Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

IN mat vast empire nave not heen no.
elected during the past year. Adenuate
protection has been secured for our mis-
nrnna, ana some injuries to their
property have been redressed.
american capital has sought and found
various opportunities of competing to
carry out the internal improvements
witch me imperial government is wisely
encouraging and to develop the natural
resources of the empire. Our trade with
emma has continued to grow and o1r
commercial rights under existing trea-
tles have been everywhere main
" "ne curing the past year, as they
VIII be in the future. An extension Of
area offered to foreign settlement at
shanghai and the opening of the ports
or Marking. kiao Chou and fallen Wan
TO foreign trade and settlement will
doubtless afford American enternr:se
additional facilities and new fields Of
which it will not be slow to take ady;,nt-
age.
In my message to congress of Dec. +.
1879, urged that the recommendation
Which had been made by the speaker Of
the house of representatives. by the see
rotary OF the treasury on the IAth Of
June, 1898. for an appropriation for 4
commission to study the commercial ana
lndustrlal conditions in the Chinese en-
pre- and report as the opportunities for
ana obstacles to the enlargement of
markets in China for the raw products
ana manufactures of the United States
should receive at your" hands the con-
sloerat'on Which its importance merits,
put the congress failed to take action
! now renew this recommendation as
the Importance of the subject has stead
lily grown since it was first submitted to
you; ana no time should be lost in
studying for yourselves the resources of
this great field of American trade and
ENTERPRISE.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION,
The lnoth nf Drac;Jn,+ ~. =,
ruary last called forth those sincere ex-
pressions of sympathy which befit the
relations of TWO republics as closely al
ned by unbroken historic ties as are the
United States and France.
Preparations for the representation Of
the industries, arts and products of the
United States at the worlds exposition
to be held in Paris next year continue
on an elaborate ana comprehensive
scale. Thanks to thu generous appropriate
ton provided by congress and to the
friendly interest the French govern
ment has shown in furthering a typical
exhibit Of American progress.
There has been allotted to the United
States q considerable addition Of space.
which. while placing our country in the
first rank among exhibitors. does not
suffice to meet the increasingly urgent
demands of our manufacturers The ef-
forts Of the commissioner general are
ably directed toward a strictly represent
dtiNe ulSfldy Ol al lI1dI most cnIfactRr-
istically marks American achievements
in the inventive arts and most adequately
shows the excellence Of our natural pro
auctions.
IN this age Of keen rivalry among ma
tions for mastery in IN the doc
trine Of evolution and the rule Of the
survival Of the tittest must be as inexor-
able in their operation as they are posi-
tive in the results they bring about. The
place won in the struggle BY an Industrial
people can only be held by unrelaxed en-
deavor and constant advance In achieve
ment. The present extraordinary impetus
in every line of American expectation and
Increase in the volume and value of our
share in the worlds markets may not
be attributed to accidental conditions.
The reasons are not far to seek. They
lie deep in our national character and find
expression year by year In every branch
OF handicraft, in every new device where's
by the materials we so ~abundantly pro-
duce are subdued to the artisans will and
made to Yield the largest, most practical
and most beneficial return. The Ameri-
can exhibit at Paris should, and 1 am
confident will be, an open volume object
lesson. S%killfully directed endeavor, I'M
falterlng energy and consummate per.
formance may be read by all on every
page thus spreading abroad a clearer
knowledge of the worth of our produces
tons and the question of our claim to
an important place in the markets Of the
world. To accomplish this by judicious
selection, by recognition of paramount
merit in whatever walk of trade and
manufacture it may appear and by orders
~ classification and attractive installa.
ton is the task of our commission. The
United States government building ia
approaching completion and no effort will
be spared to make 1t worthy in beauty
of architectural plan and In completes
ness of display to represent our nation
1t has been suggested that a permanent
building of similar or appropriate design
be erected on a convenient site already
given by the municipality near the ex-
position grounds to serve in commemora>
ton Of the part taken by this country in
this great enterprise, as an American
national institute for u countrymen
resorting to Paris for study.
I am informed by our commissioners
general that we shall have in the Ameri>
can exhibitions at Paris over 1000 ex-
hibitors from every state in our country,
q number 10 times as great as those
which were represented at Vienna I'M
1873, six times as many as those in Paris
in 1878 n four times as many as those
who exhibited in Paris in 1889. This
statement does not include the exhibits
from either Cuba, Porto Rico or Hawaii.
for which arrangements have been made.
A humble of important international
congresses on special topics affecting
public interests are proposed to be held in
Paris next summer in connection with
the exposition. Effort will be made to
have the several technical branches OF
our administration efficiently represented
at those conferences each in it's special
line and to procure the largest possible
concourse of state representatives, par-
ticularly at the congresses Of public char.
ity and Of medicine.