Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

that YOU in your loyalty to the Gag and
country, and with the hospitality foI
which your state In noted. express to me
the feeding that rises In each OF your
hearts as you think Of your country and
as YOU think OF the patriotism Of your
selves and the state l come to CoIumbis
and look out from the steps Of the state
capitol and see a city that has arisen
since the civil war-not a city that did
not exist before the civil war. but city
that by it's growth and its energy ana fts
taking on life shows that. while that civil
war brought TO IL an evidence of the tre-
mendous strength the tremendous power
of self-sacrifice of its people. II did not
destroy their hope for the future or their
willingness again to become a part OF
the great Union and to make that Union
stronger and that country a nation great
er than ever before In its history.
And I count 1T a great privilege to
come here. representing the nation that
you love so well. and by this meeting
and by your reception and by what I see
to testify to the fact that. while the past
is as II is. and while those things that
come out of II make us proud on both
sides. there IL before US In the future q
united life i'm unfolding our country. In
elevating the standard OF citizenship, In
making greater the character and the
equality of opportunity of the individual,
united people. not separated In any way
by our past history. but the more united
because while we have those traditions
the memory leaves In mind the aw-
fulness OF a separation that now Is for
ever ended.
And now. my friends. I am going to
stop, this is the 251st speech have made,
but in no one Of them have ] felt 50
much satisfaction in expressing the truth
as j know It,.
Apart, But Linked Together.
In his fair grounds speech at Columbia
President Taft, after referring to the
fact that South Carolina as a cotton
manufacturing state is now taking rank
with Massachusetts. said:
Linked In a remarkable way with
another state i'm the far north. Massa-
chusetts, while they are distant from
each other. they have played parts to-
gether, and parts apart In such a way
that they are singled out from the other
states az a pair. And when you hear
a Massachusetts, man say that he comes
from the greatest state in the Union, you
sympathize with him. and when you hear
a South Caroinian say the same thing,
you sympathize with him, and you under
stand both.
Now, this Is an agricultural society.
Unfortunately. I am an urban product.
never could get votes by telling how
drove the pillow. but one must be blind,
indeed. to the progress of this country.
and to the proper understanding Of real
advance i'm civilization and In the arts OF
peace, who does not realize the supreme
importance OF agriculture and the I'M
mense strides that have taken place in
its cultivation throughout this country
during the last two decades. Such orgsni-
nations as these make for progress.
Farmer or Planter.
"A farmer today needs 80 know as
much q lawyer or a doctor or a min
lister i'm the way OF scientific knowledge
OF the soils and how they are to be
treated. and of stock and breeding. and
in addition to that he has to have prac-
teal sense. business sense. per sistence
and endurance, that sometimes We think
lawyers can get along without
III ! were advising young men who had
no prediction in favor OF any profession,
i should advise them TO become farmers.
I don't know, but down here I ought to
say planters. Perhaps that gives 1t ad-
ditional dignity, but I am inclined to
think that the men who call themselves
planters are ordinarily lawyers or doctors
who do a little farming. and they do not
improve the farm by the pursuit of the
other profession
Pleased With Richmond Plans.
RICHMOND. Va. November 6.-Spe-
cial Agent Wheeler. charged with the
duty Of safeguarding President TAFT.
spent today here examining preliminary
plans for the reception of the President
next Wednesday. At the close of his
examination he expressed himself as
pleased with the arrangements. saying
the local committee had anticipated all
requirements. He left tonight for Au-
gusta, Ga, where he will join the PRES
idential party.