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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
ROOSEVELT TO SAIL ON
FLOATING WATER WAGON

keokuk, Ia. Oct. Sit won't be like
travelling in the Maylower, but 1t
won't be so bad as that. this trip Of
President Roosevelt from ksokuk to
Memphis on the Mississippi.
AS a matter OF fact, he will act a.
touch G: democrAtic-or is 1t repub-
lican?-simplicity when he steps onto
the main deck OF the good old cabined
barge that is to skip him over sand
bars n scrape him through tortuous
channels.
There is nc brass trimming or nickle
plate about the Mississippi. and those
who new the president are of the
opinion that he will like it the
better for that. Cut glass and Dresden
china are also absent. and the only
silver are the big round iron dollars
that may ave been left from pay day
1.-THE silver service is. alas. plated.
However. this probably will not in
terfere with the presidents usually ro-
bust appetite. for even the Mayflower
and the effete east could not provide a
harder more generously and discrimi-
nately stored than that Of the Mis-
sissippi.
One thing. however. will be absent
from the ice b~oXes-there will not be
a drop Of that which goes into the con-
coction OF a cocktail. The Mississippi
will be a floating water wagon. The
lid has been screwed on tight. 1t is
against the regulations to carry al
coholic refreshments on a government
boat
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
MARRIES MAID WHOM
WIFE ASKED To STAY
AFTER HER DEATH

Cleveland, o., Oct. S.-A Cleveland
man has solved the help problem in
a manner most satisfactory to himself
by changing the title from help to help
meet, and thus securing to himself for
life the maid with whose services he
did not care to part.
For six years Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdi-
nand j. Creque occupied an apartment
In the Colonial. In the last four years
OF that time Veronica Nj. Rhodes was IA
member of the household. That she
was a faithful m is evidenced by the
fact that just before her death last
April Mrs. Creque requested Veronica
to remain with her husband and take
are of him.
The summer passed. and it was not
until three weeks ago hat Mr.. Creque
began to realize how really necessary
to his happiness Veronica had become.
To live without her would not be pos
sible.
The wedding in st. Anges' church
transformed Veronica into Mrs. Ferdi-
nand j. CreQue No. 2.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

Where we are able to Introduce irriga-
ton. the homestead can be very much less
In s!ze-can, for instance be forty acres;
una there is nothing that congress has
done during the past six years more i'm
portant than the enactment of the ma
tional irrigation law.
But where Irrigation is not applicable
and the land can only be used for grazing,
I may be that YOU can not run more than
one steer to ten acres, and it is not neces-
sarN TO be much of @ mathematician in
prder TO see that where such is the case a
homestead of 100 acres will not go far to-
ward the Import of a family. In con-
eequence of this fact. homesteaders do not
take up the lands in the tracts in oues.
ton. They are left open for anybody to
craze upon that wishes to. The result is
that the men who use them moderately
and not with a view to exhaus1ing their
resources are at the mercy of those who
care nothing for the future and SIMPLY
intend to skin the land in the present.
For instance, the small sheep farmer
who has a home and who wishes that
home to pass on to his children improved
In value will naturally run his flock so
hat the land will support 1t, not only to-
tiay, but ten years hence; but a big alb
sentee sheep owner, who has no home on
the land at all. but simply owns huge
migratory focks of sheep, may we'll find
1t to his profit to drive them over the
fmall. sheep farmers range and eat it ali
out. He can then drive his flocks on,
whereas the small man can not. -
OF course. to permit such a state of
things is not only evil for the small man.
but Is destructive of the best interests OF
the country. Substantially the same con-
ditions obtain as regards cattle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

The mar or woman who shirks his or
her duty occupies a contemplate position.
You here are the sons and daughters OF
the pioneers.
| preach to you no life of ease.
preach 10 YOU the life Of effort. the life
that finds its highest satisfaction in doing
we'll some work that is we'll worth doing.
So much for what concerns every man
and every woman IN THIS country. Now.
a word or two as to matters which are of
peculiar interest to this region of our
country.
On a Steamboat.
Since ! have been president ! have traX.-
eled In every state OF his union. but my
travelling has been almost entirely on
railroads. save now and then by wagon
or on horseback. Now l nave the chance
to try travelling by river: to go down the
greatest of our rivers. the Father of Wa
ters.. A good many years ago when l
lived in the northwest l Travelled OCCASION
ally on the upper Missouri and It's tribu,
taries: but then we Went in a flatboat and
did our own rowing and padding and pol
ing. Now I am to try a eamboat
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
Yet, Whine o, course ! am anxious to Sc.

Yet, while Of course ] am anxious to see
these men. and therefore the corporations
lhey represent or serve, achieve the full
ertifc!ess as this country grows l feel that
we can not have too many hlghroads, and
that In addition to the iron highroads of
our railway system we should also utilize
the great river highways which nave been
given us by nature. From a variety of
causes these highways have In many parts
OF the country been almost abandoned.
This Is not healthy.
Our people. and especially the represent
atives of the people in the national con-
tention to this subject. We hould be pre-
pared to put the nation collectively back
of the movement to improve hem for the
nations use Our knowledge at this time
Is not such as to permit me to go into de-
tails, or to say definitely just what the
nation should do; but most assuredly our
great navigable rivers are national assets
just as much as our great s%eacoast har-
bors. Exactly as 1t Is for the interest of
all the country that our great harbors
should be fitted to receive in safety the
largest vessels OF the merchant fleets OF
the world, so 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 Missis-
sippi and Its tributaries. which drain the
makes in very fact the Heart Of our MN naa
already united with the basin Of the Mis-
sippi. and both regions being Identical in
their products and interests. Waterways
are peculiarly fitted for the transportation
from the soil or under the soil. and no
other part of our country is as fruitful as
is this in such commodities.
Farm Citizenship.
You in Iowa have many manufacturing
c%enters, but you remain, and I hope you
will always remain. a great agricultural
state. l hope that the means of transport
ing your commodities to market will be
steadily improved; but this will be Of no
use unless YOU keep producing the com
modities,. and in the long run this will
keep on the farm a high type Of citizen
ship,
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try than the p%erpetuation Of our system
of medium-sized farms worked BY their
owners. We do not want to see our farm
ers sink to the condition of the peasants
OF the old world, barely able to live on
their small holdings. nor do we want to
owning enormous estates which they work
purely by tenants and hired servants:
At present the ordinary farmer holds
BILE representative of the landlord class of
farmer-that is, of the men who would
own vast states-because the ordinary
his brains with the making of a permanent
family home, and thus can afford to hold
his ms land nd at a value at which 1t can not be
run it by leasing 1t or by c%ultivating it at
ARM length with hired labor.
An Independent Home.
IN other words. the typical American
part IN the shape Of an independent home
for his family. and thSs gives him an adj
vantage over an absentee landlord. Now.
whole 1t is pre-eminently desirable to keep
as one OF our chief American types the
farmer. the farm home maker. Of the me
a. aium sized II; !, farm; This type Of farm home
buiwarks. Such a farm worked by the
owner has proved by experience the best
pace IN which to breed vigorous leaders
alike for country and city. 1t is a matter
OF prime economic and civic Importance
to encourage this type of home owning
farmer.
Therefore, we should strive in eyery
way TO aid in the education of the farmer
Tor the farm, and should shape our school
system with this end in view; and SO
vitality important in this that. in my opin-
ion, the federal government should CO.
operate with the state governments to
secure the needed change and Improve
ment In our schools.
From North and South.
1t is significant thu both from Mime
sofa ard Georgia there have been pro-
posals In this direction I'm the appearance
of bills introduced into the national con-
gress. The congressional land grant act
of 1852 accomplished much in establishing
the agricultural colleges in the several
states. and therefore in preparing to turn
young into channels at once broader and
more practicable-and what l am saying
about agricultural training really applies
to all industrial training. But the COL
leges can not reach the masses, and 1t Is
essential that the masses should be
reached.
Such agricultural high schools as those
IN minnesota and Nebraska for farm boys
and girls, such technical high schools as
are to be found. for instance, in both st.
Louis and Washington have by their
to carry in practical fashion the funda-
mentals of Industrial training into the
realms of u secondary schools. Al pres
ent there is a gap between our primary
schools in country and city and the in
dust1al collegiate courses, which must be
closed. and II necessary the nation must
help the state to close 1t.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
lOWANS HEAR
ROOSEVELT DEFY
WALL STREET
Tells Vast Audience i'm ksokuk
He Stands Pat as to
Policies.
SOME lNMocENJ SUFFER
With Real Offenders Whenever Evil,
Strongly Entrenehed, Is Com
batted, He DecIares-River
Trip Begins.
SOME !NNocsMy SUFFER

Keokuk, Ia, Oct. Admitting that
his announced intention to punish the
big moneyed interests which have VIC
lated the law may nave been a contrib
utory cause to the recent unsettled con-
ditions on Wall street, but denying
that ne OF his intentions were the main
cause, President Roosevelt today told
q dozen governors and thousands of
plain American citizens that there is
to be no change in the administrations
policy while he remains president and
reminded his vast audience that in any
great movement for righteousness.
where the forces of evil are strongly
entrenched, some ~unoffending people
must suffer with the real offenders.
This was Mr.. R~oosevelt's answer to
the threats of Wall street II the fact
that he chose the great state of Iowa
in which to say it evoked cheer after
cheer from the throngs of hearers.
Typical Americans.
Mr.. Roosevelt's speech follows:
/ am glad indeed. 20 see you and to speak
to you in this th.srtcg city OF your great
my heart m "a. .-eaple Of Iowa. for i
think rat yon ara good, typical Ameri-
cans, and that among you there has been
developed to a very high degree that body
of characteristics which We like to regard
as distinctvely American.
During the last few years we Of the
United States have been forced to consider
very seriously certain economic problems.
We have made a beginning In the attempt
government-that is, with the relations Of
the people of the cn,i1tTy-to the huge and
wealthy corporations, controlled for the
most part oy a few very rich men, which
cially the great railway corporations. You
know my views on this matter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

We should reverse his process. spe-
given to the BOYS and girls who when
men and women are to make up the back
bone OF this nation by working in agrtcul-
ture, In the mechanical industries. in arts
and trades: In short. who are to do the
duty that should always come first with all
OF us. the duty Of HON making and home
keeping. Too narrow a literary education
education at all; for a real education
should fit people primarily for the indus
trial and home making employments in
which they must employ the bulk of their
activities. Our country offers unparal-
leled opportunities for domestic AID social
Advancement, for social and economic
leadership In the world.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

We are not trying to favor any man at
the expense OF his fellows. We are trying
to shape things 10 that as far as possible
each mar shall have a fair chance in life:
can be accomplished. the chance to show
the stun that there Is in him.. We have
90 intention Of trying to work for the
impossible and undesirable end OF diving
g the lazy. the thr!ftless. the weak, and
the vicious. the reward tina, belongs TO,
end IN the long run can only come to, the
hard working, the thrifty, the resolute.
and the honest. But we dc wish to see
mat the necessary struggle in life shall
conditions: that. SO far as human action
can safely provide II. there shall be an
approximately fair start: that there shall
De no oppression of the weak, and that
no man shall be permitted to acquire or
to use a vast fortune by methods or in
ways that are tortuous and dishonest.
Judging by Conduct.
therefore we need wise laws. and we
need to have them resolutely administered.
We can get such laws and such admins
tration only II the people are alive to their
admirable sermon by Bishop Johnston, Of
western Texas. His theme was that the
vital element In judging any mar should
oe MS conduct. and neither his position
nor MS pretensions; and. Furthermore, that
freedom could only stay wit a people
which. has the habit OF self-mastery. AS
ne said. the price of liberty Is not only
Gternai vigilance. but eternal virtue; and
! may ADD, eternal commo sense. Each
able to use his freedom to advantage only
provided that he could master himself.
That he could control his own passions and
direct his own faculties.
Each q you fathers and mothers here
Knows that II your sons are TO do well
IN the world they must know how to mas
ter themselves
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
GEORGIA IS MAKING
FINEST THREAD
FROM NILE VALLEY

Colnurbus. Ga, Oct. 3.-The finest
thread iii the world is nov twisted on
spindles driven by the falling waters
of u river in the south. Numbers as
nigh as 100 are spun at this plant.
which is located on the Chattahoochee
river. one mile north OF Columbus. 1t
is from the valley of the Nile.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

wealth to the effect that the so-called f.
nancial weakness was due entirely to the
admitted intention OF President Roosevelt
to punish the large moneyed interests
which had transgressed the laws" / do
not admit that this has been the main
cause OF any business troubles we have
had; but 1t is possible that 1t has been a
c%ontrlbutory cause.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
BOOK SEPARATES
WIFE AND husband

New York. Oct. 3.-Frank Seaman.
who accumulated Il fortune as IL bank
er. railroad and advertising man, be-
came separated from his Wife. il was
learned today. because he was addicted
TO reading one of Maurice Maeterlinck's
books. !
Mrs. Seaman declared his reading the
boob made him guilty OF mental inf
delity."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
HOME OF ELEGY'S
AUTHOR FOR SALE.

London, Oct. 3.-What NAV be CON-
sidered a property of great interest will
be offered for sale this month. 1t is
that of Stoke House. Buckinghamshire,
where the Poet Gray lived, and where
he wrote his famous elegy. :,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04


You know furthermore thai 1 believe
that this supervision and control SHOULD be
exercised in a spirit of rigid fairness to-
ward the corporations, exacting justice
from them on behalf of the people but
giving them justice in return.
Recently l nave been reading the work
Of the. eminent Italian scholar Ferrero on
the history Of the Roman republic, when
the life of the Roman state had become
that of a complex and luxurious industrial
civilization. I am happy to say that the
differences between that civilization and
our own are more striking than the resem-
blances: and there Is no warrant for our
being drawn into any pessimistic COM
partson between the two Civilizations. But
there is every reason why we hould study
lessons aasaa;'f fo in as es II liz 9f pfese Il ara" 'f0" 1t
Rich Versus Poor.
One Of the most striking features of the
years which saw the downfall of the
Roman republic was the fact that the
political life Of Rome became split between
two camps. one containing the rich who
wished to exploit the poor, and the other
the poor who wished to plumber the rich.
Naturally, under such circumstances, the
public man who was for the moment sue
cessful tended to be either a violent re-
dictionary or a violent demagogue. Any
such condition Of political life is as hope
tessly unhealthy now AZ 1t was then.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

am a great believer in our rail-
way system: and the fact that I
am very firm in my belief as to the
necessity OF the government exer-
cis.nE a proper supervision and
control over the railroads does not
In the least interfere with the 9TH
er fact that l greatly admire the
large majority OF the men in allpo-
s;t!ons. from The top TO the bot.
tom. who build and run them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

1 believe so implicitly in the flu
ture of our people, because be-
neve that the average American
citizen will no more tolerate gov
eminent by a mob than he will
tolerate government by a plutoc-
racy; that he desires to see JUS
tice done to and justice exacted
from rich man and poor man alike.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
CHINA CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY, BY DECREE;

Pellin. Oct. 3.-The dowager en-
press today issued :: decree declaring
the government of China IL %constituj
tional monarchy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

work are merely tenants or hired hands.
No temporary prosperity of any class OF
men could in the slightest degree atone
for failure on our part to shape the laws
80 that they may work for the permanent
good of the home maker.
This is fundamental, gentlemen, and is
simply carrying out the idea upon which
dwell In speaking to you of your own
farms here in Iowa.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

You women have even higher
and more difficult duties: for l
honor no man. not eve the soldier
who fights for righteousness. quite
al much as l honor the good wom-
an who does her. full duty as wife
and mother. But II she shirks
her duty as wife and mother then
she stands on a par with the man
who refuses to work. for himself
and his family.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

: The custom has therefore grown
/: up of fencing great tracts of
+: government land without warrant
/: of law. Then men who fenced
!: this land were sometimes rich
: men, who. by fencing it, kept out
/: actual settlers and thereby worked
!: evil to the country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
Every man must have a master;
II he Is not his own master, then
somebody else will be.


This is just as true of public lifa 40 Of
private lfe. II we can not master our
selves, control ourselves. then sooner or
later we shall ave to submit 10 outside
where. eo"s
One way of exercising such control is
through the laws of the land. Ours is a
soyern M en Of liberty; but it Is q govern
by and through the honest enforcement Of
and obedience to the law. AT Intervals
during the last few months the appeal has
been made to me not to enforce the law
against certain wrongdoers OF great
wealth because to do SO would interfere
with the business prosperity OF the coun-
try.
a contributory Cause.
Under the effects of that kin Of fright
which when sufficiently acute We cali
panic. this appeal has been made 10 NE
even by men who ordinarily behave Us
decent citizens.
One newspaper which has itself strongly
advanced this view Aave prominence TO ihe
OF a certain man of great
49,. aFTstHa -HfAFL.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

Too often our present schools
tend to put altogether too great
a premium upon mere literary
education. and therefore to train
away from the farm and the
shop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

The effort must be to make farm
life not only remunerative but at
tractive, so that the best young
men and girls will feel inclined to
stay on the farm and not go to the
city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

/: Now in many states where the
+: rainfall is light it is Il simple alb
: surdlty TO expect any man to live,
: stlll less to bring W a family, on
/: l6O acres.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04
Typical Americans.

!: You know tina, I believe that the
!: national government. in the in
terests of the people, should as
sumo much the same supervision
and control over the management
OF the interstate common carriers
that 1t now exercises over the
national banks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

II so. friends, as far as I am
concerned 1t must be accepted as
a disagreeable but unavoidable
feature in a course of policy which
as long as l am president will
not be changed.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1907-11-02

.|.".| . IT, sac |LNLU LLE| "X" ..
|darse a 81 mismos, Esta Gala
clase De gente, hombres intrdpi
dos yrobustos, que han desarro-
lIado 81 grande oeste hasta ahora
" que Sc han establecido on
nuestro condado y vecindad, y
nosotros sabemos que estan en
favor de estado, y expresamos
sus sentimientos cuandodecimos
'Dios acelere 81 movimiento de
estado nria al Gobernaf or
Curry, Il DelegAdo Andrews y 4
otros en- autoridsd y On poder a
trabajar con tcda fuerzag y en-
puje para dsrnos I'M gobierno
|propf0
El Nuevo mexicano., 1907-11-02
La coNDucrA De LAS coRTEs.

LA coNDucTA De LAS coRTEs.
The Las Vegas Optic manifesto
varonil eintrepdamente Ia situa.
cion en- un editorial que trae d
las mentes del pueblo que las
cortes y los jueces en- este pals,
y particularmente en- estc.territo-
rio, deben ser sin tacha. y que Ia
|igual y valorosa administration
de justicia y una atencion plena
y cuidadosa de Ia ley segun esta,
y conforme ha sido interpretada
.por decisiones do Ia corte su.
prema, son esenciales al bien.
estar del pueblo y d la paz de Ia
comunidad Asuntos judiciales
asumen un aspecto muy malo y
detrimental cuando Ell pueblo
pierde f6 en- Ia capacidad, equi.
dad & unprecedented de las cortes.
Dice 81 Optic:
La Independence en- nuestro
1udiciario es ahora demandada
mas que nunca cuandola mere
cida reputation canada por unos
cnantos capaces y honestos pro-
secutores en- ell castigo de delin-
.cuentes morales, cuya prominen.
cia les ha permitldo ocultarse
largo tempo bajo Ia capa de Ia
respetabilidad, ha resultado en-
una horda dc imitadores, que nc
tienen la homestead nj la capaci
dad de sus prototypes, cuya idea
PAL zee ser que pneden alcanaal
fama para 81 mismos descubrien'
do con gran alarde violaciones
t6cnicas de cstatutos sin sentidt
y ganar reputation mancillande
Ell caracter de otros. Ell podel
prosecutor dc los Estados Unidos
es una arma poderosa. y 81 81
4 munniuIu NOR mn nGrin1 Gin 40