Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-06
CURRENCY.

CURRENCY.
 The attention of the congress should be especially given to the currency question and that the standing commit tees on the matter in the two houses charged with the duty take up the mat ter of our currency and see whether it is not possible to secure an agreement in the business world for bettering the system The committees should con- sider the question of the retirement of the greenbacks and the problem of se- curing in our currency such elasticity as is, consistent with safety. Every silver dollar should be made by law re- deemable in gold at the option of the holder
 I especially commend to your immedi- ate attention the encouragement of our merchant marine by appropriate legis- Iation.
 The growing importance of the orient as a field for American exports drew from my predecessor, President Mo KinIey, an urgent request for it's spe- ciaI consideration by the congress.
 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 urged place for permanent display of American products in some prominent trade center of that empire, under gov ernment control and management, as an effective means of advancing our export trade therein. I call the atten- tion of the congress to the desirability of carrying out these suggestions.
 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZA-
 TON.
 Tn dea1ing with the questions of im1 migration and naturalization it is in4 dispensable to keep certain facts ever before the minds of those who share in enact1ng the laws. First and fore most, let us remember that the ques- tion of being a good American has nothing whatever to do with mans birthplace any more than it has to do with his creed. In every generation from the time this government was founded men of foreign birth have stood in the very foremost rank of good citizenship, and that not merely in one but in every field of American activity.
 There is no danger of having too many immigrants of the right kind, but the citizenship of this country should not be debased. It is vital that we should keep high the standard of well being among our wageworkers. and therefore we should not admit masses of men whose standards of Iiv- ing and whose personal customs and habits are such that they tend to lower the level of the American wageworker, and above all we should not admit any man of an unworthy type. Similarly we should take the greatest care about naturalization. Fraudulent naturaliza- tion, the naturalization of improper persons, is curse to our government, and it is the affair of every honest voter, wherever born, to see that no fraudulent voting is allowed, that no fraud in connection with naturaliza- tion is permitted.
 REVISION OF NATURALIZATION
 LAWS.
 There should be comprehensive re- vision of the naturalization laws. The courts having power to naturalize should be definitely named by national authority, the testimony upon which naturalization may be conferred should be definitely prescribed, publication of impending naturalization applications should be required in advance of their hearing in court, the form and word ing of all certificates issued should be uniform throughout the country, and the courts should be required to make returns to the secretary of state at stated periods of all naturalizations conferred.
 Not only are the laws relating to naturalization now defective, but those relating to citizenship of the United States ought also to be made the sub- ject of scientific inquiry with a view to probable further legislation. The pow CT of the government to protect the in- tegrity of the elections of it's own off,