New-York tribune., 1909-10-28

We remember with much pleasura th,.
inage you We're a United States Circuit
here disna,sess gn came often to Memphis and
nsno as to win the con6Sence "a "a eu s q
in 80, ~, sd whose fortune Il was TO apocsr
GREAT OVATION AT AEJ,AJpu1s
roiio"lns the Welcoming exercises the
ieSident and tho other members OF his
Pai'y entered automobiles, and a nara.le
city. OF me
Ieaohing the auditorium. where the
p.'hC'psl address of the day was deliver
e' ny the President. the chief executive
was greeted By tremendous ovation
Ffiich lasted for several minutes. AT It's
Slose Governor NJ. T. Patterson greeted
Iiesident Taft on behalf Of the people of
tennessee and discussed deep waterways
replying to Governor Patterson. the Fresi-
dent said:
cen must sn ,s,. ssk you 10 keep as quiet as you
rolce is just recovering IRON rey4s
noIthsr l am glad ana proud TO be vel
SgIled S,le by such distinguished man IS your
gfinor f on behalf of Tennessee
kne" HIM when he was in ronerass
NE az !, an ~ gao also although il may make
to say 'GGr that man than han l appear 50 pc able
iisther. T. Who was also your reoresert attve
III congress.
..l fesl at home in Memphis. I have had
me pleasure OF deciding cases from the
nsnGh = zen or the federal court thus making
o+baE bbt5ehd Of one man and doubter OF an:
ne distinguished Ell Shelby Hammond.
nose nemory You all revere and love
etf,otaSf als9 s. hsd one of your delightful and
eenlcient citizens serving with mo in the
uopics, where we ate and slept and sweat
81 together and enjoyed working for our
nttle brown brothers, the inhabitants Of
the Philippines, the island gems of the
SEA. vas proud and happy 10 shake
gI'enersI Wrights hand this morning when
have also drawn upon YOU for an
0s,-ef tsr's man VINO Is now serving as Secre-
people down here have a wav of calling
your men by names which the Congress
s sional records do not disclose Coming out
IT was q long time before learned to
call the Secretary OF War Mack"
MEMPHIS AS COTTON MARKET.
Again. I am glad to be here as Mem
phis represents 70 me the industrial and
commercial spirit Of this beautiful South
land. Since that dreadful year when the
city vas sourged by a plagnc OF fever it
Sas grown and thrived wonderfully. be-
ieve YOU now claim that you have a
! VIII estimate il at one hundred and fifty
thousand, and believe that / am on the
SER side, judging from what I have seen
Your city. has grown and thrived in a
manner which Is truly wonderful. IT has
beco1le-~ell. since there are no people
from Houston. Tex, about / may safely
say 1.-THE greatest inland cotton market
in the world.
Now. what has made II such? Not Your
railroad and river facilities. but your KEY
stone position 10 three states ] wish TO
impress upon you most emphatically that
you have grown not by reason of Your
road facilities
And now. that Is why we arc here We
are ere to see If we cannot add to your
river facilities SO that in the same length
OF time you may again double your growth
By increasing Your river facilities, and.
you can see, We are pretty formidable
BODY. We have twenty six governors and
l don't know how many Senators and Con-
gresSmen. and We hsd NicePresident,
but he got away from US.
We did not come down that river OF
YOURS simply for the enjoyment of II, or
because we felt it was necessary 10 accept
OF the kind invitations OF the waterways
association or the ST Louis Commercial
Club; or for simply the pleasure OF such
We came down that river because we
epoch OF inland waterway improvements.
by coming down that river and by
arousing the people-and aroused they
sonnel and even our avoirdupois-and by
studying the conditions which are TO be
hope to increase the river facilities of this
city and the prosperity Of every one in the
great Mississippi Valley
MUST Use THE RIVER.
do not believe that there was any one
man on any one of those boats which came
down the river this morning who will be
able TO watch the caving banks on this
side of the river and see the snags and
swampS across the river. who can tell US
how these great problems are to be solved
We must stir up the people and then give
to them that serious consideration and
And now we have reached the next step.
How are we, going to do it? If you have
the river and IL is not used, then there is
no use in pouring millions into it to I'M
prove it, There is no use In doing that un-
less we know that we are going to get
This proposition OF a fourteen-foot chan
mel requires much serious thought and
study The entire S ri, rlver e must be studied died
and there, from one end Of the river TO
the other. who Will tell you that in places
stage of water the year round. and then
when we are determining upon the meth
DDS to be used in making il have good
stage, Of water at all places the year
round we must create terminal facilities
as we'll. Terminal facilities are of as
vital importance as is deep channel from
You men Of Memphis the business men
and manufacturers, are now shipping your
cotton and your goods by railroads. even
when you have the river at Your door. and
you are not going to ship your cotton
a deep waterway from the lakes to the
gulf unless you know that il will be Of
prOnt TO You TO 90 So ! on nave simply
got to make the river transportation worth
while.
/ use these words as words OF warning
20 you. They will tend to show you the
difficulties which are TO be overcome and
which must be overcome before the deep
waterway channel. fourteen feet through
the. valley, becomes reality.
The President closed with an expression
of thanks for the "unbounded and un-
limited welcome to him and his party
He called it a welcome which rang true
of Southern hospitality. Immediately
after he had concluded he was hurried
back to the wharf, thousands cheering him
and his party at every turn.
The Olesuder steamed out into midriver
followed in regular order 'by the other ves-
sells In the feet.
The Presidential salute vas fired By
battery stationed on the crouning point Of
historic old Jackson Mound Park. said 70
be the spot where fernando dc Soto first
stood and looked out over the big river.
GOVERNORS BOAT AGROUND.