The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10

In excess of the current revenue. Included
alton Of SIC, 956, es7. IS for the continuation
and extension Of the rural free-deltvery
service, which was increase OF $4,9O2.-
231.35 over the amount expended for
il. this purpose In the
Postal Service. preceding fiscal year.
#ttl a.. ,.ss Large as this expendt-
ture has been the benefcent results attained
to the residents OF rural districts have
Justified the wisdom of the outlay. Statis-
tics brought down to October l. 1904. show
that on that date there were IT, 1873 rural
routes established, serving approximately
100000 of people in rural districts re-
mote from postoftices, and that there were
establishment of new rural routes. Unques-
aionably some part of the general increase in
receipts is due to the increased postal IA
cilities which the rural service has afforded
The revenues have also been aided greatly
by amendments in the classification of mail
matter, and the curtailment OF abuses of
the second-class mailing privilege. The aver
age increase in the volume of mail matter
for the period beginning with 1902 and end
ing June. 1905 Chat portion for 1905 being
estimated), is 40 AT per cent, compared
with IS .46 per cent for the period immedi-
ately preceding. and 1892 for the four-year
period Immediately preceding that:
In 1907 there will be held at Hampton
Roads the tricentennial celebration Of the
settlement at James
-Ymvonsto,uu town, Va, with which
rn1,~>"N the history OF what
Observation-Disclosures" has now become the
sF, .- ,..- United States really
begins. I commend this to your favorable
consideration. 1t Is an event OF prime his
toric Significance. in which all the people
of the United States should feel. and should
show, great and general interest. "..s
Our Consular system needs Improvement
Salaries should be substituted for fees. and
the proper classification. grading and trans
fer of Consular officers
Consular Service. should be provided. /
am not prepared to
say that q competitive system Of examina-
tions for appointment would work well: but
by law 1t should be provided that Consuls
should be familiar, according to places
for which they apply, with the French
German. or Spanish languages, and should
the United States.
The collection of objects Of art contem~
plated in section $3.50 of the revised stat
utes should be desig-
Na4,ors, cauarv mated and established
"@tAonaA u"t0ES as National Gallery
Oh Af" of Art; and the Smith
should be authorized to accept any additions
to said collection that may be received by
gift, bequest. devise.
1t Is desirable to enact proper National
quarantine law. 1t Is most undesirable that
a state should on its
N4,o1 own initiative enforce
cIs1 quarantine regulations
S""E@nIAno Ae~"' which are in effect a
restriction upon inter-
state and International commerce. The
question should properly be assumed by the
Government alone. The Surgeon General of
the National Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service has repeatedly and con-
Vincingy set forth the need of such legis-
lation.
call your attention to the great ex-
travagance in printing and binding Gov
eminent publications, and especially to the
fact that altogether too many of these pub
locations are printed. There is constant
tendency to increase their number and vol
ume. It is an understatement to say that
no appreciate harm
E~t-ova~orou would be caused by.
and substantial bene-
IA EEhuuB' fit would accrue from,
decreasing the amount
of printing now done by at least one-half.
Probably the great majority of the Gov
eminent reports and the like now printed are
never read at all. and Furthermore the print
ing OF much of the material contained in
many of the remaining ones serves no useful
purpose whatever.
The attention of the Congress should be
especially given to the currency question.
and that the standing
Currency. committees the
matter In the two
houses charged with the duty, take UP the
matter of our currency and see whether 1t
Ss not possible to secure an agreement In the
business world for lettering the system; the
committees should consider the question of
the retirement of the greenbacks and the
problem of securing in our currency such
elasticity as Is consistent with safety. Every
silver dollar should be made by law redeem
able in gold at the option of the holder
/ especially commend to your immediate
attention the encour-
Merchant Marine. agement of our mer-
chant marine by ap-
rropriate legislation.
The growing Importance of the Orient as a
held for American exports drew from my
predecessor. President Mckinley. an urgent
request for it's special
Oriental Markets. consideration by the
Congress. In his mes
sage Of 1898 he stated:
I'm, this relation. showing the peculiar
volume and value of our trade with China
and the peculiarly favorable conditions
which exist for their expansion In the
normal course Of trade. 1 refer to the
communication addressed to the Speaker of
the House OF Representatives by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury on the 14th of last
June, with its accompanying letter of the
Secretary Of State. recommending appro-
priation for a commission to study the in
dustriai ana commercial conditions In the
Chinese Empire and to report to the OPP
portunities for and the obstacles to the en-
largement of markets in China for the raw
products and manufactures of the United
States. Action was not taken thereon dur
ing the last session l cordially urge that
the recommendation receive at your hands
the consideration which its Importance and
timeliness merit"
In his annual message of 1899 he again
called attention to this recommendation,
quoting it. and stated further:
It now renew this recommendation, as the
Importance of the subject has steadily grown
since 1t first submitted to you, and no
time should be lost in studying for ourselves
the resources of this great field for American
trade and enterprise"
The Importance of securing proper in
formation and data with view to the
enlargement OF our trade with Asia is undi-
unfinished. Our Consular representatives in
China have strongly urged a place for per-
manent display of American products in
some prominent trade center OF that en-
pire. under Government control and man
agement. as an effective means of advanc-
ing our expert trade therein. 1 call the at
tention of the Congress to the desirability
Of carrying out these suggestions
In dealing with the questions of immigra-
ton and naturalization 1t is indispensable to
keep certain facts ever before the minds of
those who share in enacting the laws. First
and foremost, let us re.
ImmiRration member that the Ques-
Dy..,.., tion of being a good
S"O N@"uE~A@@'Ao@ American has nothing
whatever to do with a
mans birthplace any more than 1t has to do
with his creed. In every generation from the
time this Government was founded men of for
eign birth have stood in the very foremost
rank of good citizenship, and that not merely
in one, but In every field OF American activ-
lily; while to try to draw distinction between |
the man whose parents came to this country |
and the man whose ancestors came to 1t sew |
eral generations back is a mere absurdity. |
Good Americanism Is matter of heart OF |
conscience of lofty aspiration, of sound COM |
mon sense, but not OF birthplace or Of creed. |