Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-24
CROWD AT STATION IN
ALBANY TO GREET T. R.


pleasure to see you all again." said
Theodore Roosevelt, bowling from the
rear of his private car to the crowd
which gathered at the station to greet
him. II shall never forget the days
was here at Albany"
Nor shall We" shouted an enthusi-
astic admirer
Col. Roosevelt and his party arrived
at Albany, the first stop on his vest
ern trip, at las p m, and left fiye
minutes later.
Superintendent William II. Hotch-
kiss, of the state insurance department,
an old acquaintance of the colonel, was
the only state officer at the station
10 greet him.
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make his land pay, but he must make
country life interesting for himself and
for his wife and his sons and daugh-
ters. Our people as n whole should
realize the infinite possibilities of life
in the country; and every effort should
be made to make these possibilities
more possible. From the beginning of
time II has been the man raised in the
country-and usually the man born in
the countrywide has been most apt to
render the services which every nation
most needs. Turning to the list of
American statesmen, 1t is eXtraordin-
ary to see how large proportion start
ed as farm boys, But it is rather sad
to see that in recent years most of
these same boys have ended their lives
as men living in cities.
1T often happens that the good con-
dtions of the past can be regained, not
by going back. but by going forward.
We cannot recreate what is dead; we
cannot stop the march of events, but
we can direct this march, and out of
40 conditions HpXyplOTo Gnu1afhinU
better than the past knew. Henry Clay
was a farmer who lived all his life in
the country; Washington was farm
er who lived and died in the country;
and we of this nation ought to make
1t our business to see that the condl-
tions are made such that farm life in
the future shall not only devolep them
of the stamp of Washington and Henry
Clay, but shall be so attractive that
these men may continue as farmers;
for remember that Washington ana
Henry Clay were successful farmers.
1 hope that things will so shape them
selves that the farmer can have great
career and yet end his life as farmer;
so that the city man will look fori
ward to living in the country, rather
than the country man living in the city
SHOULD LEARN TO COMBINE
Farmers should learn how to COM
bine effectively, as has been done in
industry. I am particularly glad to
speak to the Grange, for I heartily be-
lieve in farmers organizations; and we
should all welcome every step taken
toward an increasing cooperation
among farmers. The Importance of
such movements cannot be overesti-
mated: and through such intelligent
Joint action it will be possible to i'm
prove the market just as much as the
farm.
Country life should be as attractive
as city life, and the country people
should insist upon having their full
representation when it comes to dealing
with all great public questions. In
other words, country folks should de-
mand that they work on equal terms
with city folks in all such matters.
They should have their share in the
memberships of commissions and coun-
ellis; in short, of all the organized
bodies for laying plans for great enter
prses affecting all the people. 1 am
clad to see on such bodies the names
that represent financial interests, but
| these interests should not have the
! right of way: and in all enterprises
! and movements in which the social
condition of the country is involved the
AGRICULTURAL Countrywide open country
should be as we'll represented as the
CITY. The man of the open country Is
apt to have certain qualities when the
CITY man has lost. These qualities Off
set those which the city man has ana
he himself has not The two should be
nut on equal terms, and the country
talent be given the same opportunity
as the city talent to express itself ana
to contribute to the welfare or the
world IN which we live.
MEN MUST BE STEADY
'It is exceedingly difficult to make
good citizen out of a man who can
count upon some steadiness and con-
tinuity in the work which means 10 MN
his livelihood. Economic conditions on
the farm-in variety and klnd OF crop
! growing, especially as distributed IN
time, and in housing for the meh-nust
be so shaped as to render 1t possible
for the man who labors for the farmer
to be steadily employed under condl--
tions which foster his self-respect ana
tend for his development.
"Aboye all, the conditions of farm
| life must always be shaped with a
view to the welfare of the farmer S
wife and the farm laborer S WHe, quite
as much as to the welfare of the farmer
| and farm laborer. To have the woman
a mere drudge is at least as bad as 10
| have the man a mere drudge. II is
| every whit as important to introduce
new machines to economize her lapor
| within the house as 1t Is TO lntroduce
machinery to increase the effectiveness
| of his labor outside the house. nave
not the slightest sympathy with any
! movement which looks to eXcuslng men
| and women for the performance or
| duty and fixes attention only on rights
and not duties. The woman who shirks
| her duty as housewife, as mother, Is a
! contemptible creature; just as the cor
responding man is a contemplate erea-
! ture. ~ -
! put the welfare of the woman Is
even more important than the welfare
! of the man; for the mother is the real
| Atlas. VINO bears aloft in her strong
| and tender arms the destiny of the
! world She deserves honor and con-
! sideration such as no man should re-
| ceiye. She forfeits all claim to TINS
! honor and consideration if she shlrks
! her duties. But the average American
| woman does not shirk them; and 1t IS
| a matter of the highest obligation Tor
/ us TO see that they are performed un-
| der conditions which make for her Wei
! fare and happiness and for the welfare
| and happiness of the children she
| brings into the world"
| Col. Roosevelt expects to rest all uay
| tomorrow. About midnight tonight the
| b,,arded his car to resume his trip
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