The Washington times., 1907-06-10
Wants Immigrant Lines
to Southern
Ports.

In his speech at the jamestown Fair,
IN honor Of Georgia Day" the Presl-
dent said. in part:
cennot express how deeply touched
am at the action OF the state of Geor-
gia. my mothers State. the State from
which I draw half the blood in my
veins, in erecting as the Georgia state
house at the jamestown Exposition a
replica of my grandfather's house at
Roswell. Ga; the house in which my
mother passed her youth and where she
was married to my father. III is an act
of gracious courtesy and consideration
which / very deeply appreciate; and
through the governor and other repre-
sentatives OF Georgia 1 desire from my
heart to thank all her citizens.
Oglethorpe, the founder Of Georgia,
was true apostle of philanthropy and
of equality of opportunity for all His
set purpose was 10 found a State, the
gates Of which should be open to the
oppressed of every land and creed. and
closed to every form Of political. reli-
gious. or Industrial bondage or persecu-
ton. His colony welcomed alike those
who lied from political or social tyranny,
and those. whether Christian or Jew,
who sought liberty for conscience 5
sake. II was A high and honorable be-
ginning; and L am proud, indeed, of my
Georgian ancestry. and Of the fact that
my grandfather's grandfather, Archi-
bald BuliOch. was the first governor,
or as tho title then went, President OF
the new State. when the Continental
Congress. of which he was also a mem
Der, declared that the Thirteen States
had become a new and independent ma
tion.
Georgia's Astounding Growth.
Since then Georgia has grown at a
rate even more astounding than the rate
of growth Of the nation as whole; her
sons have stood high in every field of
activity. intellectual or physical, and
rapid though her progress has been in
the past. it bids fair to be even greater
in the wonderful new century, which
has now fairly opened,
Perhaps the very fact that I am half
Southern and half Northern in blood,
and that for many years l was brought
into peculiarly close association with
the life Of the great West. makes il
natural for me to feel with intensity
the strong sense of kinship with every
portion Of our great common country,
which should be the birthright OF every
true American. Since have been Pres
ident I have visited every State and
Territory within the borders Of tho
Union, save such as can only be
reached by sea have travelled from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf. 1 have spoken
at country fairs, to colleges, TO com
mercial and business organizations. "a
associations of professional men to la
bor organizations. 10 men of every creed
and parentage. The thing that has
struck me most has been the essential
oneness, the essential unity of oui
people.
In the fundamentals 1 have found
American citizens to be Just about
the same everywhere.
During the last quarter OF a cen.
fury this nation has made astOund.
ing strides in material progress, and
in no other section has this prog.
ress been more noteworthy than
in the South. While her agriculture
has grown faster than ever before
there has also been a new growth
OF her manufacturing industries
indeed, there has been growth OF
every kind. But of course there is
ample room for further growth. The