US Presidency
1892

We do not want and should not receive those who by reason of bad character or habits are not wanted at home. The industrious and self respecting, the lovers of law and liberty, should be discriminated from the pauper, the criminal and the anarchist, who come only to burden and disturb our communities. Every effort has been made to enforce the laws and some convictions have been secured under the superrich law. The general condition of our country is one of great prosperity. The blessing of God has rested upon our fields and upon our people. The annual value of our foreign commerce has increased more than $ 400,000,000 over the average for the preceding ten years, and more than $ 210,000,000 over 1890, the last year unaffected by the new tariff. Our exports in 1892 exceeded those of 1890 by more than $ 172,000,000, and the annual average for ten years by $ 265,000,000. Our exports of breadstuffs increased over those of 1890 more than $ 144,000,000; of provisions over $ 4,000,000, and of manufactures over $ 8,000,000.