The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-10-12
ROOSEVELT IN GEORGIA.
DELIVERS THREE SPEECHES TO
ATLANTA CROWDS.
Peltfng Rains Dampen not
Much-TOctcd Atlanta SpiT' .
the BOundless Energy a. ~ a.
thuslasm OF the Colonel fells
COnservatOrs How to we the
South, How to Grow Ric.i-Speaks
at Uncle Remus Celebration.

Atlantd, Ga, oct. 8.-TheOdOre
Roosevelt came into Georgia today
and found awaiting him a welcome.
which was as warm as any he has
received during his recent travels. On
his arrival in Atlanta he was greeted
by crowds, which blocked the streets
needless of the pelting rain, and
cheered him as he rode at the head
of a parade through the business
streets of the city. Early in the day
he spent several hours at Rome, Ca,
inspecting the Martha Berry School
for Poor Mountain Boys and Girls.
and in speaking to another throng
Of cheering Georgians.
Col. Roosevelt made three speeches
in Atlanta. His first was at the
Southern Conservation Congress. He
urged the people of the South to take
care Of their natural wealth and said
that if the country's resources should
fall into the hands Of monopoly the
people would revolt After taking
dinner with Mayor Maddox he spoke
at the Uncle Remus' Day celebration.
which is being held to raise fund
to purchase the home Of the late
Joel Chandler Harris, author of the
Uncle Remus stories, and preserve II
| as a memorial to his work. After
speaking of the achievements of
Harris, Col. Roosevelt talked on new
nationalism. Then he talked to the
negroes of Atlanta in a negro church.
Col. Roosevelt began his address
before the Southern Conservation
Congress with a reiteration of his
faith in the conservation movement.
Il believe in conservation with all
my heart" said Col. Roosevelt. Il
believe that the time has passed in
this country when it was possible
Tor reasonable men to permit the
waste of natural resources / believe
that nation and State can cooperate
in this great movement, and there
are one or two impressions which 1
4
; from the public mind
Here and there, and notably in
the West, you will find men who say
that our purpose is to lock up the
natural resources Of the country
That is just as absurd as if a private
! individual should say that the farm
natural resources of his farm, when
ne declined to till his land in such
ways that it would permanently lose
its fertility. We do not intend to
lock up a single resource, but we do
intend that the resources shall be
used without waste.
certain OF the papers which are
edited in the shadow of Wall street.
regard the doctrine which l have
enunciated as smacking Of anarchy
1 think it is really the height Of con-
servatism. l think it will help the
honest men Of influence and wealth
when we discriminate in the sharp
est manner between them and their
dishonest brothers. Now il is pecu-
iarly necessary to do that in con-
nection with our natural resources.
the ownership of which, if allowed
to go into one hand or the hand of
one great corporation may establish
peculiarly oppressive monopoly
Let us then make it the business OF
the government, national or State as
the case may be, to see that the min
eral resources so far as we still have
power over them, that the water
power of the country, that all sim
liar powers, are used under such
governmental regulation as will al
low ample profit to the users and at
the same time guarantee the public
at large in it's rights.
Il think that il is an essential po-
sition for the government to take. II
do not believe that we can afford
longer to allow men of shrewdness
and some times with a lack OF scru-
pulouSnesS TO get possession of the
natural resources Of the country and
then treat them as purely their own
to do with as they choose. If such
a system of monopoly is permitted
to grow up in eXtenso sooner or
later the people will revolt against |
IT,"
Col. Roosevelt then spoke Of the |
necessity of preserving the forests. |
and continued: Il hope that Con-
grcss will pass the bill for the ere |
atlon of the great Appalachian for
est reserve. Thkse forests lie in |
several different States The waters |
which rise in them often go through |
more than one state. and it should !
hc peculiarly the work Of tbo ~ |