The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-10-11
SPEAKS AT KEOKUK.
~ iowans ConMon Coed Muss
Tome Ahead Of r~iasm~t~r's wishes
Favor irprovtas water ways
70 tive Cheap Ivaasportasiea.

Ihe great movement for a .ie~p wafer.
way from Chicago to the Gulf vas given
new impetus when President Roosevelt
srrlsed IN heokuk. made an address aud
embarked on a steamboat for the trip
70 ~. Louis. Fresn there he went 10
Memphis, where he addressed he dele
gates to the Deep Waterways nfsou,
lbs President was introduced hs Gov.
tnmFnlns Of Iowa, Mr.. Roosevelt said.
"a part.
believe 40 Implicitly in the fatnre OF
our people, heea sse / believe that tie ss-
srrase Anissisaa citizen Will no. mere iol.
.fsee Eo~VeranaFnt hy a mob than he vii
tsSeraie government by a piatoetacy that
De desires 10 see Justice aone aud jwatit
akact"f from rich nan and poor mau aiskr
We are not trying 10 favor Auy man at the
expense OF bis fellows. We are iFying 10
shape things 30 that rs far as possible
1acb man shall have n fair chance I'm iIFH !:
20 that be shalt have. So far "a by law
this can I've accomplished. the chance 10
show tie stun that there IL Ia hlm.
therefore we need wise laws. and we
need 10 have them resointely administered
~ Intervals during the last few months
the appeal has been made 10 me not 10 ~n.
force TIE law against certain wrong aoers
o' great wealth because to do so wenid to.
terfere with the business prosperity OF the
NesutEts iUftfE thE tTEEIA OF {OEf ktTtt pf
fright. which when sufficiently arut. wc call
panic, this appeal has been made To- ms
even oy men who ordinarily behave AS de
cent citlzeas.
do NOS admit that this has been the
main cause % anv business troubles we
have had. bat IL il possible that il ha,
been a coutriout0ry cause. II so, friends.
as far as | am concerned II must I've ac.
cepted as a aisagreesble but unavoidable
feature In a course OF poles whiea a. ion.
as am President viii not be changed.
In eaen case the answer must he that
we earnestly hope aud believe that there
VIII be No permanent damage TO business
from the movement. bat that II righteous
ness conflicts With the faucied needs o.
business, then the latter must 90 to the
wall.
liz a man does well, II be- acts honestly.
he has nothing to fear from this admlnIs.
tration. But 80 far as Ia the lies the cor.
fupf politician, great or small. the private
citizen who transgresses the law-be he rich
or poor-sshall he brought before the Impair
tiai justice OF a court
feel that We cannot have too many
bishroadx and that IN addition to the iron
highroads OF our railway system we should
also utilize the great river highways which
have been given us by natt8e. Krsn a
variety OF causes these highways haye In
many parts OF the country been almost
abandoned. This In not healthy. Our PEG.
pie. and especially the rea&@s$kqtatises Of
the people In the national eQucfkss, should
give their most careful attention TO this
subject We shonld be prepared to put
the nation collectively back Of the move
nent to improve them for the nations use.
Our knowledge at this time is not such
~ to permit. me to 20 into details or to
say definitely just what the nation &hoald
do: but most assuredly our great navlgable
rivers are national assets just as much ~
cur great seacoast harboEs.
Exactly as IL ls for the interest OF all
the country that our great harbors should
u htted 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 ~
especially true OF the Mississippi and its
tributaries, which 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 b~th re-
gions being Identical In their products and
interests. Waterways are peculiarly fitted
for the transportation OF the bulky CON-
nodities witch come from the soil or under
the soil. and no other part OF our country
IL as fruitful as Is this In such commodi
ties.
at present the ordinary farmer holds
his own Ia the land as against any possible
representative of the landlord class OF farm
er--that H., Of the men who would own vast
estates-because the ordinary farmer un!tes
his capital, his labor and his brains with
the making OF a permanent family home.
and thus can afford to hold his land Al q
value at which Ii cannot be held by She
capitalist, who would have to run IL by
leasing Ii or By culfivatiag IL a. arms
length with hired labor.
There is one thing l 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 at the station and marched
in the parade to the park. and to these
wearers of the blue the President also
paid q 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 citisens briefly, saying:
You will remember that a year ago ]
expressed my opinion Of certain undesir-
able citizens and I stand by what l sAia."
He added that he would always con
denn the mar that incites 70 murder and
would demand punishment for that Of
Tense, as he would for the crimes Of The
corporation crsminais-
At the conclusion Of his address the
President Was presented with . sold-
beaded cane by the negroes of keokuk.