The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-09
TAFT SPEAKS ON
NATIONAL PURITY

Augusta, Ga, Nov. S.-Presldent
Taft today played at golf With his
host in Augusta. Maj. Jos. b. Cum
ming. defeating him two up and -four
10 go. opened the Georgia-Carolina
interstate fair; rode through the
streets of Augusta amid the cheers OF
his fellow citizens" and lett the city
at p. m. for Florence, S. c.
A call upon the president at the
golf links on his invitation by Ty
Cobb. tho baseball player, the ex-
treme cordiality OF the reception of the
president AT his winter capitol and
the friendship extended TO HIS en-
touraGe were the features OF tho day.
In his address. AT the Fair Grounds,
the president touched upon number
OF matters OF National importance.
The keynote OF his address was ma.
tlonal sanitation. that national
board OF health should accomplish for
the nation itself. what the nation had
accomplished for others in Cuba and
Panama.
The president also talked ship sub
sidy and suggested that the plan merit
ed the support OF the South-e5pecial-
ly OF Cotton manufacturing states like
Georgia and South Carolina. Mr..
Taft's speech In part follows:
1T seems TO me that the most i'm
portant subject and the most i'm.
portant collection Of subjects is that
which relates TO the con servation OF
our national resources. Unless We
can sccurc uniform state cooperation
uniform state legislation With refen'
ence to the preservation of our for
estS and the equalization of the wat
er, which falls from the clouds and
the preservation of our soil from be-
ing washed out to sea. We shall not
be able to carry out the programme
set for us by Theodore Roosevelt.
which TO every thoughtful man must
commend Itself as of the highest I'M
portance TO the safety and preserya'
ton Of our nation.
Another subject. which. under the
influence OF the growing manufactur
ing interests. Is brought to our minds.
that is the question of our merchant
marine
You are manufacturing cotton
goods and South Carolina md YOU
wish market In which TO dispose
of them Unless our country exercises
more control over the merchant ma
rine you are going TO find yourselves
at a great disadvantage in seeking
markets OF the world, in which TO dis
pose OF your products.
we now have various bureaus In
Washington which have functions
connected with the suppression OF dis
eases and the study OF the different
disease that are scattered and they
need to be united In ono bureau,
which shall direct Its attention TO the
questions of health under all condi-
tions prevailing In this country. 30
that by the circulation of the knOwt
edge obtained it may enable the peo-
Pile to live hygenic lives.
"Now it is true that the halts OF
the citizen is directly committed TO
the state but It is also true that the
question OF agriculture is committed
by the constitution to the state.
Nevertheless the agricultural depart
nent has found much that it can do
to assist the agriculture of the coun-
try.
Think back two decades, my
friends. and see what enormous
strides have been made by the proper
treatment OF soil. In the Improvement
of your crops, in the market value
and yield OF those products and In the
entire change OF the character of-your
agriculture from a haphazard waste
full industry to one which the scien-
tifc knowledge is of Importance.
Thus too. with respect to santa
ton. 1t Is necessary that the towns
and states devote their attention to
making the bodies as we'll as the
minds OF the citizens, and the ma
tional government can outline the in.
yestleations that shall show the prop.
er treatment TO be followed and It
Is well that they should take that
step.
81 expect to recommend to congress
that there be a union of all the OK
perimental departments OF the gov
ernment for the discovery of lines OF
the study of disease"
Augusta. Ga, Nov. President
Taft brought his stay in Augusta to a