The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07

privilege. The average Increase in the yolum,
1906 being estimatei). is 4o.f7 per cent. a:
per and sens 'Gs Tor af the ps5 foa
year period immedisteiy preceding that.
Salaries should be substituted for ices and the
sasal sseIs Sdasaf saa
consular service. system of examine
would work well: but by law ii should be pro.
yided that consuls should be familiar. accord
soad ND with the
The collection OF objects OF art contemplated
In section 5Ss5 of the Revised Statutes should
be designated and es-
tablshed as a ma
National gallery tionaI gallery of art:
OF art. fnsii,u,o,, ana nfs shthS9hias fhn11i9 an
any addition. 20 said collection that may b.
It Is desirable TO enact a proper national
quarantine law. 1t is
National most undesirable that
sNeoL a State should on its
quarantine law, own initiative enforce
quarantine regulations
a restriction upon Interstate and inter.
be assumed by the aon.
us,.s use surgeon gee General Of The National Public
peasely and sonpincnSp Hospital a., Service M has re-
for such legislation.
a in Sn;ns ;snt21 ana to sss ses
publlcations. and especially TO the fact that al
together TOO many Of these publications are
Exfravaoonce and their volume. 1t
Is an und2rstatement
in printing. e gay that no spyre.
ciaSle harm would be
stantial benefit would accrue from, decreasinc
has, me amount OK printing done by at least one
ement reports and the IKE nSw op prss int Ga aye
never read at all. and Furthermore the printing
whatever PP
The e.. attention Of the Congress should be es-
that the Standing commitees on te matter ahG iG
the two houses charged
Currency. NTH ,bs ,a the I'D duty osl take up
reDcy and see whether
business world for betierins the system: - the
committees should consider the question OF The
Of securing IN our currency such elasticity ss is
% consistent with safety. Every silver dollar
the option OF the holder s1 -
i especially commend to YOUR Immediate at.
tention the encourage
Merchant marine fnent OF our merchant
marine by appropriate
The growing Importance Of the orien. as a
scs nesd dor ASmssean american exports drew from my pred.
Oriental markets. consideration by the
Congress. In his mes
In this relation. as showing the p peculiar vol
nme IN ra, and value Of our trade with China and
for their. expansion In the normal course Of
To sss. rsier 70 the communication addressed
6y the Secretary of the Treasury on The iith
the secrsaasx " %its ITS aeeompanyns letter Of
Iropfia.isa for commiaaion iRsh'ns iS aa study aP,
me me Industrial and commercial conditions ii,
and the asISs TO as tho to she
largement Of markets in China for the raw
Action shS Wa nt Of the United
the last session. / cordially urge that The
.deIat!on which its importance % and tmelneas me- Ge
, In his annua, MESSAGE of 1899 he again called
and stated further: "
II now renew this Recommendation. as the
since It was first submitted to you and no
time should be lost in studying for ourselves
trade and enterprise
=, The Importance of securing proper intorma-
consular representatives in cina hnve s.ropg sr
IN display e
center Of that Empire. under Gorernment con.
,rad. fsesiEe fsfein means ea
the attention OF the Congress to the desirabiity
In dealing wi with 1.-The the Questions ss Of ,mm,er,.,o,
and n,stgsalisation i 6 Indispensable % keep
who share in enactinS the laWs First 1 nose ne
foremost. let u. 'ree re.
and TsmeeF .sn ef that ss1n the ones;
American has nothing
more than I. has to 90 Wsh ah his srees sstsDaSs
founded r1m en a a ts ss
.t1od In n. very foremost rank Of good citizen
se el5 os sna that net merely IN ene but IN
to hi. country and the man 0se sh6se an
S mere absuTdity. Good Amsriesnism nsiHns iaea Is
natter Of heart. Of conscience: of lofty aspira-
place or Of creed The medal T of ros honor. St th.
highest prize to be won by those who serve in
and It aso
men born In Great Britain and Ireland in |
in other countries also In he fied Sdd
IL y statesmanshir. in the field of. bust
1sssSor: eaualls .lae R''htsar9''s tsat AMONG s
drawn between those wRo tf,enseIve, or can Whose
parents came over In sailing ship or steamer |
tor. stepped ashore into the wooded wilderness
4 plymouth or at the mouth OF the Hudson. |
ures ago No feoweitaen of ours tsree Il entitled
which he worshps bis Maker or because a' Il the |
ne be In any way discr.minated against there
lor: Each must stand on his worth as a man |
md each is entitled to be Judged solely thereby
nisrant. Of the right kind. II makes no dif- |
ference from what country they come. II they |
are sound In body and In mind, and. above ali, |
u they are OF good character. that We can |
est assured that their children and grandchI. |
lren will be worthv fellow-citizens Of our chill
lren and grandchildren then we should welcome |
hem with cordial hospitality.
But the citizenship Of this country should not |
% abased. It Is vital that we should keep higf |
he standard Of well-being among our wage |
workers.. and therefore we should not admit |
nasses of men whose standards Of living and |
hat they tend to lower the level Of the Ameri- |
an wage-worker: and above all We should not |
admit any man OF an unworthy type. any man |
whom We can say that he will him
sen be q bad citizen. or that his children and |
Will detract from instead Of add |
ns to the sum Of the good citizenship of the |
country. Similarly we should take the greatest |
are about naturalization. Fraudulent naturalf-
.ation, the atura,ization OF improper persons, |
s q curse to our Government. and 1t Is the af- |
zee that no fraudulent voting is allowed. that
10 fraud In connection with naturalization Is
permitted.
In the past year the cases q. false fraudulent |
md fulpruper naturalization of aliens coming to |
he attention of the executive branches of the
GOVERNMENT have increased to an alarming de-
.ree Extensive sales Of forged certificates of |
naturalization have been discovered az we'll as
many cases OF. naturalization secured by per-
ury ana fraud: and IN ADDITION. Instances have
showing that many courts issue
ertincatss Of naturalization carelessly and up-
unsss ths cesssttI + Z 1a,o f. the pos:r 9,