Show UNION OF SECTIONS KEYNOTE OF ROOSEVELT'S I ADDRESS ADDRESS- I President Visits Charleston Charles Charles- ton Exposition and Pres Presents Pre Pre- s a Sword to Major Micah Jenkins CHARLESTON S C. C April 3 ThIs This Is s Presidents President s day dat at the exposition The events of the day began with a a. grand procession through the principal streets of Charleston and afterward there here were speeches fn in n the exposition auditorium the presentation of a a. sword by the President to Maj Micah Jenkins a luncheon at the womans woman's building and inspection of the grounds and build build- Ings The parade was the most imposing ing ng that Charleston has ever seen Beides Besides Besides Be- Be sides ides the President and distinguished visitors United States artillerymen UnIted United plates tates marines and Jackies jackles there here were soldiers from various States and cadets from two military academies mica mies The Presidential party parly was driven di directly directly directly di- di to the exposition auditorium where the President viewed the troops from rom a platform erected at that point President Roosevelt Speaks At noon the President proceeded from the he reviewing reviewing- stand into the auditorium auditori auditori- um where the formal ceremonies oc oc- oc Addresses were made by Capt F. F T W W. Wagener president of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian company Gov of South Carolina Gov Aycock ot or North orth Carolina Mayor Smith Charleston Charles- Charles ton on and the President of the United States H L H L President Roosevelt said In part hie It Is to me a peculiar r cr privilege to speak here lere in your beautiful e city My mothers My-mother's mother o s people were ware from Georgia Georgia- but before they hey came to Georgia before the revolution revolution revo revo- lution In the days of colonial rule they dwelt for nearly a century In South Carolina Carolina Caro Caro- lina Una and therefore I can claim your State as mine by Inheritance no less than by the stronger and nobler right which makes each foot of American soil soli in a a a. sense the property of all Americans United People With delicate and thoughtful courtesy you sou originally asked me to come to this exposition on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln The Invitation not only showed a fine generosity and manliness In you vou my hosts but it also emphasized what hardly anything else could have nave emphasIzed emphasized emphasized sized how completely we are n now w a. a united people The wounds left by the great Civil war incomparably the greatest great great- est eat war of modern times have healed and Its memories are now priceless heritages herItages heri bert of honor hon r alke alike to the North and to the South When four years ago this Nation was W compelled to face a foreign foe the completeness completeness com corn of the tle reunion Became instantly instant Instant- ly and strikingly evident It 1 is an added proof of the completeness complete complete- ness of the reunion of our country that one of the foremost nien n who has been instrumental in driving forward the great civilization and humanity In n the Philippines has been a man who In the Civil war fought with distinction in a a. uniform of Confederate graIt gray gra If It ever the n need ed comes com in n the future the past has made abundantly evident the fact that from this time on N Northerner and Southerner will wUl willIn In in war know only the generous desire to strive e how each can do the more effective service for the fi flag g of our common country of Country The same thing is true in the endless work of peace the never-ending never work of building and keeping the marvelous fabric fabric fab fab- ric nc of our industrial prosperity The up up- up building of ot any part of our our country is a aI I benefit to th the whole and every such effort ef- ef fort lort as this to stimulate the resources and Industry of a particular section Is entitled to the heartiest support from every quarter of the Union You have made a particular effort In your our exhibition to get into touch with the West Indies This Is wise The events of the last four years years- have shown us that the West Indies and the Isthmus in inthe the future occupy a far larger place In our national policy than in the past This is proved b by the negotiations for tor the purchase of the Danish Banish islands the ac acquisition acquisition acs ac- ac s t of Porto Rico the preparation for building w i an ri Isthmian raon canal arr and fl finally final final- t ly by the changed relations which the years year have produced between us and Cuba Relations to Cuba Cuba Is so near to us that we can never never never nev- nev er be indifferent t. t to mIsgovernment and disaster within its limits The mere fa fact t that our administration in the island baa minimized the danger from dreadful scourge of yellow fever alike to Cuba and ourselves is sufficient to emphasize the community of interest between us But there are other Interests which bind bindus us together Cubas Cuba's position makes It necessary necessary necessary ne ne- ne- ne that her political politics relations with relations rela rela- us should differ from her political with other powers This fact has been formulated by us and accepted by bythe bythe the c Cubans lt in the Platt I t amendments e It follows as a corollary that where the Cubans have thus assumed a position ot or peculiar relationship to our political system system eye eye- tem tern they must similarly stand In a pe peculiar peculiar peculiar pe- pe culiar relationship to our economic SIS ss tem tern Spirit of cf f. f Generosity G We have rightfully insisted upon Cuba Cub adopting toward us an attitude differing litterIng politically from that she adopts toward any other power W and I In return t as a matter matter mat mat- ter i of gl right we must f t tI give I to Cuba uba a dif different dif dif- ferent that ferent-that that is a better better Position position economically economically economically cally In her relations with us than we wes gave or r give to ot other r powers s This is the Sl i dot t course s dictated t d by sound policy o by a wise and sighted far a t view of o our own w in interest in- in eo iv J terest and by the position we e have taken during the past four years We are arc a a. wealthy and powerful country dealing with a much weaker one and the contrast In wealth and strength makes It all the themore themore themore more our duty to deal with Cuba as we have already dealt with her in a spirit of large generosity Period of Prosperity This exposition m in Is rendered possible because because because be be- cause of the period of industrial prosperity pros pros- I through ir which we y are e en passing I i While material r l well being Is n never all sufficient to the life lite of a nation yet ret It la is lathe the merest truism to say that Its absence means a ruin We need to build I a higher g m life upon it as s a f foundation but u w we c cO build little Indeed unless this foundation of prosperity lt Is d deep and The Tho hII hd red well elfr being r which h we are n now car ness be prosperity secured I y only and through h such th g prosperity general S I business business busi busi- st Is conditioned upon the energy and hard work the sanity and the mutual respect of all classes of capitalists large and small of workers wage of every degree As Is Inevitable In a time of business prosperity some men succeed more than others and it Is unfortunately also In InevItable Inevitable inevitable In- In evitable that when this is the case some unwise people are sure to try to appeal to the envy and Jealousy of those who succeed least It is a a. good thing when these appeals are made to remember that while it is difficult to increase s prosperity o by law it Is easy enough to ruin t it pe and x that there is small satisfaction to the less Ius prosperous if they succeed In overthrowIng overthrows overthrow- overthrow ins Ing both the more prosperous arid and themselves themselves them them- fo s selves fv in the crash of a common o disaster Trusts Should Be C Crushed shed This Is an ai era of great combinations of ot both labor and capital In many ways waya these combinations have worked for good but they must work under the laWand law lawand lawand and the laws concerning them must bBl ba be just and wise or they will TIc Inevitably lg do l ers ni evil and this applies II as much to the richest richest rich rich- r est labor o corporation oP union I lon Oar Our as to tOla laws the most must be powerful wise sane healthy conceived In the spirit of or Continued on page 6 I Union of of f Sections d. d Continued from from- from page Page 1 those who scorn the mere mer agitator the the mere Inciter of class or sectional hatred who wish justice for all al men who Iq recognize n nize flize f the he nee need J of adhering so far as possible pos poe sible to the old American doctrine of or gIving Ivr Iv- Iv ing the ew w widest er df possible ld le leI scope for lor the f tree free exercise r e of individual I initiative WI lt and yet who recognize also als that after combinations tons have havE reached a I certain stage It t Is Is- indispensable to the general welfare that the nation naton should exercise over them cautiously and with t 1 self restraint n but f firmly the le power c jT of ot su supervision and r reg reg- reg Sword Presented PrEsented Immediately after the addresses a handsome sword was pre presented to Maj Micah Jenkins the presentation being mad by President Roosevelt The sword was handed to the President by ex Hugh S. S Thompson With Wih the conclusion of the exercises at the auditorium the Presidential party party par par- ty was wa escorted to the West Indian building from there they went vent to the South Carolina building and made a tour of the great b buildings in the Court of Palaces At 2 o'clock the President and party were taken to the womans woman's building where a luncheon was served by the Womans Woman's board |