New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-21
FOR FEDERAL CONTROL.
Continued from first pags.

| which must be reached by the force OF public
| opinion. There are men who do not divide ac-
| lions merely into those that are honest and
| those that are not. but create a third sub
! division-thaU of law honesty; OF that kind OF
| honesty which consists in keeping clear of the
| peuteutiary II is hard to reach astute men OF
| this tvDe save by making them feel the weight
| Of honest public Indignation. But this indig-
nation, If il is to be effective, must be inteli-
| gent. It is. Of course, to the great advantage
| Of dishonest men OF wealth II they are de-
| nounced, not for being dishonest. put for being
/ wealthy. and if they are denounced in terms so
! overstrained and hysterical as to invite reac-
| ton in their favor. We cannot AFFORD IN this
| country to draw the distinction as between rich
man and poor man. The distinction upon which
| we must insist IS the VITAL deep lying. m
| changeabIe distinction between the honest man
| and the dishonest man, between the man VINO
| acts decently and fairly by his nstghbor and
| with quick sense of his obligations and the
/ man who acknowledges no internal law save
| that of his own will and appetite. Above all we
should treat with pecuILaTty ~ ttoos
apnorrenCe the man VINO IN splrIt VI sAseI
| cynicism debauches either our business life or
| our political life There are men VINO use the
| phrase practical politics as mercy d eupHeLii-
/ ism for dirty politics, and IL is such men who
| have brought the word politician into dis
credit. There are other men who use the noX-
| ious phrase Business is business" as an ex-
! cuse and justification for every kind OF mean
| ana crooked work; and these men make honest
| Americans hang their heads because OF some
| of the things they do. 1t is the duty OF every
| honest patriot to rebuke in emphatic fashion
/ alike the politician who does not understand
/ that the only kind Of practical politics" which
| a nation can with safety tolerate Is that kind
| which we know as clean politics. ana thaL we
| are as severe in our condemnation or Inc busl-
hess trickery which succeeds as OF the business
! trickeTy which fails. The scoundreI who falls
can never by any possibility be as dangerous 10
/ the community as the scoundrel who succeeds;
| and Of all the men in the country, the worst
! citizens those who should excite in our minds
! tha most cOntemptuous adherence, are the men
| who have achieved great wealth, or any other
| form of success, IN any save a clean and
| So much for the general subject OF industri-
| aliSm. Now, just word in reference TO one
| Of the great staples of this country, which is
! peculiarly staple Of the Southern States VI
| course, I mean cotton. glad to see dt-
| versihcations Of industry in the South, the
! growth of manufactures as We'll as the grown
| Of agriculture, and the growing growth OF dl-
| versiication of crops in agriculture Never
| the1ess it will always be true that in certain
| OF the Southern States cotton will be the basis
| of the wealth, the mainstay of prosperity in
| the future as in the past. The cotton crop is
| Of enormous consequence to the entire coun-
| try. It was the cotton crop Of the South that
| brought S4000000G0 Of foreign gold into the
United States last year, turning the balance OF
| trade in our favor. The soil and climate or the
| South such that she enjoys practical
monopoly in the production Of raw cotton. No
other clothing material can be accepted as
| substitute for cotton. I welcome the action OF
| the planters in forming q cotton association
| and every assistance shall be given them that
| Moreover, we must not forget that the work Of
| the manufacturers in the South supplements
the work of the planter. It is an advantage
TO manufacture the raw material mere ana sen
to the world the finished goods. Under proper
methods of distribution 1t may well be doubted
whether there can be such thing as over
production Of cotton. Last years crop was
nearly Il 100000 bales and yet the price was
the planter. The consumption of cotton in
creases each year, and uses are found
for It.
FIRM TREATMENT FOR CHINA.
This leads me to matter of our foreign re-
planter At present our market for cotton is
largely In China. The boycott Of our goods in
China during the last year was especially In
| furious to the cotton manufacturers. This gov
eminent Is doing, and will continue to do all
1t can to put a stop to the boycott But there
Is one measure to be taken toward this end
In which I shall need the assistance OF the
| Congress. We must insist firmly rights,
and China must beware Of persisting in
course Of conduct to which we can not honor
| aoIy submit But we IN our turn must recog-
nize duties exactly Insist upon our
court OF equity unless we go in with clean
hands. We cannot expect China to do us jus
tice unless we do China Justice. The chief
cause IN bringing about the boycott of our
goods in China was undoubtedly our attitude
toward the Chinese who come to this country.
This attitude of ours does not Justify the action
of the Chinese in the boycott, and especially
some Of the forms which that action has taken.
But the fact remains that in the past we have
come short OF our duty toward the people of
! China. 1t is our clear duty, in the interest Of
our own wageworkers. TO forbid all Chinese of
the Coole class-that is, laboreTs. skilled or
sIilled-from coming here. The greatest Of all
duties IS national seIf-preservatiou. and the
most important step in national self-preserva-
ton Is 10 preserve in every way the weil-being
of the w-ageworker. I am convinced that the
welibeing Of our wageworkers demands the
clusion of the Chinese coolies and 1t Is there
fore duty to exclude them. just il would
be the duty Of China TO exclude American Ia
boring men if they became in any way
menace to China by entering into her country.
The right is reciprocal, and in last treaty
with China II explicitly recognized In
herring IN both nations. But we should not
only o0erate the law with as little harshness
IS possible, but should show every courtesy
and consideration and every eucoura cement TO
all Chinese who are not OF the lahoring class,
to come to this country Every Chinese trav-
eller student, business man or professional
man should be given the same right of entry
to and the same courteous treatment in. this
country as are accorded to the student or
traveller, the business man or professional man
Of any other nation Our laws and treaties
should be framed TO guarantee to all
Cinnamon. save OF the excepted cOoIie class,
the same right of entry to this country and the
same treatment while here as is guaranteed to
citizens Of any other nation. By executive ac-
ton I am as rapidly as possible putting a stop
to the abuses which have grown up during
many years In the administration Of this law
I can 10 good deal, and viii do a good deal.
even without the action of the Congress- hut
action IS taken and that action I most earn
es+Iv hODa viii he taken II Is headed in orr
own interest, and especially In the interest of
the Pacific sI0pe and Of the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, for II IS sh0rtsighted indeed for
from tie great markets o. China Moreover
the action ! ask is demanded by considerations
that ore higher than mere interest, for 7 ask
Il in the name Of what is Just and r'rht.
America should take the lead IN establishing
International relations on the same basis Of
honest and upright dealing which we regard as
essential as between man and man.
The luncheon to the President followed the
open air speech at the Fair Grounds From the
speakers stand the President was taken to the
Piedmont Club house, attended by squadron
from the 18th Cavalry. which was his constant
guard through the day. About one hundred
guests were seated at the tables. which were
profusely decorated with flowers and fags. In