Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-10

Need OF DccpSI NHdh'S''
Wilmington is DESTROYS OF deepening
her channel 10 the sea from % TO so
feet and the ride was TO give tue
President an object lesson as To the
need of the improvement Luncheon
was served on bOald During the trip
the President sert a wireless tele-
gram 10 Mrs. Taft. He was salutcd
BY all the craft in the river The
tramp steamer Battersea Bridge. sail
ing for Liverpool with sSOo0oo worth
of cotton on beard. saluted the Presi-
dent and the crew stood al the rails
and gave him three cheers. A big
photograph on board the vessel could
be heard across the water grinding
out Hail Columbia" in most pa
triotic American manner.
When the river trip had ended.
President Taft was taken for car
riage ride through several miles OF
Wilmington streets
II was az his own request that the
route was made a. long as possible.
The parade ended at the City Hall.
where the President spoke.
Tonight he attended supper Mt
the Masonic Temple before leaving
for Washington at s p. IN.
INTRODUCED bv Governor.
Governor Kitchin in introducing the
President this afternoon. declared
that he wanted Mr. Taft to know that
the South was his country as The
north is our country"
"A little more than generation
ago" said Gov. Kitchin. this section
of the country thought It could get
along without the rest of the coun-
try. But the Norm knew it could not
get along without the South and so
there came the struggle. which in the
high court of might went against us.
We thought that the successful llti
giants acted very badly for time. bu;
it is all forgotten now and we cher
ish it no more
Governor Kitchn said that while
the south was asking no favOrs but
only justice and fair chance there
was no one in the entire country
more determined that this fair chance
should be given than President Taft.
There are no divisions in this fair
land of Columbia today" he went on.
and I want to say TO you, Mr.. Presi-
dent. that you have never met bet
tS. trusr or drawer audience than
the one which ereets you here today.
And to this audience | would say
that there is no more illustrious or
a5le man has ever visited Wilmington
than William Howard Taft"
Presidents Taft's Address.
In his address the President said:
Il have visited North Carolina be-
fore and in doing so | have found
that vcu were a little earlier in doing
everything that had to be done in the
crisis of the nation than anybody
else I have found that you made a
declaration of independence at Neck
lcnburg about year before we
thought Of it in other parts of the
country and | understand that you
suppressed the stamp tax and emptied
cut the tea a very considerable time
before they had that tea party in Bos-
ton harbor II is therefore. a matter
of extreme self congratuIation on my
Fart TO have from your distinguished
men and from the people of state
IKE this. such a cordial welcome
Il observe that YOU count a good
deal on the long leaf pine and | con-
graduate You that you are in the
third or fourth stale in the treasure
of timber in the United States. But
j. tnSe upon YOU the lesson that the
history OF the timber treasure OF other
states and its destruction ought to
teach Won in the preservation Of that
which makes your state rich today
-smOng the states. We have reached
a time in the history of this country
when If we would have timber we
must pursue the common sense course
of treating II in such a way that IL
Will -reprOduce itself and of cutting IT
IN such a way that we shall not
destroy it altogether We, must pre-
serve IT, from destructive fires. and
we must take steps o. caution and
2recaution I'm order to do that You
have within the boundary of your
state gentleman named Vanderbilt
who has gone vefore anyone IN the
science Of forestry. and congratu-
tate you on having that example that
| thereby you may formulate laws
which shall preserve TO you the tim
Der Of your state. continue your
wealth and prosperity. and form a
model to other states in the preSeT-
vsticn Of thar which God has given
sou and peServed 90 this moment.
Next TO Mississippi.
u congratulate the people of North
Carolina sext 10 the state OF Mis-
eiSsippi II has a population more de-
, voted 20 the sell and its cultivation
than aDy other state in The Union.
Won do not have large cities and do
not think thar 2 defect III all in yOur
civilization The fact j. that the
tendency that ought 10 be restrained.
Country life ought 20 be made more