The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-05
FARGO WELCOMES COL. ROOSEVELT WITH /
WHO[EHEARTED WESTERN HOSPITALITY

first came to what was then the ter
ritory Of Dakota He passed over the
Red river valley, out through the CEN
tral part Of the state, and settled at
last upon what was in those days the
frontier, in the western part Of our
state.
"Whe nhe first came to the north
west our towns and cities were but
little hamlets; the settlement in the
country was very small and the
ranches in the western part of our
state along the frontier were few
and scattering. believe that the
first political office he ever held was
Sthe Office of deputy sheriff Of Stark
county, more than quarter OF CEN
@syy ago. The whole northwest has
stown in the years that have gone by
since those days and as the great
northwest has grown, 80 has this
man, who we delight to honor, grown
as well; as deputy sheriff in North
Dakota, as member of the New York
stae legislature, as police commission
er of New York ely, as assistant sec
retary OF the navy, as lieutenant col
onel of one of the regiments in the
Spsnish-American war, as governor of
the state Of New York, as vice presi-
dent and as president Of the United
States. he has filled every position
with honor and credit and Is now rec
ognized everywhere as the foremost
citizen of the whole world. And now,
after more than year of travel in
foreign lands, he has come home again
and upon this, the first trip that he is
making into the great west, he has
honored us by coming back again to
the people of his adopted state and to
the people who love him.
To-day he is here to speak to the
allied labor organizations of North
Dakota and in fact, to the labor or
ganizations of the whole country and
1t is signal honor to the labor Or
carnations Of our state that this
speech, which he is to make upon the
the borders Of our own common
wealth.
"And, now, have the pleasure and
the distinguished honor Of presenting
| To. you this man for whom we In. the
northwest have deep within .our
hearts, respect and love. which
believe is deeper and stronger, II that
can possibly be, than that in which
he is held by any other people in
any other section Of our country-our
honored guest, Theodore Roosevelt. "
Col. Roosevelt was received with
ringing cheers, cheers differing from
the ordinary because they were the
spontaneous outpourings of the hearts
Of the vast assemblage-the people
who love him for his typical western
character. The cheering lasted sew
eral minutes. When he could be heard
he spoke as follows, the remarks being
frequently punctuated with vocifer-
GUS cheering:
Roosevelt's Speech
"Today-on Labor day-I speak in
one sense especially to those person
ally are vitality interested in the labor
struggle; and yet I speak Of this pri-
marily as one aspect Of the larger So
cial struggle growing out of the t.
tempts to readjust social conditions
and make them more equitable.
"The nineteenth century was dis
tinctly one Of economic triumphs--
triumphs in the domain of production,
including transportation and the me-
chanics of exchange. The marvellous
progress made in these respects null
tiplied mans productive power to an
almost inconceivable degree. In the
matter Of the production Of wealth,
as much progress was made during
the nineteenth century as during all
previous periods since history dawn
ed-that Is, the changes brought in q
single centur" through machinery and
steam have been greater than the sum
total OF the changes of the preceding
thousands Of years; and these very
changes and this. material. progress
have thrust upon US social and politi-
cal problems Of the first magnitude.
The triumphg Of the physical sciences
in the nineteenth century represented
progress primarily in the material
elements of civilization. The most
pressing problems that confront the
present century ere not concerned
with the material production of
wealth, but with it's distribution. The
demands Of progress now deal not 80
much with the material as with the
moral and ethical factors Of civiliza-
ton. Our basic problem IL to see
that the marvelously augmented pow
ers Of production bequeathed to US by
the nineteenth century shall in the
twentieth be made to administer to
the needs Of the many rather than be
exploited for the profit of the few.
Dual Capacity.
The American wage-earner faces
this larger social problem In a dual
capacity; lrst, az q citizen Of the re-
public charged with the full duty Of
citizenship; and next as q wage-earn-
er-aa a wn4e.worker-vhot to1effer