Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-11

In infancy. Vice President Fairbanks,
members of the cabinet and many men
and women of prominence took part in
the parade which preceded the unyeil-
Ing. Taking the character of McKin-
ley as his text, the president said it
would be disaster to the country to
adopt ian attitude of hatred and envy
toward success worthily won, toward
wealth honestly acquired He added
that there was only one other thing as
important-namely, the war upon chi
canery and wrongdofng, (which are
peculiarly repulsive when exhibited by
men who have no excuse Of want, of
poverty, OF ignorance, for their crimes.s
In their own interest these men should
seek by the conduct Of their lives to
build up respect for the law. But he
drove home the idea that the man of
wealth must have the same protection
as, the poor man.
Roosevelt's Mississippi Trip.
At Keokuk, Ia, before starting on his
800 mile journey down the Mississippi,
the president proclaimed that there
would be no retreat in his war upon
the Illegal corporations no matter If it
should hurt business. He admitted
that his policy might have been a con
hibutory cause of the financial de-
preston, but denied again that 1t was
mainly responsible. At any rate, it
would be infamous to heed the APP
peals Of certain business men and mot
m al hot M 10 ;c,l,
these great wrongdoers." The big
crowd of more than 10000 people
cheered their approval when the presi-
dent shouted, "If righteousness CON
,ficts with the fancied needs Of bust
ness, then the latter must go to the
wall" In emphasizing the value Of
the man in the ranks, the average in
dividual of "fghting edge" he said
that this nation could whip the world,
but that preparation was necessary.
The latter part of the speech was de-
voted to the development of river high
ways, irrigation, forest planting and
the system of state agricultural schools
Other speeches in similar vein were
made at st. Louis and Cairo, where
stops were made.
u The presidential party was greeted
by committee of ST. Louis business
men, thirteen state governors of the
middle west and the members Of the
interstate waterway commission. The
occasion Of the presidents trip is the
deep waterway movement down the
Mississippi to the gulf. The president
tc ptr r,%o
Mississippi. Upon reaching Memphis
he took part in the deep waterway con-
vention. The negroes of Keokuk, be-
fore his departure, presented Mr.. Roose-
welt with gold headed cane as an
evidence of their confidence in his adj
ministration.
/ At st. Louis, where the first stop
was made, the president rode in an
open carriage through the thronged
streets despite downpouring rain and.
delivered his address to the multitude
while his clothes We're dripping wet.
AT luncheon OF the Business Mems
heague he drank in champagne the
toast to himself as president, first hav-
Ing hesitated and then drinking a~glass
OF wine because certain prohibition
lists ut the table had said triumphantly
that he was not going to drink it. His
speech followed the same general lines
Of that at Keokuk, emphasizing the
need Of great fighting navy to main
tain our position as world power and
asserting that the Pacific mobilization
WAS long distance practice and test
Wuise. Ms said the big Interstate rail-
roads would have to be controlled by a
slngle>sovereign representing the whole
people.