The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-09
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 President alluded pleasantly to the pres- ence of Gov. Joseph B. Brown of Geor- gia and Gov. Martin F. Ansel of South Carolina, who had made brief addresses. and expressed his qualification at having opportunity to be present in. and to again meet and greet the friends that he had made during the two months that he spent in this city last winter.
 In his address the President touched upon number of matters of national im- portance. The keynote of his address national sanitation, that a national board of health should accomplish for the nation itself what the nation had ac- complished for others in Cuba, Panama and other places. This is the first time In the south that the President has ad- dressed himself to this subject. he also took occasion to talk ship subsidy and to suggest that the legislation merited the support of the south, especially cotton manufacturing communities, like Georgia and South Carolina. In part, he said, after declaring that there is a lady in Washington that I am very anxious to see, and nothing could restrain the haste with which I would 20 back to the capi- tai city except the pleasure of meeting my and her friends in Augusta.
 Conservation Question.
 Tt seems to be that the most important subject and the most important collection of subjects is that which relates to the conversation of our national natural re- sources. Unless we can secure uniform state cooperation. uniform state legisla- ton with reference 10 the preservation of forests and the equalization of the water which falls from the clouds and the preservation of our soil from being washed out 10 sea, we shall not be able to carry out the programme set for us by Theodore Roosevelt, and which to every thoughtful man must commend itself of the highest importance to the safety and preservation of our nation. (Ap- plause)
 Another subject which under the un- der growing manufacturing interests brings itself to ones mind, even though 1t may suggest the subject of partisan difference is the question Of our mer- chant marine.
 You are manufacturing cotton goods in Georgia and South Carolina. and you wish market in which to dispose of them. Unless our country exercises more control over the merchant marine of the future than it now does, you going to find yourselves at a great disadvan- tage in seeking markets of the world in which to dispose of your products
 Health and Sanitation.
 Another subject which is forging ahead and must be considered by the national government with a great deal more care and with the expenditure of much more nsoLey than it has heretofore put into the Investigation is the question Of sanitation and the health of the inhabitants of this country II is peculiarly so in the south. for as you reach near the tropics the danger of the spread and prevalence of diseases Of this character is much great CT We have now various bureaus in Washington which have functions con nected with the suppression of diseases and The study of the different diseases, but they are scattered and they need to be united in one bureau which shall di- ect its attention just as the agricultural departments attention. to the study of questions of health under all conditions i prevailing in this country. so that by l the circulation of the knowledge obtained ] ii may enable the people to live hysienic i lives.
 "Now it is true that the health of the citizens is directly committed to the state but it is also true that the question of 1 agriculture Is committed by the consti- i tuition 10 the state. Nevertheless the ag- i ricuitural department has found much that with the means at its hands. it can 1 do to assist the agriculture of the coun- l try.
 1 Treatment of Soil.
 Think back two decades. my friends, | and see what enormous strides have been | made by the proper treatment of the l soil. in the improvement of your crops | in the market value, and the production I of those products and in the entire change l of the character of your agriculture from . haphazard. wasteful mdustry to one