ROUSEVEIT’S
MEMPHIS SPEECH
After eul »Kizin« at some length
the rher Mississippi, its valley ami
the lake region as the most prolific
.1 rii n tiral <! Strict In the wholo
world, the president in his Memphis
spt'*<h today continued:
1 he people who live in the country
districts and who till the small or
medium-sized farms on which they
live, make up what is on the whole
the most valuable asset in our na
tional life.
Arivl proceeded to inetaphonically
put the dear Western !'w|i" ou the
l'*‘ek In this manner:
I h«* west ha-; determined our na
tion;;: political development, and the
tun ! a mental principles of present
Aru- rlcan politics, ;Hiliticnl equality,
was originally a western Idea.
* • •
\n.l this:
Aud have drvolopo l a standard of
‘VAlf-re.-ns it .; 'self-reliant man
hooj. lii. it are of good augury for
‘li*.1 IUIU re of tits- entire republic.
No man -in l + tie limit of the
possibility of development in the
Mi Hissippi Valley.
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(lie rivers, in the president's opin
ion. are calculated to act as a de
terrent m tie avaricious railroads:
Wherever a navigable river runs
beside railr ads the problem of regn
lat'ng the rat* -■ on the railroads be
'■omes far • a-dyr. because river regu
lation is rate regulation. Wheiu the
water rate sinks, the land rate ran
not b<* ke- t at au excessive height
Therefore it la of national import
a nee to develop these streams as
highways to the fullest extent which
is genuinely profitable. • • * Tf„,
national government should under
take tills work.
Tint the president recommends a
systematic method be applied and
wn«tod acilcn »>y the federal and
♦date authorities In to rested.
It is altogether unlikely that bet
ter results will be obtained «o long
as the method Is followed of mak
ing partial appropriations at irregu
lar Intervals for works which should
never be undertaken until it Is cer
tain that they ran be carried to com
pletion within a definite and rnason
able time, planned and orderly de
veloment is essential to the best use
of every natural resource, and to
none niore than to the best use of
our Inland waterways. In the case
of the waterways it has been con
spicuously absent. It oca use such
foresight was lacking, the interest
of our rivers have been in fact over
looked, in spite of the immense sums
spent upon them.
• • •
There are other rivers Isoldes tho
Mississippi worthy of attention:
Plans for the improvement of our
inland navigation may fairly begin
with our greatest river and its chief
tributaries but they can not end
there. The lands which the Colum
bia drains include a vast area of rich
grain field and fruit lands, much of
which is not easily reached by rail
ways. rho removal of ob tractions
In the Columbia and Its chief tribu
taries would open to navigation an I
inexpensive freight transportation
fully 2,000 miles of channel. The
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers
with their tidal openings info San
Francisco Hay nre partly navigable
now. Their navigation should be
maintained and improved, so as to
o|*>n the marvelously rich valley of
California to inexpensive traffic, in
order to facilitate both rate regula
tion and the conlrol of the waters
for other purp.oses And many oth
er rivers of the Cnltei .States de
mand improvement
Thn matter of water i>owor proiiir
fo wa'-tc over government dams Ih
«lso men t Inner] aril other waste of
natural resources.
Accordingly. I have a ker| the wa
terways mmmls loti to take account
of »ho orderly development and con
fer*. at Ion, not alone of th** waters,
lint also of the soil, the forest a, the
mln<“< and all the other natural re
sources of our country.
* • *
Shall w*. continue the waste and
destruction of our natural re on re*-,
or shall we conserve them? There
la no other nue«tlon of equal grav
Ity now before the nation.
'I"he Panama canal a an a l juncf
''•hem© was touched on in
u.uch the same word- as on Tuesday
•i't. also again impressing on hi*
audience the necessity of a strong
uj\y for defense not offense.
But the pith of the sieech comes
it conclusion:
Before closing let me say a word
upou the subject of the regulation
o’ the railways by congress under
tlo* interstate commerce clause of
t» e constitution. in my Judgment
0,(1 dayB of happy-go-lucky in
’ •'rente on the part of the public
f t lie conduct of the corivoratlons
■■ v<“ passed. The American people
h.i made up its min i that the con
’ Hons of modern in lu'-triellam are
•jch as imperatively to demand su
'.tervislon in the Interest of the poo
,.• e as a whole over these great cor
iwirat iona. Most emphatically we
1-ould do full justice to them; but
'n return w*> should exact justice
from them to the public. Some of
tlem have become so habituated to
disregarding everything but their
ov. n wishes and intero;ts that the
« ffort to establish a proper sujier
-ion over them has aroused on
part a curiosity unroasonablo
antagonism. Their si>okesmen do
not seem to bo award that in what
we h»v« been trying to do wo have
not been improperly radical; using
t' «* word in Its right sen ho. we haw
Inotj conservative. We have mere
!y taken the first steps in a policy
which mudt Im» permanent If our
dmnoerntio institutions are to on
dtire; while as a matter of course,
wo must also keep over In mind that
*t is exactly as Injurious to true d«
i hoc racy to inflict, as tamely to suf
'ei wrong. Wo can no more tolerate
njustice to the railroads than In*
"istlce by them; one course is as
immoral and as fundamentally nils
hlevous and Injurious to the people
as the other.
'n the matter of supervision of
the great railway corporations we
a ro art ini? as all civilized govorn
m< nts liave already acted or are on
tlie point of acting. The unrestrict
ed issue of ra'lway securities with
out any super vision, and under oir
cuinstances which often result in the
gravest scandal, should not ho per
mitted. and only by governmental
action can it be prevented. It is al
ready thus prevented In England
and (Jormany. for instance, in Eng
land the first royal commission of
railways of wlilch that great par
Hamentnry and popular leader. Wll
• 'am Ewart flladsf one, was chair
man. sot forth as rundamcntal the
very principles which here have at
last been enacted into law. or which,
as | firmly believe, will s|>eedlly be
enacted.
The stteaker went on to lighten
the trusts to a counterfeiter ami ad
vised drastic measures to try to se
cure the conviction of the thief, tint
ir he had escaped the jurisdiction
of tho law, it would nevertheless he
impossible to let his innocent victim
'■ontinue to pass his by no means
Innocent counterfeit money. Well
lust the same thing Is true when It
comes to enforcing the law against
business men of great wealth who
have violated it. People are always
beseeching me not to enforce it
against them because innocent out
biers tnay be hurt, or, only to en
force It with a gentleness that would
prevent anybody, good or bad. from
being hurt. it is not possible to
comply with such requests, even
when they are made In good faith
This is a government of law, a law
which applies to great and small
alike, i am sorry indeed when it
happens that big men who do wrong
have involved smaller men with no
bad intentions to such an extent
fl at they suffer when wo force the
undoing of the wrong. Rut wo ej»n
n >! hold our hands for such a con
leration (The roKponalblllf y for
tl< suffering of those innocent out
silcr-i lies, not with us who put a
top to the wrong and punish the
wrongdoers, but with these wrong
doers who mislead their victims.
• * •
The winding up Is;
In the great civil war our armies
northern and southern alike won
tbelr high position forever and all
time in the undying regard and ad
miration l»f their fellow-citizens, bo
( us.> the average rnan In the ranks,
tie average man who carried *a!>er
oe rifle, had this high standard of
personal quality. Just as It was In
time of war. no It Is now In time of
P‘*ace. ff a man has not got the
r irh* stuff in him then no law can
rn cihlv get It out Of him. because
A VALUABLE F>RESCRIPTION
- FOR
RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLES
Published by permission of the E nlnent Specialist, DP 0 C FLOOD.
vv“ !,r*' F»c able to publi h for tho benefit of our readers Dr
fborE«. Hdmund Flood's famous pre crlptlon for rheumatism. kidney and
bladder trouble*. Dr. Flood* r« n .rkable success In heating rheuma
«l*m and all dl ea*es of the kidneys ,nd bladder baa pieced him first
among all ap'rlallsts on those disen <•- Ife attribute* his success almost
'■n»irely to (ho following prescript! -n r» is iho result of years of Inveetl
nation and ex,*.ri«nce. We publish it as It came from the doctor
rlif to us;
^ '(Xk/\/z)( Cs> /jO-OJVO .> 0 ^ 0\a/oJ1A
CjmxUrni^oiyt (b OAJC<Aoj Orrr. KouavIj \ ^
+Ao)L*mj H- ^
Children One-quarter.; to Ore-half Tcaspoonful After Moat
Thi. | r*ncrlptlon can be filled rt any good Drug Store, or. better
11. the ingredient; can m,„r-h.v d reparately and mix*! at home
•Imply by shaking In a bottle. If „f t i„ need of It now, we «o„ld advise
our readers to cut Mila out and sa\e It.
' it Is not there to net out. All that
the law cau do in to punish evil. to
encourage what In good, aud to so
| euro, <o far as is posable. au oqual*
ity of opportunity for all tneu to
show their strength of body mind,
and soul in the hard struggle of life.
DR. EDWARD'S
Dandelion
For t tu»
Liver. Lidneys, Skin
Stomach and Bowels
It is the old< st remedy known, wan
used ceuturiea ago; Just as safe to
day.
Aik Your oldest Relative \Imhii
DANDELION
Our Contpouud Dandelion Tablets
•ad Pills are purely vegetable. C>uar
i tit etui under Pure Food and Drugs
•ct. serial No. 3517.
Sel«| l>> Jill Druggists
Tile Schneck Chemical Co., 5 4 Frank
lin St.. New York City.
And The White Pharmacy, Cor.
Princeton Ave., and lJIand St.
I've a as calling on a neighbor.
"No.” she remarked, "when we
iv«s| in the gan en we never had to
orrow rubber plants for our onter
ainnient».”
Thus she started the seen better
lays habit. -St. I.otiis Times.
IKHaKItN' liIVKRWOHT
TAR AND CANCH ALAGIt A
For the complete cure of Cough*,
Colds, Asthma and Bronshltls and
all Lung complaints tendering io
Consumption, LIVERWORT!!. TAR
AND WILD CHBRR7. have for age*
maintained an established reputation
as a standard rough Remedy. It con
tains no opium or harmful drug, can
be Riven with safety to children
Price $1.00
For sale ..t Whites Pharmacy, Cor
Hoax: So young Goldrox has
aken a wife. What was her maiden
name?”
•I<k»x: ‘.Her maiden aim seems to
!'ave been to marry Goldrox. and sin*
moved an unusually good shot for a
woman.”—Tld-nits.
HOW TO IT HR .\ COLD.
I he question of how to euro a
•old without unnecessary loss of
ime is one In which wo are all more
r less Interested, for the quicker
cold Is gotten rid of the less the
anger of pneumonia and other (‘ri
ms diseases. Mr. H \V. L. Hall, of
Waverly, Va . lias used Chamber
lain s Cough Remedy for years and
says; ”1 fjrmly believe Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to he abso
lately the best preparation on the
market for colds. 1 have recom
mended it to my friends and they
all agree with me.” For sale by
The While Pharmacy.
"Did you and your wife do rnuHi
owing at (ho seashore?
"That"* the way it Ih spelled. but
it la pronounced different.” Hoiih
*t.»n Post.
Pedigo's Fall Opening Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. | 0-4-41
' ‘ CRT A I \ (TRK FOIt PROI'P—
I S|-;i» FOR TFV YRARM WITH*
Ol 'T A F A I M R R.
Mr. W. C. Hott. a Star City, fnd.,
lardware merchant, in enthusiastic
tt his praise of Chamberlain' Cough
lemody. Ida children have all boon j
ubjoot to croup and ho has used I
this remedy for the past ton years,
and though they much feared the
Croup, his wife and tie always felt
afe upon retiring when a bottle of
'barubei Iain's Cough Remedy wns
» the house, inn oldest child wa ;
subject to severe attacks of croup,
ut tills remedy never failed to er
ect a speedy cure, He has recom* '
inendiHl it to friends and neighbor ’ I
and all who hav.* used if say that It is
unequaled for croup nnd whoopin '
cough. For sale by The White phar '
macy
The most beautiful of all Pedi
gos Fall Openin ; Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. 10-4-2t I
monitor iirrar is dk;mi \hu
COMING
ELKS OPERA HOUSE
One Night Only
TUESDAY, OCT. 8th.
THIS IS IT
1‘iifi Fresh, Fast and Funout from I irt!
Inning to the I* inisli
I he Successful Innovation and houghing
Surpiise of the Season
THE HOOSIER GIRL
A Pastoral Comedy r>raina in Three A t
tiltrO'lacing *he t unny Comedienne
KATE WATSON
Assisted !.y the
I’oj oler (ifrnittn Corned an
(iUS COHAN
An i a Company if I ’nmtinl I << ell* r
Beautiful Scenery, Catchy
Music, Songs and
Dam es
Price?, 25c, 35c, 50c and
75c.
ELK S OPERA HOUSE
Saturday, Oct.J5
HELEN BYRON
IN
^ »eo. Ado s Musical Comedy
PEGGY FROM PARIS
50 of-Company-of 50
Now \ ork City Company
anti Caste.
Salt* Opens at Whites’
Wednesday, Oct. 2
AT 10 A. M.
PRICES. 25c, 50c. 75c.
$1.00 and $1.50.
Visitation
Academy
For Young Ladies '
WYIHEVIILE. VIRGINIA.
I* i * <-»t cIiimm rourHc of
utmlir*. Climate ,> n il
hii i ron ml i nt> * j* t‘ r ( »•« t
I«It*j11 hi 11oi>I |<.i del irate
or Itai l<ward yii’ln.
I*or cutnlofiurn anil in
formal ion addrrHH
mi iuki;c i rr;s>,
Wy I he vi lie, Va,
fONITOIt I ICI/h D |H IM'KR.
Job Printing
As you want it
When you
want it
The Daily
Leader
MILLINERY
OPENING
-AND
SALE
The PARIS
Friday and Saturday, October
4th and 5th, 1907
FINE SHOWING of CORRECT STYLES
To make it doubly
interesting we offer
100 hats at reduced
PRICES
TLhc 9>arts
Flat Top National Bank
OF BLUEFIELD. WEST VIRGINIA.
Organized .'903.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY.
I.. I'-. TlKKNKY, l*KKHII>KNT.
W. II. THOMAS, VlCB-I'KKHIJ>KNT.
hf. K. IIOI,|,|1\<;i ('AHlIlhk
W. 1< HICKS, Ahhihiant CAHHIhK.
*<eKOurces Over Half Million Dollars.
3% Interest
CnpltJil Stork, .
H|o«klio|||«TN IJithlllly,
Surplus In in | .
$100,000.00
9100,00..00
•*H :to,ooo.oo
PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS,
K«-« in iiy In l>«'|H>ffifor<4, imooo
I.OWIN >l,l\V, PrcNlditii.
WAIjTFK K, Caviller.
I.. A. IIOC'KK, Awt(. ('uhlnr,
CAI'IT/IL $ I 00,000.
SI ICI’M'H 9200,000.
IM>IMI>i:i> l-ltOI’ITH $10,000.
TLhc iftrst National IBank B
BLUEFIELD. WEST VIRGINIA.
Total Resources 1 1-3 Millions’
3% Interest on Time Deposits
DO YOUR BANKING Wl EH THE OLDEST, ST RONCEST BANK IN TOWN
lil-AUN TO danch.
Claim for lady and gomiomen be
Innora moot every Monday and
1 Intraday night. Term 10 leaaona. i
iultlon. |r,.00. Don’t put It off, but
•tart the ii' xt lenaon. You ran learn ,
o dance If yon can walk. Batlafac- ’
Ion guaranteed.
MCOF. NOTT’8 DANCING ACADEMY
Bolin Building.
WANTED
YOl ll 8HOK AND UMUKKIXA
HUl'A/itlNO.
AMj UOItK IK) V K N HATLV.
MACK CAMPBELL
11 • lOUTH MI.AN I> » r.
k fiti.n •• rfwiir '■< I .n n. >nl> a
<i. .••in. ii»r<.!.|VI»%f.ifn Mi*' ■ lOQK oil I’aiofiU
»<• I flow. I r 1* •! fiy. r f f*>f m . lirflir MUmti,
I'nio •« ttkt‘1) | iiiii Muon A *,<*.
f|>"l*U infl/i, wlrhonl cnnran. In ton
Scientific American.
A h»0<1»*. Hf III n«f FA* *4 J r
<'«iIbI|«i'i of any • <*’ IIOi' Jn *| 'I cfri *, |
Tfi;>r ; four i... Milia, f i. . , all i*o».
MUNN R Co.a6,8"”,d’"> Y"
ffr^r **
Drpgists Suonlies
Huallit* Rather Than Price
Wlii'ii y»Mi aie hh k would
you 4*11 your eiiunc<‘H to
K«‘1 well for h lew cant*?
< *•» (airily not. Our j oln y
i* to tfivr tlu treat po-r.(!>)«•
*jns*Illy ;it a r-HKori H I* I <
pri< e A^k yojir doctor if
thin m not a good atom to
liriri(4 I• im prescription to
Ijf » o m po it n *1 *• *|. \V r
would lie plciimvl to Jiavi
yon try our prt scripti m
nervic*1.
CUt FLOWERS EVERr TUESOAY*
.THURSDAY AND SATURDAY;
I liono 10“]
J L. CROCKETT.
Prince'on Ave. & Tawell St.
I SK MOM KMC I’l I,\ 1,151/11)
EMJOTT'H fCMLIJUPIED
OIK I IMMk.VT
Tr the beet rtibbln* Unlment In the
world. Try It. One heir plot bottle
*nlj 26 rente.
HOMTOH ltKKAI» IS KK.r.s i \ l;l,|,
; Kindling Wood
Klin (Med and cut stove lengths,
delivered to any address on short no
Uco from the
Saxon l ime & Umber Co's
NKW 1*1,A NT.
Phone u trial order to No. 78.
s Uf>
For Sale
lOO of the newest and
prettiest hats at reduced]
prices.
THE PARIS
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