Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-20


/. ,. =, +,,a ,,t.rest of the
..,,,,s ,,,,,o,a 4h,+ thav shonId he
t.aotaa f,;n,,, .,,d iustlv. that If they
sho,,, ex..ant;o,,1 business ability they
sho,,,. ha ei,,e, axcentional reward for
+h.,t shi,;+1 rrbe tissues of our indus-
tr;a1 f.h,.in .re interwoven in such
comn,ex fashion that what strengthens
or weakens part also strengthens or
"rhe conscience of our people has
been deeply shocked by the revelations
made of recent years as to the way
in which some of the great fortunes
have been obtained and used, and
there is I think in the minds OF the
people at large strong feeling that
serious effort must be made to put
stop to the cynical dishonesty and con-
tempt for right which have thus been
revealed. believe that sometnlng'
and hope that good deal, can oe
done by law to remedy the state OF
things complained of. But when al
that can be. has thus been done, there
will yet remain much which the law
can not touch, and which must pe
reached by the force OF pubic OPINION,
There are men VINO DO not SdlV1ue ac-
tions merely into those that are honest
and those that are not but create a rhard
subdivision-that of Saw honesty; OF
that kind of honesty which consists IN
keeping clear OF the penitentiary. Ills
hard to reach astute men OF this type
save by making them feel the weight
nf hnn6Sf n1ltlic lIA1f2natlOn.
The president then discussed the cot
ton industry in the south and contln-
ued:
The Chinese Question.
"This heads me- to a matter of our
foreign relations which directly con-
Germs the cotton planter At present
orr market for cotton is largely in
CHINA. The beycott of our goods in
China during the mast year was es-
naciauv ini,rious ia the cotton manu-
f.ctnnars This povernunent ia doing,
. nd win continue to do. all It can to
mt a stnn to +he hoycott. But there
| is ono nea sur.. to 1,. taken toward this
and in which I shaln need the assist
ance of the congress. We must insist
au,,ay an m,r ,dphts. and China must
hawa,>a nr nersistine in a course OF
.o,,,,rct ~ which we can not honorably
s,,h,,,t pn4 wv, IN o,,r. t,,rn must rec
og,,iza o,,r dntiAs exactly as we must
- ;ns,st ,,n.on our rights We can not 20
~ int, tho ,nternnttonal court of euaMty
unless 1y,e or, in with clean hands. We
con not arnact CHINA to do us t,,s-
tire nn1ess we do China Justice. The
o,se,e = a,,..a 4, bringing about the how
cot+ ~ mr., goods In China was un-
aa,,,,+aa,,, o,,, .++,t,,de toward the Chi
ness =, fhis country This attitude Of
o,,rs dnas not iustify the action Of the
3r,,,,,a,a l., ,!ha hovcott and especiallv
Some ~ the forms which that action
/ no. taken R,,t tha fact remains that
I'm tho nast we have come short Of
NV. ,l,,tv 7t.,va,,d the neonle of China.
r. l. orr c,a,r dirty. In the interest Of
omr- : avn ~, e,a. vor,,ers to forbid all
\ r,h,nasa ,of ,,he coolie class--that is.
laborers. skilled or unskilled-from
! c.n,,,ino tare The greatest of all duties
IA national self preservation. and the
,,,o..+ ;,,nortant step In national self
preservation is to preserve in every
| 80. ~ va,1.he,ne nf the wage
,,ay,,ar ms.y ann convinced that the we'll
| ha,np ., orr waxe-workers demands
+ba exclusion of the Chinese coolies.
anm7 Il 10 therefore our duty to exclude
thar, ,1I.o inst as 4 would be the duty OF
China 10 exclude American laboring
may, ;f thew hecane in any way men
~ aca to Tshina nv entering into her
cn.,rtrv Tha right Is reciprocal, and
a. 1,,,,. 1ast treaty with China 1t was
..nHc;+,,y r.copnizeti as fnherine in
10Th naf,cns Rnt we should not only
ia the law with as little harsh
ness as possible, but we should show
.yorv ,oa,r.esv and consideration and
a,,s,v o,co ,,ra renoert to all Chinese
who AFRO not, Of the laboring class to
come 10 this country. Every Chinese
tra va1er or student. business man or
nrcfassional man should be given the
sam- right OF entry to, and the same
co,,rteo,,. treatment in this country as
ara accorded to the student or traveller.
~. h,,.,ras. n,an or professional man
~ anv other natf1r. Our laws and
treaties should be SO framed as to
,o,,arantee to all Chinamen, save Of the
entry to rhis country and the same
to citizens Of any other nation. BY
executive action am Is rapidly as
rs,s. 49, go, ..,o,,,,, an a,,ainp MANY
year. ears IN the administration Of this
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