Wichita eagle., 1888-08-22

name it, The one fact that do not need
| TO stop to demonstrate by statistics. the
| one fact that | could call out of this vast
audience hundreds of witnesses to sup
port by their personal testimony, is that
| the scale of American wages is higher
| than that of any other country in the
| world. [Applausel If this were not true,
| why is it that the workingmen and the
| workingwomen Of the older lands turn
their faces hitherward if there is better
country, one that offers better wages,
fuller hopes than this? Why is it that
| those who are in quest of such better
things have not found it out and
turned their faces thitherward?
Now. if that is true, then why
is it true and how is to be continued the
condition Of our country? It Is because
and only because we have for years, by
our protective tariff Disseminated IN favor
of American manufacturers and American
workingmen. [Applausel. Strike down
this protective system bring our working
men and working women TO an equal com
petition in the products of their toll with
those who labor abroad and nothing Is
clearer than that the mills and factories
must reduce wages here to level with
wages abroad, or they must shut down
You may have the choice to make you free
citizens of this country whose ballots
sway its destiny, will settle these
questions in November. Applause L
ask you now, don't be deceived by the Sug-
gestions that this is any contest over Z
per cent reduction in a tariff schedule. we
are allowed now to say, | think. that all
those who are entitled to speak Tor the
Democratic party have declared that 1t Is
opposed TO protection. That being 50 the
issue is clearly, distinctly, strongly drawn.
/ beg you all, not in my interest, but IN
your own. IN the interest OF
your families and the country
you love, TO ponder this ques-
ION; to think upon 1t, with that serious
ness its importance demands, and when
you have thought it out, settle 1T: settle 1t
in November SO that we shall be free Tor
years TO come from this agitation III be-
half free trade. [Great applause.I
The meeting was then dismissed and
General Harrison was escorted to Memo
rial hall, which is large structure erected
as a memorial to the soldiers OF Toledo
who persisted in the rebellion. A pubic
reception was held beginning at 10 o'clock:
The old soldiers were first admitted and
after them the general public. General
Harrison was stationed IN the middle OF the
hail and the people admitted by the south
door, then passing through the hall and
out by the north door. The reception was
continued some twenty minutes, when tue
doors were closed and General Harrison
was escorted to his carriage and driven to
the Cummings residence. The party leave
in the morning for Middle Bass island,
going on Col. :. G.. Reynolds steam yacht
the Sigma. the finest vessel of the kind on !
the lakes. General Harrison's party will
be the guests of Mr.. VIM. Cummings while
at the island. They will occupy beauti- |
full cottage belonging to Peter Boydan, of
this city, who has placed it at their dis |
posal. They viii take their meals at the
Middle Bass club house. The length OF
stay is undetermined, but it is left to be !
dictated by circumstances. The Middle /
Bass club disire the request made public /
that general Harrison shall not be disturb
ed by visits of delegations while at the Is
land in order that he may be able to recup- /
crate from the intense strain to which he |
has been subjected ever since his nOmina- |
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