New-York tribune., 1910-08-12
MR.. .ROOSEVELT'S OUTLOOK
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an acre from q ten-acre farm in that
vicinity.
He Dragged of his vegetables and his
three crops of alfalfa. He told so much
of man who got rich on an adjoining
farm that Mr.. Roosevelt wanted to see
him.
Concerning Wall Street.
'Oh. he's gone to New York. He made
a lot of money in Wall Street in the last
two years." said Fullerton.
well. IL he's made money in Wall
Street it must have been since l went to
Africa" laughed the exPresident.
by the way, Mr.. Peters, he went on,
II have nothing against the rich man
who builds up things. but I haven't any
use for the man who merely uses his
! money in schemes in Wall Street. I'm
not reputed to be the rich mans friend.
ST don't want you, Mr.. Peters, to make
couple of millions in Wall Street. but
If you succeed in making living better
for the farmers, I'm with you. l am in
terested in seeing farmers and farm
labor succeed.
Fullerton told Mr.. Roosevelt that
much of the trouble in getting farm
labor grew out of the fact that the av-
erage 1aborers could get work only for
four or five months, then had to tramp.
He said they were overcoming that on
the model farms by growing winter
plants and the work in the dairy.
Mr.. Roosevelt admitted that there were
difficulties in getting people back to the
farms, lack of proper social life, and the
like
You can't change human nature IN
that respect he observed. You may
curb it as you dam stream, but you
can't go further, and my friends the leg
islators and the philanthropists do not
understand that"
Views Country from Tank.
AS a break In the farm inspection Air.
Roosevelt climbed fifty-foot water tank
to get a view of the country, shook
hands all around with bunch of chli-
1ren, and let Teddy Tunddenbaur,
farmland, take his picture. This
Teddy was so delighted that he shook
the hand OF the other Teddy" half
dozen times.
On the Medford farm is n bathtub
rigged out of an old wash boiler.
s'That's fine" said T. r. when he saw
it. 81 remarked on my trip through the
coal mines that bathtubs and other san
itary conveniences were badly needed
Mr.. Roosevelt was told that most or
the farm Iaborers were Poles. He said
he considered it q bad thing for imnl-
Grants to settle liz communities in that
fashion. He believed they should go out
and mix with other nationahties ana
native born Americans.
After luncheon at the Fullerton home
the Roosevelt party went by autoino-
biles across the backbone Of Long 1siand
To the older farm at Wading River
This is known as Peace and Plenty
farm. The road for half the way. was
a mere sand track marked through the
scrub oak woods. The mosquitoes were
large and voracious Mr.. Roosevelt
would not admit that African pests had
any superiority over tho hoIne product
At one point the automobile In which
Mr.. Roosevelt was riding narrowly es-
capped mishap. Mrs. Fullerton was drlV-
ing it. The road ran close to the shore
Of Artists Lake. The machine skidded
in the wet sand, one forewheel went
ever into the lake, and Mr.. Roosevelt
made flying leap to land. Then he
turned to with the others TO pull the
car back on to the road.
After an inspection OF the Wading
River farm Mr. Roosevelt paid visit
to the home of Mike" Cooper, an Italian
farm laborer, whose wife is a half breed
Shinnecock Indian. They have eight
children, whose acquaintance the ex-
President made.
From Wading River the Roosevelt
party went to Syosset in the Peters prl-
vate car There the Roosevelt automo-
bile met the ex-PreSident and took him
to Sycamore Hill. He Will go to the
Outlook office tomorrow.