President was presented with Z gold
beaded cane by the negroes of keokuk.
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