The times., 1888-08-31
FORAKER TO THE woRKlNeMEN.
Some Good Points Made by the Speaker
and His Hearers at Columbus.

Some Good Points Made by the Speaker
and His Hearers at Columbus.
At ratification meeting held at Colum-
bus, o., Governor Foraker made happy
speech, which was received with great
enthusiasm and many pertinent COM
ments by the largo audience, composed
principally OF worlIingmen:
We have just as good mechanics in
| America as they have anywhere else on
| the face of the earth renewed cheeringl;
men OF brains; men who are capable be-
cause of their mental abilities and capac-
| ity to manage any kind of business We
have just as good facilities for the manu-
facture of any kind of product as can be
found in any country. Applause, and
voice, "Better, tool Better, too,
yes, that is well said. We have gold
and iron and wool and lumber and hemp
and everything else, and we are going to
keep them in spite of the Democratic
party. Applause. Having all these
things, we would not need any protective
tariff except only for one thing, and that
is that they make their laboring men work
for less in England than we do in this
country. Applause, and voice, "And
live on nothing.'1 And live on nothing
Now, let me illustrate. Let me call your
uUJeuUlOu 10 JulS. Ills Is u SerlOuS UuSl-
ness. The reason you are here in the rain
and mud tonight manifesting this en-.
thusiasm is that you appreciate that the
question of wages is at stake in the
country. Are there any brickmalers in
this audience? Cries of "Yes."] Are
there any blacksmiths? Cries of "Yes."]
Are there any coopers2 Cries of Eyes" u
Are there any cabinetmakers? [Cries Of
Eyes. Arc there common laborers?
Cries of eyes" The woods are full of
them. Great laughter and applause.
Now let me tell you what free trade
means. 1t means to compete with Eng
land, and to compete with England we
have either to shut up our factories and
all these industries that we have been
carrying on, or else we have to reduce our
laborers to the same standard of wages
that they have erected in that country.
[Applause.
Now let me tell you what brickmaker
gets in England. A brickmaker in Eng
land gets 1854 a-week. Who wants to
work for 1854 a week? Anybody here?
[Cries of mo, no."l All of you that
want to work for $3.54 week as brick
makers hold up your hands. Applause,
and voice, "Have to go over to England
to get one."] In America, instead Of re-
on an average over the country, as shown
by the official statistics, S11.s6. The
bricklayer in England gets So week,
while here the average is $21 week.
How many men who are getting $21
week want to be cut down to So a week
by anybody? Cries of "Nobody."] Then
nobody is going to vote for Grover
Cleveland. Great applause. Car
penters over in England get $3.50,
as against $15 week here. Common
laborers in England get the magnif-
cent sum of $4.10 per week. You know
what you are getting. do not want to
pursue the table further. have picked
out from these figures, taken from official
statistics, enough to indicate to you what
must necessarily be the effect upon us of
the unwise policy of Grover Cleveland, as
set forth in his message and indorsed by
the Democratic platform, to which they
have dragged Judge Thurman from the
grave almost Applause lido not want
to say anything bad about the judge He
is an eminent citizen of Columbus. He is
good fellow socially. Let us keep him
here. Renewed laughter and applause.
We can get along without him at Wash
ington, and we can get along at Washing
ton without Grover Cleveland. [Ap-
plauSe Leu us Keep lHurIudu III uOHue,
and send Cleveland home. Renewed
laughter and cheering.] That is the best
possible work that can be done by the
Republicans of this country. in the year
of our Lord 1888.
Now, my fellow citizens, congratulate
you upon the successful convention at
Chicago; that it worked out such mag
nificent result; that you have candidates
nominated whom you can support with
such ordiality-candidates whose entire
records and personal makeup can appeal
with such strength and force to the pa
triotism of the country and to the CON-
mon business sense Of the country. APP
plause. Let us go to work and elect
them. Renewed applause.