Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-02
ROOSEVELT STILL GOING
AFTER CORPORATIONS
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shirks her duty as wife and mother
then she stands on par with the man
who refuses TO work for himself aud
his family, for those dependent upon
him, and who in time of the nations
need refuses to fight The man or
woman who shirks his or her duty
occupies contemplate position. You
here are the SONS and daughters of
the pioneers. preach to you no life
OF ease. preach to you the life of
|enort, the life that finds it's highest
satisfaction in doing well some work
That Is we'll worth doing.
viii Try River TRAVELLING.
Since | have been President | have
Travelled in every state in thls union.
but my travelling has been almost on
tirely on railroads. save now and then
by wagon or on horseback. Now |
have the chance to try travelling by
river, to 20 down the greatest Of
our rivers. the Father of Waters. A
good many years ago when lived In
the Northwest, Travelled occasionally
ION the Upper Missouri and its trlbu.
ltaries; but then We went in n fiat
boat and did our own rowing and pad
ldling ana polling. Now | nm to try a
Steamboat. ! am Il great believer In
Jour railway system; and the fact that
am very firm In my belief MS To the
necessity of the government exercising
Ia proper supervision ana control over
the railroads does not in the least in
tcrfcrc with the other fact that |
lgreatly admire the large majority OF
men in all positions. from the top to
Ii lA.att .l,. II
Yet, while of course am anxious to
see these men, and therefore the cor
porations they represent or serve.
lachieye the fullest measure of leglti-
mate prosperity. nevertheless us this
country grows feel that be can not
have too many highroads. and that in
addition to the iron liighroads of our
railway system we should also utilize
the great river highways which have
been given us by nature. From n
variety of causes these highways have
| in many parts OF the country been
almost abandoned. This Is not heal
| thy
Our people, and especially the rep
lrcsentatives of the people in the Ma
tional Congress, should give their
most careful attention to this subject.
We should be prepared to put the ma
ton collectively back of the movement
| TO improve them Tor tile nations use.
Our knowledge at this time is not
such as To permit me to go into dc.
tails. or to say definitely just what
the nation should do; but most MS.
lsurcdly our great navigablc rivers arc
national assets Just rs much as our
great seacoast harbors.
Harbors should be Inproved
Exactly as ii is for the interest OF
IAN the country that our great harbors
should be fitted to receive safety
the largest vessels of the merchant
fleets OF the world. so by deepening
and otherwise our rivers should be
iilttcd TO bear their part in the move
ment of our merchandise; and this is
ESPECIALLY true of ole Mississippi and
tits tributaries. which drain the i'm
mensc and prosperous region which
makes in very fact the heart of ON
nation; the basin of the Great Lakes
being already united with the basin OF
the Mississippi. and both regions he
ling identical in their products and in
| forests. Waterways are peculiarly
fitted for the transportation of the
ibulky commodities which come from
the soil or under the soil; and nc
,othcr part OF our country is as fruitful
las is this in such commodities.
You in Iowa have many manufac
turing ccntcrs, bnt you remain. am
! nope you will always remain, {
great agricultural state. hope tha
the means of transporting your com
mo1ities to market will be stcadil,
improved; hut this will be of no us,
unless you keep producing the com
lmcdities. and in the long run. this will
largely depend upon your being abl,
to keep ON the farm high typo o
citizenship. The effort must be I,
make farm life not only rcmunerativ,
! but attractive. so that the best younI
men and girls will feel inclined I,
stay on the farm and not to go to tn
city. Nothing Is more important t
this country thnn the nernotuatinn q