The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-11
Difference Exists On Question
Of Swamp Drainage
SPEECH Al HOT SPRINGS
.,. Dt.cusses the Vast Area OF
Land In Arkansas That Co"io DC
Made Very Productive
IL Drained

Hot Strings, Ark, october lo.-Aieo-
paosa,,a,t nlaced himself on rec
ord here today as opposed 10 ehe Wv"
-....saa bv President Taft OF one
80 +he work of conserving anu
developing the national resoui 80 ~
the country. Colonel RooseNei'
o,arad that the federal government
shou,d do all it could legltinaieiy
ass,st in the reclamation of the great
oreas of the Mississippi val
ley. -, osar.
7, a speech at the national cohsei-
,,ot,on congress- at st. Paul, September
On President Taft said that ne pe-
,,eved that the work should De oohe
bv the states themselves ana 'iia NJ
depyecated the idea that the ha'ionAi
government should do II.
AS soon as Colonel RooseVelt ieao,teu ,.
Hot Springs today Governor LUNA 9 ny
and several other men VINO a,e
terested in obtaining help IRON, 'ne .ae,, .ia
tional government in the reclama tioh
49,. asLed him to touch upon the
| suhtect in his address at the Arhah-
aas stote fair. Colonel Roosevelt prom
sas sta'e 60
| iseo .'e ,.,I, +ha colonel said: There
are things about the open country .na
should be done by the goVerhiiien,
that is, by the representatives oi ai
of us, working together.
"Arxansas is one of a group OF stale
with an emu ".v - 10 worthless an,
Until draiheu .ne h,ock of the mos
when oraiheu ~ 10 -, ,ation
! fertile land III ,ne ,n,ant must d
1.-The national arainao
Its part In helpihs ,n,ars+at
/ because the drainage Is an rnss, &C.
S affair. Arkansas, Missouii -, -,
+ louisiana and MISSISSIPPI a. -,
: eArned and ought all 70 Went shoa
IS randar All nossihle Legitimate aid"
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Ie Taft's Opposite We"
In his ST. Paul speech President Ia
e expressed view directly opposite. II
y words were as follows:
!, suggestions have been made that Il
9 United states ought TO AID III u
y drainage OIL swamp iahos oeiohsihs
" states or private owners because
it is drained they wouid De eNceeoins
valuable fcr agriculture ana coh'ripu
> to the general welfare by eXtenolI
!. the area of cultivation. | deprecate Il
" agitation in favor of such legislation.
Is inviting the general government IN
= contribution from it's treasury towal
p enterprises that should be conductt
:, either by private capital or at the II
j. stance of the state. In these days the
:, is a disposition to look too much to Il
a federal government for everything"
:, 1t is estimated that there are 25
acres of swamp lands in the states me
tionel by Colonel Roosevelt and Govern
>. Donaghey said today that the question
their reclamation was vital one,
Colonel Roosevelt made his remarks
the subject in connection with spec
on new nationalisn', in which he urge
!. as he has done in his other speeches du
ing his present southern trip. that t
j power of the central government be e
tended to deal with present.lay probler
in the way Colonel Roosevelt believ
thew should be dealt with.
q One of the largest crowds which Color
I Roosevelt had addressed during his sout
ern trip was at the fair grounds to he
him
e p.,o,.
.,.., s,,,,s.o H..
j. sixteen hunoreo sehooi cniioren' oress
= ~ req, "hi'e anu piue costumes anu
is ranged 80 as 10 repleseh, we nas' we
d seated IN srahos'a,u ,, ach ..
coionei ana governor. ihey sang AM !
is lea and Dixie py the alrection OF
ID young woman In white VINO stood on
a track ana waved patton 70 them.
lie confederate veterans IN .heir uhilor'
OF gray were seated On one sue VI
g sa'u -, .,da 49, sor,a crand Az,
y ,atarans &, the,r hI,,a uniforms vou
II wonnon IN hlue strewed flowers over /
Confeder,te veterans. who lodged a
Is bl,nLad &c the shower descended q,
II them A vounp woman in gray did
same for the Grand Army men and tn
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