The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-30

Washington, Jan. 29,-The president
TODAY transmitted to the Senate
communication from the secretary OIL
state accompanying the annual repoi
upon the foreign relations of the united
States. The president himself taxes ao-
vantage of the opportunity 10 express
his commentator of the consular re-
ports. He says in his message or Trans
initial: 1.-THE advance in the general el-
ficiency Of our consular service IN pro-
noting trade which was noted III my
message of March 1, 1900, transmitting
the reports for 1899, was even more
marked last year. The prompttude
with which the reports of the consuls
are printed and distributed; the gener-
GUS recognition which is being increas-
ingly accorded by our business interests
to the practical value OF their eIofts
for charging trade, and the continued
testimony of competent foreign author
tiles to the general superiority OF their
commercial work have naturally had
stimulating effect upon the consular
corps as a whole, and experience in the
discharge of their duties adds greatly
to their efficiency 1t is gratifying to be
able to state that the Improvement in
the service following closely upon the
steady progress in eXpediting the pub
lication of reports has enabled the de-
partment of state this year to submit
the annual reports a month in advance
of the usual time and to make them as
nearly as possible a contemporaneous
picture of the trade of the world"
Secretary Hays report is as follows:
Department of State,
Washington, Jan. 26, 1901.
"The president: In accordance with
section 2OS Of the revised statutes, I
have the honor to transmit the COM
mercial relations of the United States
with foreign countries during the year
1900, being the annual, and other re-
ports Of comprehensive character from
the consular officers, together with sim
liar reports from some of the diplo-
matte officers, upon the industries and
commerce of foreign countries.
Promptly Repaired
'These reports were prepared under
special instructions from this depart
ment, with the object of laying before
congress, with the least delay, a prac-
tically contemporaneous statement of
the trade, not only of the United tSates
with the rest of the world, but of the
various countries with each other. This
object, I am happy to be able to say,
has been accomplished, the date of
transmission to congress this year hay
ing been advanced over the usual time
by month. and realizing the utmost
conditions Of promptitude compatible
with proper analysis of the latest re-
turns for the year 1900 So gratifying
a result indicates continued improve
ment in the activity and zeal of our
consular officers, as well as in the sys-
tenn of publishing and distributing their
reports
1T may be said, indeed that while a
variety Of propositions have been under
discussion for the improvement of the
consular service, the service has to a
very considerable extent improved it
SELF and is winning frequent express
sions of commentator from business
interests which have received substan-
tial aid, not only from the published re-
ports but also from the individual eff
forts Of consular officers to meet the
growing requirements of American in
dustry and enterprise. The practical
character of the commercial informa-
ton ODLd1neQ by our COnSulS, ana the
celebrity with which it is given to the
pupblic continues to excite the emula-
ton of foreign governments, and dur
ing the past year steps have been taken
by both Great Britain and Germany to
engraft these features of our consular
work upon their consular systems.
'The general conclusion to be drawn
from survey of the conditions In for
eign countries, as described in the re-
ports herewith presented, is that the
United States is approaching, even
more swiftly than was expected, a po-
sition Of eminence in the worlds mark
cts, due to superior quality and greater
cheapness of many lines Of it's manufac-
lures, which must work great economic
changes and may result in shifting the
center not only of industrial. but of
commercial activity and the money
power of the world to our marts
'The trade indications of American
supremacy during the past year have
been so marked that many foreign in
dustries, according to the reports of
our consuls in Europe, are introducing
American machinery and labor-saving
appliances and remodeling their factory
methods, and we may expect in the
near future a more strenuous competi-
ton for which it is important we should
prepare ourselves. AS an aid to such