The Washington times., 1907-10-01

audiences IN eacn Oh WHICH OlefO Will
3 many men who fought in the civil
ar You who wore the blue. ard your
Others Of the South who wore the cray
now that In war no general, no mat
II how good. no organization n,i mat
r how perfect, can. avail II the aver
ze man in the ranks has not got the
ghting edge We need the organiza-
on, the preparation. we need the good
sneral: but we need most of the fight
Y edge in the individual soldier. 50 II
in private life We live in rough,
world. and we are vet long
ay from the millennium. We cannot,
) a nation. and we cannot, as inciVld-
ais, afford to cultivate only the gen
er, softer qualities.
There must be gentleness and tender
ess-the strongest men are gentle ana
there must also be courage
nd strength. have hearty sympathy
18th those who believe IN doing all
y sympathy at all with those VINO
Ell eve that in the world as II now 10
. AN afford to see the average Ameri-
citizen lose the qualities that IN
feir sum make up a gooa ngnalIhe I,lIl6
rcrk with all your heart anG stTength
nd mind at your several tasks IN
fe; and you must also De aSie 70 nbHt
/. need You women have zen nlgher
nd more difficult duties; for honor
y y~qn. not even the soldier who fights
ghteousness, quite as much as l
the good woman VINO does ner
iuty as wife and mother. But
shirks her duty as wife and
then she stands on a par with
an who refuses to work Tor NM
I'D his family, for those depend
on him. and who in time or the
need refuses 10 fight. The
woman who shlrks his or her
couples a contemplate poSition.
re are the sons and daughters
pioneers. I preach TO you no no
ease / preach TO you the ire
the life that finds it's highest
ton in doing well some WORK
well worth doing.
Advice to the West.
Ich for what concerns every
every woman in this country
word OF two as 20 matters
re of peculiar interest TO this
Z our country.
nave been President have
in every State of this Union,
travelling has been almost en-
railroads. save now, C4.d then
or on horseback. Now have
"a TO try travelling by river; TO
the greatest Of our rivers. the
Waters. A good many year $
lived IN the Northwest L
occasionally on the Upper Mis-
its tributaries; but then We
, fiatboat and did our own row.
: adding and polling. Now l am
, steamboat. ! am a great be-
/, our railway system; and the
a 1 am very firm IN my belief
s necessity of the Government
a q proper supervision and con-
r the railroads does not in the
p. efere with the other fact that
admire the large majority OF
h n all positions, from the top
o tom. who build and run them.
{, OF course am anxious to see
h and therefore the corpora
K represent or serve, achieve
n measure of legitimate pros
,e sYertheless as this country
= Eel that we can not have TOO
"a roads, and that in addition To
Al ighroads of our railway sys-
el Mould also utilize the great
~ ways which have been given
Is re.
yes in the Waterways.
] variety OF causes these high,
"a in many parts Of the country
De, ST abandone7 This Is not
le. Dur people, and especially thC
eI Tvs of the people in the Ma
"a grt s. should give sheir mos
al -ention 10 this subject. We
5h' prepared to put the nation col
ec--~ ack of the movement 70 i'm
prove them for the nations use Oul
knowledge at this time is not such as e
ermit me to 90 into details. or 20 say
definitely just what the nation should
10; but most assurcdly our great navi.
gable rivers are national assets lust az
much as our great seacoast harbors.
Exactly as IL Is for the interest OF al
he country that our great harbor:
hOuld be fitted to receive In sa fafv rbs
argest vessels Of the merchant fleets OF
he world, so by deepening and other.
,'lse our rivers should be fitted to bea1
h7ir part in the movement Of our mer.
.aandise, and this is especially true OF
he Mississippi and its tributaries
which drain the immense q I'd prosper.
'us region which makes in very fact ths
leart of our nation; the basin of tho
treat Lakes being already united wifi
ne basin Of the Mississippi. and botf
eEions being Identical in their products
.nd interests. Waterways are peculiar.
Y htted for the transportation oI the
'ulky commodities which come from tht
.oh or under the soil, and no other part
u our country IS as fruitful as is this
Z such commodities
Great in Agriculture.
You in Iowa have many manufacturins
'enters, but you remain, and I hope yoT
viii always remain, a great agricuitIra'
state hope that tho means of trans.
'orting your commodities to market wifi
)e steadily improved: but this win be
II no use unless you keep producing the
and In the long run this
VII largely depend upon your being abIe
% keep on the farm high type OF citi.
ICnshlp. The effort must be To rnake
arm life not only remunerative. but a
racuve. so that the best young ner
md girls viii feel inclined to stay or