Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-09-24
FACTS FOX FARM Frs.
MAJOR MsKINLEY SPEAKS COM
VIhCINGLY.
An Honest Dollar Favored The American
Tariff synonym for Prosperity = No
Place in This Great Country for Euro
pean Free Trade and Low Wages.


Tarift = synonym for Prosperity = No
Place in This Great Country for Euro
pean Free Trade and Low Wages.
sound Arguments.
Major Mckinley spoke at Lynchburg,
Ohio, for IN hour and half, and de-
voted his ia entirely to the silver and
tariff questions, because the farmers
were anxious to hear a frank statement
OF the Republican, position regarding
both questions. His exposition of both
was fearless and frank, and along the
line of his speech at Niles He discussed
these as business questions, and made
them SO plain that the old farmers nod
ded their heads i'm acceptance or his doc
trine. and the younger men cheered him.
When he said that the Republican
party stood for an honest dollar. hum
bred cent dollar which would not asso-
ciate with an eighty-cent dollar, because
the cheaper money would drive the gold
and the greenbacks out of circulation,
SO that we should have silver alone, the
farmers were quick to catch the full
significance of this and cheered Justify.
When he declared that we must have an
honest dollar as we must have an honest
pound and an honest yard, his audience
was In full accord with him.
The Major also discovered that he had
many soldiers present, when he referred
to the two grs III debts OF the country
that to the bondholders, which is fast
being paid and that to the soldiers, the
greatest debt OF all. He was eloquent
and forcible In his denunciatiOn of any
attempt to pay the old soldiers their
pensions In deprecated currency, after
we have paid the bondholders in gold,
and there went up soldier yell which
showed that the veteran was there and
in force.
"a short crop Is bad enough" said Nc
Kinley In conclusion on the silver ques-
ton, "but short dollar is worse. Long
hours for workingmen, and short dollars
for their wages / have no patience
with the men who would depreciate the
currency. Governor Campbell is willing
to chance free silver, but l am not.
Neither is the country willing to chance
1t. 1t cost us too much to get back to
resumption in 1879. We don't want to
start out in the imitation business again.
] appeal to you to sustain the standard
of the currency as you would the honor
of the flag.
He then took up the tariff as another
business question and handed it in the
same business like manner. 1t was
question whether we should have our
work done at home or abroad. The
Democratic tariff for revenue never
built shop or lighted furnace fire in
this country. 1t had put out many of
them A revenue tariff is for other
countries than our own. A protective
Tariff is for our own country and no
other. A revenue tariff is always against
hxAH A 49, So
always for the Government. He fully
explained this question by illustration,
and then asked: aN hat do you want"
An old Democrat in the crowd called
out: Something ch APP to eat "
He did not have time even to laugh at
his own interruption, for instantly the
Major came back at him with: "Do
you want 1t SWEET" And the crowd
roared with laughter, and the inter-
rupter slipped away satisfied that the
Major does rot have somebody else
write his speeches
"If had my way" said Mckinley, II
would bring oil factories to Ohio, but if
j could not find room for them here /
would rather see them in any other
State than I'm Europe. Which would
you rather have next to your farm,
factory or another farm?"
"a factory" yelled out q farmer.
swell, vote that way" replied Nc
Kinley.
In conclusion he said we could not
have free trade in this country without
q social revolution. Either we must
bring our farmers down to the level of
the farmers Of Russia and India and
our laboring men in the factories down
to the level of the men in London and
Berlin and all Europe, or they must in
Europe and India elevate their farmers
and laboring men to the level of those
in this country. One or the other of
these propositions must be true before
we could have free trade in this country
He was willing to see free trade come
with the latter condition, but never with
the former.
He then showed that the Republican
tariff law had protected the farmer by
increasing the duty on farm products,
and good-naturedly took Gov. Campbell
to task for saying that wool was not
worth more than 20 cents. Campbell
claimed to own two farms, and yet he
did not know the difference between
washed and unwashed wool. "There
are two kinds of farmers, said Mckin-
ley, "those who farm the land and those
who farm the farmers. / am afraid
that Governor Campbell is one of the
latter.
A note was sent to the platform ask
ing: "If your tariff bill is in the inter-
est of the farmer, why did you put hides
on the free list?"
The Major stopped and read it and
answered: Because we found hides in
the free list. They have been on the
free list for twenty years. We did not
change it: we left 1t as it was If you
have any criticism to put on the men
who framed the new tariff BILL criti-
else that for which they are responsible,
not for what has been law for years.
We are responsible for the changes we
made"
When the Major closed his speech the
people cheered him loudly, and, al
though there were other speakers present
to talk to them, great part of the
crowd followed Mckinley to the train to
give him parting cheer as he hurried
away toward Columbus to catch the
evening train.
Democratic Record I'm Ohio.
Under Hoadly the Democrats of Ohio
increased the expenditures of the State