Bill Taft

We have not taken the steps that ought to be taken, but which doubtless will be, following the model of the general Government by the State governments.

He pointed out the necessity for the irrigation and reclamation of our arid and semi-arid land.

I think it does them good and gives them a patriotic thrill to come together on an occasion like this to meet the man who for the time being represents the sovereignty of the Nation which they love.

He pointed out the necessity for our saving our forests and reforesting parts where the forests had been destroyed.

Seriously speaking, I am exceedingly obliged to your Chief Magistrate for his continued hospitality and his kindness in visiting and welcoming me to the various important parts of the State.

I am delighted here to have the privilege of meeting and receiving the hospitable greeting of your Governor.

We have not yet adopted the laws, but I hope to recommend them to Congress.

The subject of the conservation of our national resources received its first impetus from that crusader and reformer, Theodore Roosevelt.

I am delighted to be here and to meet the citizens of this enterprising city of Corpus Christi.

I want to thank the Confederate and the Grand Army veterans who have honored me by coming here this morning.

We do not unite officially under our Constitution Church and State.

You will hardly believe me when I tell you that this ceremony and the burden that I am now trying to discharge came to me but to-day.

It is a most appropriate building for all these purposes, and will remain here as long as the other buildings put up by the government, to show the attachment and loyalty of the people of San Antonio both to the government and to those…

I now dedicate this edifice to peace, good will and humanity.

It has not always been so at every post, but that you should love the army and that the army should love you under the conditions is a noteworthy fact in which I rejoice.

[addressing the Minister of War]: I have been Minister of War, and therefore I have a sympathy with you.

I wish to express to you my belief that this meeting is looked upon by both peoples with a great deal of interest not as making stronger but as typifying the strength of the bond between the two countries.

I am very glad to welcome you here, sir; I am very glad indeed.

I should be very glad to have the pleasure of taking you and Governor Creel, who interprets so well and who is my personal friend, into an adjoining room for just a few moments.

You have already met the Secretary of War and the Governor of Texas. I shall be glad to have the privilege of presenting to you the Postmaster General.

It gives me not only great pleasure to welcome the President of the great Republic of Mexico, but to welcome the present President of the Republic of Mexico, who has made it so great.

The aims and ideals of our two nations are identical, their sympathy mutual and lasting, and the world has become assured of a vast neutral zone of peace, in which the controlling aspiration of either nation is individual human happiness.

The people of the United States respect and honor the Mexicans, for their patriotic devotion, their will, energy, and for their steady advance in industrial development and moral happiness.

I should be glad to have the privilege of meeting your staff.

I drink to my friend, the President of this great Republic, to his continued long life and happiness, and to the never-ending bond of mutual sympathy between Mexico and the United States.