Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05
THE PRESIDENT.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

Hemisphere. Already, as our history
shows, the West has determined our ma
tional political development, and the fun
daMcntal principle OF present American
politics, political equality, WAS originally
Il western lGea.
The wonderful variety of resources in
diff ercnt portions OF the valley make the
demand for transportation altogether eX-
cepti"nal. Coal, lumber, corn, wheat. cot
ton cattle-Cn the surface of the soil and
beneath the soil the riches are great.
There are already evident strong tendcn-
CieS to increase the carrying of freight
from the northern part of the valley to
the Gulf. Throughout the Vallry the land
is SO fertile as to make the held for the
farmer peculiarly attractive; and where
in the west the climate becomes dryer
we enter upon the ranching country;
while in addition to the products of the
soil there are also the manufactures sup
piled in innumerable manufacturing CEN
tiers. great and small Cities of astonish-
ing growth are found evelyW here from.
the Gulf to the Great Lakes, from the
Alle-heneS to the Rockies; most of them
being situated on the great river which
flows by your doors or upon some Of its
numerous navigable tributaries New
mineral fields are discovered every year;
and the constantly increasing use of all
the devices of intensive cultivation stead
ilv adds to the productive power of the
farms. Above all, the average man is
honest. intelligent. self-reliant, and or
derry, and therefore a good citizen: and
farmer and WageWorker alike-in the last
analysis the two most important men
in the COMMUNICATIVE a standard of
living and have developed standard of
self respecting. Self-reliant manhood,
which are of good augury for the future
of the entire Republic. No man can fore
sec the limit of the possibility of develop
merit in the Mississippi Valley.
Such being the case and this valley
being literally the heart of the United
States, all that concerns it's welfare must
concern likewise the whole country
Therefore the Mississippi River and its
tributaries ought by all means to be-
utilized to their utmost nossibility FaciI
ity of chcap transportatior is an essen
tial in our modern civilization and we can
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