Wichita eagle., 1888-07-29
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 a 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 large audience, composed
principally of workingmen:
We have just as good mechanics in
America as they have anywhere else on
the face of the earth renewed cheering |;
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
a 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 tina.
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.'] And live on nothing.
Now, let me illustrate. Let me cali your
attention to this. This is serious bust
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 brickmakers in
this audience? Cries Of "Yes."] Are
there any blacksnliths? les OF Yes u
Are there any coopers? Cries of Yes. u
Are there any cabinetmakerss [Cries of
Yes. " Are there common laborers?
Cries Of Eyes. ~ The woods arc full of
chem. 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
al these industries that we have been
carrying on, or else we have TO reduce our
aborers to the same standard OF wages
hat they have erected in that country.
Applause.
Now let me tell you what bricknlaker
gets III England. a bricklnaker in Eng
land gets So week Who wants to
work for $354 week. Anybody here?
Cries of NO, no. All Of you that
want to work for $50 "a week as brick
makers hold up your hands. Applause,
and voice, Have to go over to England
20 get one"] In America. instead OF re
ceiving 1854 week, a briclznaker gets
On an average over the country, as shown
by the official statistics, $1i.SG. The
5riclllayer in England gets So a week,
while here the average is $21 week.
How many men who are getting $21 a
week want to be cut down to IS a week
by anybody? [Cries of Nobody" J Then
nobody is going to vote for Grover
Cleveland [Great applause Car
penters over in England get $3.50,
IS against $15 q week here. Common
laborers in England get the nagnif
cent sum of $i.1O per week. Yott know
what you are getting. do not want 70
pursue the table further. have picked
out from these figures, taken from official
statistics, enough to indicate to you what
mU- necessarily be the effect upon us Of
the unwise policy of Grover Cleveland, as
set forth il his message and indorsed by
the Democratic platform, to which they
have dragged Judge Thurman from the
grave almost Applause. lido not want
10 say anything bad about the judge. He
is an eminent citizen of Columbus. He is
4 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 APP
plause. Let US keep Thurman at home.
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 al
Chicago; that it worked out such mag
nifcent result; that you have candidates
nominated whom you can support with
such cordially whose entire
records and personal makeup can appeal
with such strength and force to the pa
triotism of the country and to the com
mon business sense of the country. Ap-
pl,.use. Let US go to work and elect
hem. Renewed applause.