Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
TAFT ACCORDED
GREAT WELCOME
AT SACRAMENTO
STATES CAPITAL RECEIVES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MAKES SPEECH ON SUBJECT OF
CONSERVATION
President viii Arrive in San Fran
cisco Early This Morning.
Says He Is Overwhelmed
by Vests Hospitality
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and hoping that you will forgive human
error.
Everywhere in this country I have
found evidences of prosperity, from
Boston to Portland, and if signs do
not fail we are upon an area Of busl-
ness enterprise and expansion that
has never been seen in this country
before. Now with that I would not
have you forget that here are certain
responsibilities.
1--WE have had evils growing out of
our prosperity.
Power of Wealth
Men have seized power by means
of accumulation of wealth and its use
in methods that are not legal and can
not be approved by way of monopoly
and otherwise.
Now we are attempting by the
general law of the United States to
suppress that kind Of a business. They
We're brought to the attention of the
people in a marvellous crusade by my
predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt and
it is my duty to continue those policies
and to enforce them as far as l may,
and put on the statute books, or at
least recommend to congress, that
there be put on the statute books,
those laws which shall clinch the
progress which was made under him,
which he preached and which we all
look forward to as a permanent con-
dition.
But the difficulty is that whenever
everybody is prosperous, whenever
everybody is comfortable, then is the
time when our old friend Satan steps
in and helps along the evil cause.
Then is the time when we are apt
to be inert and enjoy the things we
have without looking forward to the
future and seeing that the evils will
grow and ultimately swamp us. 1t Is
to the people that we must look for an
enforcement Of these principles.
Watch Those Solons
"You should select your representa-
tives and have them know you are
watching them in congress and see
that they follow the line Of enforce
ment.
"Of course. we want prosperity, but
we wish prosperity in such a way
that there shall be an equality of op-
portunity among the individuals, so
that everybody will get his share and
that it shall not be confined to a few
who monopolize the means of produc-
ton or the means of transportation
and thus prevent that equality of dis
tribution which we IL like to see. It
is a question of the enforcement OF
the law think Mr.. Roosevelt's 8
course impressed upon the business
community and those gentlemen who
were prone to take the means of
monopoly the necessity for observing
a higher standard in business, and
that they were willing to lay down
those other methods
"Now, my fellow citizens, as I look
out upon this audience | feel sure
that you are not only healthy in body,
but healthy in mind; that you are in
favor of the good things; that you
are in favor of decent government; ;
that you are in favor of decent men
and decent women, and that you look
forward to the future as a time when
we shall all grow better.
Must Help Humanity
"The truth is that money and
wealth contribute nothing unless they
enable US to make ourselves better,
unless they enable us to think some
thing of others and to help others
those who are down-onward, on the
press of life.
I'VE cannot all be altruists in the
sense that we can devote our atten-
ton to somebody else all the time,
for we have to look after ourselves
and our families, and / am sure that
in the last generation there has been
an improvement throughout our coun-
try with reference to a charitable feel
ing toward all on the part of each and
desire on the part of each to
help ALL"
Crowd Is Noisy
The crowd which greeted the presi-
dent at the capital here tonight was
so big and so noisy that he attempted
to speak for only q few minutes.
Those on the outskirts of the throng,
which numbered many thousands,
kept surging so persistently to the
front that the entire audience got into
turmoil Mr. Taft tried several times
to secure quiet.
He appealed on the ground of
hoarseness and a sore throat, but it
was Of no avail, and @after speaking
briefly on the subject of conservation,
arousing a cheer by the mention of
Mr.. Roosevelt's name, and declaring
that he was heartily in favor of the
projected Improvement of the Sacra-
mentO river, the president asked to be
excused. He had no censure for the
crowd, only sympathy, he declared.
In the library of the capitol build
ing, before stepping out on the plat
form to attempt his outdoor speech,
ITeSIueIlI IdlI was maze an honorary
member of the Sacramento Society of
California Pioneers. This society is
limited to those who came to Califor-
mia in 1849. and out of an original
membership of 700 there are now only
seven left. Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt preceded Mr.. Taft as hon
orary members.
Sacramento provided novelty for
the presidents automobile ride
through the city by having a band in
a sightseeing machine just in front of
the car in which Mr.. Taft rodej
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