The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-09

It Ii desirable 70 enact q proper Ma
tional quarantine Law. IL Il most
desirable that q state should on It's own
Initiative enforce quarantine regulations
which are IN effect a restriction upon
Interstate and international commerce
The question should properly be azsuin-
ed by the Government alone. The Sur
gean General Of the National Public
Health and Aarine-Hospital Services
repeatedly and c~onyincingly set forth
tn. need for such legislation
Exfravagancc In Printing.
/ call your attention TO the great cx-
travsgaisce In printing and binding
Government publications. and especial
ly To the fact thai altogether too many
OF these publications are printed There
is a constant tendency 10 increase their
number and their volume. II Is an ur-
reinstatement to say that no apprecia-
BILE harm would be caused by. and sub
Stantiai benefit would accrue from. de-
creasing the amount OF printing now
done by at least one-half. Probably
the great majority OF the Government
reports and the ike now printed are
never read at all. and furthermore the
printing OF much OF the material con-
tanned in many Of the remaining one
serves No useful purpose whatever.
Currency.
The attention of the Congress should
be especially given TO the currency
question. and that the standing COM
mfttees on the matter In the two Houses
charged with the duty. take UP the mat
ter OF u currency and see whether IL
Is not possible to ecu an agreement
In the business world for lettering the
system; the committees should consid-
er the question OF the retirement OF the
g-eenbacks and the problem OF securing
in our currency such elasticity as is
consistent with safety. Every silver
dollar Should be made by law redeema-
BILE In gold at the option OF the holder.
Merchant Marine.
I especially commend TO your immedi-
ate attention the en- Encouragement OF u
merchant marine by appropriate legis-
lation.
Oriental Markets.
The growing Importance OF the Orient
as a field for American exports drew
from my predecessor, President McKin-
ley, an argent request for its special
consideration by the Congress. In his
| message of 1898 he stated:
"In this relation, as showing the pc
culiar volume and value of our rade
PECULIARLY favorable conditions which
| exist for their expansion in the normal
course OF trade, T refer to the commu-
nication addressed TO the Speaker of
| the HouS of Representatives by the
| Secretary of the Treasury on the 14th
of last June, with its accompanying let
ter of the Secretary of State, recon-
meuding an appropriation for a commits
sion 70 study the industrial and COM
mercial conditions in the Chinese En-
| pire and to report as to the opportuni-
ties for and the obstacles to the en-
iargement OF markets IN China for the
| raw products and manufactures of the
United States. Action wa not taken
thereon during the last session. / cor
daily urg tiat the recommendation
receive at your hands the consideration
which its Importance and Thickness
| merit"
In his annual message Of 1899 he again
called attention to- this recommends
ton, quoting it, and stated further:
Il 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 American
trade and enterprise"
The Importance OF securing proper
information and data with a view to the
enlargement of our trade with Asia is
undiminisffed. Our consular represent
tatives In China have strongly urged a
L IL aa a., l;l. o.-
lean products in some prominent trade
center of that Empire, under Govern
ment control and management, as an
effective means of advancing our ex-
port trade therein. L call the attention
/ of the Congress to the desirability of
carrying out these suggestions.
Immigration anfp Naturalization.
In dealing with the questions of i'm
migration and naturalization it is indis-
pensable to keep certain facts ever be-
fore the minds OF those who share in
enacting the laws. First and foremost,
let us remember that the question OF
being a good American has nothing
whatever to do with a mans birthplace
n more than ii has To do with his
creed. In every generation from the
time this G~oyernTpeut was founded men
OF foreign birth. have stocG In the verj
foremost rank or good citizenship, and
that not mercy in one but in every
field OF American activity: while TO try
to draw a distinction between the man
whose parents came TO this country
and the ma whose ancestors came to
it several generations bac is a mere
absurdity. G3od ~Ame-icanism is a mat
ter of heart, of conscience, OF lofty as
piration, of oun cannon sense, but
not Of birthplace or of creed The med
Al of honor. the highest prize TO be won
hy those WHO serve IN the Army and IKE
lNayy OF TIE United states decorates
wen born mere, and IL also decorates
men born % Great Britain and Ireland.
lin Germany. in Scandinavia, in France.
] and doubtless in other countries also.