New Britain herald., 1924-12-04
CHICAGO GREETS
 PRESIDENT TODAY
Also Hears Him Talk Of Mutual
 Cooperation

Chicago, Dec, 4.--President Cool idge arrived at Chicago at 9 o'clock today to visit and speak at the live- stock show and at luncheon gath cring of the Commercial club Of Chicago.
 Delegations representing the two organizations acting as hosts met Mr, Coolidge and party at the sta ton and escorted them 10 the Drake hotel where the president planned to hold several conferences before the Commercial club luncheon, scheduled for 12:45 ?. m.
 Crowds at the station gave President Coolidge a hearty well come. The weather man had ar. ranged more sombre greeting. A mixture of rain and snow squalls which with fog and smoke blanket od the loop district as the presiden- tia1 party was driven 10 the hotel.
 Crowds gathered at various points along the route from the station 10 the hotel and cheered.
 Mrs. Charles c. Dawes, wife of tho vice president-elect, was mem- ber of a woman's committee that met Mrs. Coolidge, and she present. cd regrets from Mir. Dawes that he could not greet the president. MT. Dawes is convalescing from an oper- atiOn.
 Appointments prior 10 the lunch con were arranged with Fred W. I'pham. republican national com miueeman for Illinois; William Wrigley, Jr.; John c. Shedd, John C. Shaffer and Roy o. West, secre- tary of the republican national commttee.
 Former Governor Frank o. Low den Of Illinois. who has at various times been mentioned for cabinet portfolio, was given an appointment for the afternoon.
 Presidents Address | President Coolidge told the busi- I ll' aS lAi'Ell Ol '+iIlIdE' lildL llFltIEI business nor nations can live 10 themselves alone.
 Speaking at a luncheon Of the Chi cago Commercial club, the chief executive appealed for inclusion Of ] the spirit of mutual aid in the rela- tonships between business and agri- culture and in the dealings among nations.
 "You people Of commerce, you people of the city, are an integral part Of the life of agriculture, Of the life of the country" he told the business leaders of the middle vests metropolis.
 "Wc can no more assure perma = nent and stable peace without CO., operation among the nations, than wn can secure victory in war without allies among tlfem," he asserted Tn urging application of the principal of mutual aid to International re- lationships.
 The president. in his address, the first of the two he plans to make during his visit 10 Chicago, said he liked 10 think Of the Illinois city "a' the great market place to which the world resorts to buy and sell its fcod," and drew a parallel between the Biblical story of Joseph and the famine which drove the peoples o' line ancient Mediterranean world tc buy of Egypt's store, and Furope' recent dencndence upon America foI it's food supply.
 Rescued By Egypt
 "The famine brought the nation' 10 Egypt, and Egypt rescued them' he said. 50 the war brought th' nations to your agricultural markets and you provided them with food Some of the results were not ilnme djstely pheasant for the Hebrew rac' tand some of the results of the va have not been pleasant for tn' farmer.
 But out of 'he Egyptian exper
 fence of Israel came the opportunit l or us gFEtl SEI NI|C A4' 'S ''
 ship. \ x And my faith IS firm II The conviction that, if we will ou realize i;. these years Of triaI an
 lis,rass for the American larme will represent only time Of prepar alton for his opportunity 10 sec0E tha, recognition Of his importance ina, need for economic equality whirh will enable him 10 render euprrme service to himself and | lis fellow men"
 The Farmers Problem
 Rc,tcrmont of the lot o: Tn
 f.rmers depends not on large pro ductyity and material prosperIl alone. the president said. and added
 "The commercial and industf's Side oe our nation has been givin too much thought 10 wheat an
 hogs and corn, 10 their transporta ton and 10 their prices, and nc .nongh thought 10 'the men an women who are engaged in agricuI ; ,..rc. 10 their welfare and to thel prosperity. We must look beyon
 r1,o quotations o' the market plac and ser what price we are propot
 ing to nav. what rewards We ar
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