The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-05

10 take advantage.
In my message to congress OF Dec.
8. 1898. ! urged that the recommended
tions which had been made to the
speaker of the house OF representatives
by the secretary of the treasury on the
14th OF June. 1898. for an appropriation
for a commission to study the com
mercial and industrial conditions in
the Chinese empire and report as to
the opportunities for, and obstacles to.
the enlargement of markets i'm China
for the raw products and manufac-
lures Of the United States. receive at
your hands the consideration which
its Importance and timeliness merited,
but the congress failed to take ac-
tion.
/ now renew this recommendation,
as the importance OF the subject
has steadily grown since II was first
submitted to you and no time should
be lost In studying for ourselves the
resources of this great field for Amer
lean trade and enterprise.
The Paris Exposition.
Preparations for the representation
Of the industries, arts and products Of
the United States at the Worlds ex-
position to be held in Paris 4 ext year
continue on an elaborate and compre-
hensive scale, thanks TO the generous
appropriation provided by congress
and to the friendly interest the French
government has shown in furthering
typical exhibit Of American prog
ress.
There has been allotted to the Uni
ted States a considerable addition of
space, which, while placing our coun-
try in the first rank among exhibitors,
does not suffice to meet the increas-
ingly urgent demands of our manu-
| features.
The American exhibit at Paris
should, and | am confident will, be an
open volume, whose lesson OF skill
| fully directed endeavor, unfaltering en-
ergy and consummate performance
may be read by all on every page, thus
| spreading abroad a clearer knowledge
! of the worth of our productions and
tl'e Justice of our claim to an import
ant place in the markets Of the world.
| / am informed by our commissioner
/ general that we shall have in the
/ American sections at Paris over 1000
/ exhibitors from every state in our
| country, a number ten times as great
/ as those which were represented at
| Vienna in 1878. six times as many as
| those in Paris in 1873, and 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.
! Our relations with Germany continue
| to be most cordial The increasing in
timacy of direct association has been
marked during the year by the grant
ing permission in April for the land
ing on our shores of cable from Bor-
! KUN Emdem, on the North sea, by way
| of the Azores. and also by the conclu-
sion on Sept. of a parcels post con-
vention with the German empire. In
all that promises closer relations of in
/ tercourse and commerce and a better
| understanding between two races hav-
/ ing so many traits in common, Ger
many can be assured of the most cor
| dial cooperation of this government
and people We may be rivals in many
material paths, but our rivalry should
| be generous and open, ever aiming to-
ward the attainment of larger results
and the mutually beneficial advance
ment of each in the line of its special
adaptabilities
Food Controversy with Germany.
The several governments of the en-
! pire seems reluctant to admit the nat
ural excellence of our food produc-
tions and to accept the evidence we
constantly tender of the care with
which their purity is guarded by rigid
! inspection. Our system of control
over food staples invites examination
from any quarter
1t is to hoped that in time the two
| governments will act in common to-
ward the realization of their common
! purpose to safeguard the public health
and to insure the purity and whole
| someness of all food products imported
! by either country from the other
Then follows a reference to recipro-
! cal arrangements between Germany
and the United States regarding insur-
ance companies. the purchase of the
! Caroline islands by Germany from
Spain and the assurance that the rights
| of Americans in the islands would be
observed
A chapter on the boundary contro-
versy between this country and Can
ada follows, and the president declares:
at is hoped that the negotiations now
in progress will end in an agreement
for the establishment and elimination
of a permanent boundary" The mes
sage proceeds:
The government has maintained an
attitude of neutrality In the unfoTtu-
nate contest between Great Britain and
the Boer states of Africa. We have re-
mained faithful to the precept Of avoid
ing entangling alliances as to affairs
not Of a direct concern. Had circum-
stances suggested that the parties to
the quarrel would have welcomed any
kindly expression of the hope of the
! American people that war might be
averted, good offices would have
been gladly rendered The United
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