The Washington weekly post., 1899-12-12

TsIng-tao (Kiao chaol. and Ta-lien-wan
TO foreign trade and settlement will
doubtless afford American enterprise adj
iitional facilities and new fields. of which
IL will not be slow TO take advantage.
In my message to Congress of Decem-
Der S, 1885, urged that the recommenda-
ton which had been made to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives by the
Secretary of the Treasury on the 18th OF
June. 1sss. for an appropriation for
commission 10 study the commercial and
industrial conditions In the Chinese en-
pire and report as to the opportunities for.
and obstacles to. the enlargement Of mar
kets in China for the raw products and
manufactures OF the United States. should
receive at your hands the consideration
which its importance and timeliness
meritei. but the Congress failed To take
action.
/ now renew this recommendation. as
the Importance Of the subject has steadily
grown since It was first submitted TO you,
and no time should be lost in studying for
ourselves the resources of this great field
for American trade and enterprise.
Worlds Exposition at Paris.
The death of President Faure In Febru-
ary last called forth those sincere express
sions of sympathy which befit the rela-
tions Of two republics as closely allied by
unhroken 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 and comprehensive scale,
thanks to the generous appropriation pro-
vided by Congress end TO the friendly in
terest the French government has shown
in fUrthering typical exhibit OF Amer
lean progress. There has been allotted to
the United States a 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 Tnapufacturers. The ef-
forts of the commissioner general are ably
directed toward a strictly representative
display of all that most Enthusiastically
marks American achievement in the in
ventive arts. and most adequately shows
the excellence of our natural productions.
In this age of keen rivalry among ma
tions for mastery in commerce, the doc
trine of evolution and the rule OF the sur
yival of the fittest must be as inexorable
in their operation as they are positive in
the results they brig about The place
won in the struggle by an Industrial peo-
pie can only be held by unrelaxed en-
deavor and constant advance in achieve
nent. The present extraordinary i'm
petus in every line of American exporta-
ton and the astounding increase in the
volume and value of our share in the
worlds markets may not be attributed to
accidental conditions.
The reasons are rot far TO seek. They
lie deep in our national character and find
expression year by year in every branch
of hSndicraft, in every new device where
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 American
exhibit at Paris should, and / am conf
dent WILL be an open volume, whose les
sons Of skillfully directed endeavor, I'M
faltering energy, and consummate per-
formance may be read by all on every
page, thus spreading abroad a clearer
knowledge Of the worth of our productions
and the justice of our claim to an impor-
tant place in the marts of the world. TO
accomplish this by judicious selection. by
recognition of paramount merit in what
ever walk of trade or manufacture it may
appear, and by orderly classification anI
attractive installation is the task of our
commission.
The United States government building
is approaching completion, and no effort
will be spared to make IL worthy, in
beauty of architectural plan and in COM
pleteness of display, to represent our ma
ton. 1t has been suggested that a perma-
nent building of similar or appropriate de-
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ready given by the municipality, near the
exposition grounds, to serve in commemo-
ration of the part taken by this country
in this great enterprise, as an American
national institute, for our countrymen re-
sorting 20 Paris for study.
l am informed by our commissioner gen.
eral that we shall have in the American
sections at Paris over 1000 exhibitors.
from every State in our country, num-
ber ten times as great as those which
were represented at Vienna in 1873. six
times as many as those in Paris in 1878,
and four times as many as those who ex-
hibited 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 number Of important international
congresses on special topics affecting pub
lie interests are proposed to be ineld 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 its special line,
and to procure the largest possible con-
course of State representatives, particu-
larly at the congresses of public charity
and of medicine.
Cordial Relations with Germany.
Our relations with Germany continue TO
be most cordial. The increasing intimacy
of direct association has been marked
during the year by the granting permis-
sion in April for the landing on our
shores of a cable from Borkum Emden,
on the North Sea, by way of the Azores,
and also by the conclusion on September
Of a Parcels Post Convention with the
German Empire. In all that promises
closer relations Of intercourse and COM
merce and better understanding between
two races having so many traits In COM
mon, Germany can be assured OF the most
cordial cooperation of this government
and people. We may be rivals in many
material paths, but our rivalry should be
generous and open, ever aiming toward
the attainment of larger results and the
mutually beneficial advancement OF each
in the line of its especial adaptabilities.
The several governments Of the empire
seem reluctant to admit the natural ex-
cellence OF our food productions and 10
accept the evidence We constantly tender
OF the care with which their purity is
guarded by rigid inspection from the farm,
through the slaughtec-house and the pack
ing establishments. TO the port OF ship
ment. Our system Of control over ex-
ported food staples invites examination
from any quarter and challenges respect
BY its efficient thorOughness.
II is 10 be hoped that IN time the two
governments will act in common accord
toward the realization OF their common
purpose to safeguard the public health
| and 10 insure the purity and wholesome
ness Of all food products imported by
either country from the other. Were the
Congress 10 authorize an invitation 20