The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-07
TRADE AND IMMIGRATION.
The Extension of One; the ReEula-
ton of the sOther.

hC ANAtChSAOh VI OhCs thC AhCes uAtt~
ton of the other.
The growing importance of the Orient
as a field for American exports drew
from my predecessor, President Nc
Kinley, an urgent request for it's spe-
cial consideration by the Congress. In
his message of 1898 he stated;
In this relation, as showing the pc
culiar volume and value of our trade
with China and the peculiarly favor
able conditions which exist for their ex-
pansion in the normal course of trade,
l refer to the communication address,
ed to the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives by the Secretary of the
Treasury on the 14th of last June, with
its accompanying letter of the Secretary
of State, recommending an appropria-
ton for a commission to study the in
dustrial and commercial conditions in
the Chinese Empire and to report as
to the opportunities for and the obsta-
cles to the enlargement of markets in
China for the raw products and manu-
features of the United States. Action
was not taken thereon during the last
session. 1 cordially urge that the
recommendation receive at your hands
the consideration which it's Importance
and timeliness merit"
called attention to this recommended
ton, quoting it. and stated further:
For Trade in China.
81 now renew this recommendation,
as the Importance of the subject has
steadily grown since it was first sub
mitted to you, and no time should be
lost in studying for ourselves the re-
sources of this great field for Amer
lean trade and enterprise
The Importance of securing proper
information and data with a view to
the enlargement of our trade with Asia
is undiminished. Our consular repre-
sentatives in China have strongly urg-
ed a place for permanent display of
American products in some prominent
trade center of that Empire, under
government control and management,
as an effective means of advancing our
export trade therein. / call the atten-
tion of the Congress to the desirability
of carrying out these suggestions.
Immi grafton and Naturalization.
In dealing with the questions of inn
migration and naturalization it is in
dispensable to keep certain facts ever
before the minds of those who share
in enacting the laws. First and fore
most, let us remember that the ques-
| tion of being a good American has
nothing whatever to do with a mans
birthplace any more than it has to dc
| with his creed. In every generation
| from the time this government was
| founded men of foreign birth have
| stood in the very foremost rank oil
| good citizenship. and that not merely
in one but in every field of American
activity; while to try to draw a dis
tinction between the man whose par
ents came to this country and the mar
whose ancestors came to it several
| generations back is a mere absurdity
Good Americanism.
Good Americanism is a matter OF
heart, of conscience. of lofty aspira-
tion of sound common sense. but not
of birthplace or of creed. The media
| of honor, the highest prize to be wor
| by those who serve in the army and
the navy of the United States deco
/ rates men born here, and it also deco.
rates men born in Great Britain and
| Ireland, in Germany in Scandinavia
in France, and doubtless in other
| countries also. In the field of States
manship, in the field of business, In
the field of phlanthropic endeavor Il
is equally true that among the mer
| of whom we are most proud as Ameri-
| cans no distinction whatever can bt
| drawn between those who themselves
! or whose parents came over in sail
| ing ship or steamer from across the
/ water and those whose ancestors
stepped ashore in the wooded wilder.
| ness at Plymouth or at the mouth OF
the Hudson. the Delaware or the
| James nearly three centuries ago. Nc
fellow-citizen Of ours Is entitled to any
| peculiar regard because of the way in
/ which he worships his Maker. or be-
cause of the birthplace of himself Of
his parents, nor should he be in any