Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-13 | Page 6 | Better Treatment of Chinese Demanded

Beiier Treatment of Chinese Demanded President Piomises Cotton Interests Alleged Discriminations Will Be Corrected If Possible. WASHINGTON, June 12. President Uooscvelt held a conference today with about thirty members of the American Asiatic association, representing tho cotton cot-ton textile industry and the iron and steel trade of the United States The delegation entered a formal protest against siah an enforcement Of the Chili, Chi-li, s. exclusion acl a.s might imperil the export trad.- of this- country with China. It was pointed OUt th;t the comm. rclal organizations of China were threatening to boycott the American merchants, especially es-pecially cotton and steel products, unless arrangements were made wher-npon (Millies.- merchants, students .literary men and travelers culil enter the Vnlt.-d Slates without the serious dlfti. nlly which they now encounter Insist on Bc-ttti Treatment. Th.- Chinese urge that members of tho classes which under our exclusion laws are permltl'd to enter th.- t'nlte.l States nr.- often subjected to incon yerilcnce and humiliation by the emigration officers and th. v Insist upon R more liberal treatment of th..- exempt classes of their country-mi country-mi a The delegation was headed bv John Foord of New fork, secretary of the American Asiatic association who made an address setting forth the views of the association. President Roosevell responded cordlalfy He look exception to tie. Intimation that the Immigration officers were loo Insistent In-sistent in th.- enforcement f the law but In other respects agreed with the delegation del-egation that It would he proper for this Government to encourage friendly re lations la-tions with China. II.- proposed to do all In his power te promote United States trade with China and to promote goner-ally goner-ally the export trade of American producers, pro-ducers, farmers- as well as manufacturers manufactur-ers He promised to take up the subject sub-ject with S.-creiary Metcalf of the Department De-partment of Commerce and Labor nnd Other officials and lo do all possible to remedy the difficulty.