Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-14

State has been reduced 20 per cent Has it
burdened the counties and the municipall-
ties? In 20 wears the taxation has been dl.
minished 45 per cent, the debts of the State
and debts of the municipalities and the
debts of the counties have fallen from 45 to
20 per cent in 20 years, and, so far as the in
dividual is concerned, we never were so
prosperous in all our history as we are to-
day. [Applause.l
Object Lessons on the Tariff
"As understand it, 1t is the purpose of
this meeting here to-day, and the object
lesson whkh you are to see is to convince
them that what they have hitherto be-
lieved was not true, is in fact true. Inc
Democrats say we cannot make this, we
cannot make that; they say we cannot make
tin plate. lCheers.] Why, they said iew
wears ago we could not make steel rails.
They said we could not make silk, they
said we could not make pottery or glass.
They said we could not make watches, but
we are making every one of them, and
to-day, under protective tariffs, we are the
first manufacturing nation of the world.
CApplause. :,
''Why should not the Democrats as well
as the Republicans want tin plate factory
liz this country? Would you not rather
have tin plate factory in your midst, that
Civ es employment to $50 men, than to have
all Democratic officers in the State OF In
dians? IApplause What is tin plate?
1t is piece OF sheet iron, or sheet steel,
coated with tin-vou know more about 1t
than y do, YOU who live here where 1t Is
made, snd those who do not have seen 1t to-
day, arN it is a demonstration that the
Democ- ltic leaders are wrong. Why should
they be opposed to half a dozen great tin
industrieI in the State of Indiana? There
is no reason in the world, unless 1t Is De-
cause YOU will reduce the Democratic ma
iority in The State. [Applause.] Every
other consideration demands 1t.
a Party of Promise and Prediction.
seThe Dem, pcratic is the party of predic-
tion Tlaughte.'1, and if results did not over
take the predi ction it would be the greatest
party in the orld [applausel, and if facts
did not outrun these predictions, it would
he the most successful party in the world.
TLauphter and applause. The last -
months we sold more than 81, 900, 900, 900 of
American productions to Europe, a point
never reached BET ore in all our history, and
we bought more products from abroad than
we ever did in any II months of our history,
and when Europe settled the balance of
trade with us she paid into our commerce
$50, 900, 900 in gold to express the excess of
what we sold to them over what we bought
of them. [Applause. J.
The remainder of Governor McKinley's
speech was devoted to a review of the Re-
publican tariff law and its effect upon the
commerce and manufactures of the country.
At the conclusion of the speech visit was
made to the tin plate factory, and the pro-
cess of making tin plate was exhibited to
the visitors Governor Mckinley was
again called upon and made brief speech
on the object lesson of the day.
During the whole of the afternoon men
and bows passed around among the crowd
and distributed copies Of the following
hand bill:
TIN PLATE STOCK FOR SALE.
Several shares of American tin plate stock
at discount. Apply to the undersigned,
C. KLUEH,
q. UPP,
T. NJ. HARBTrT,
Ii. F. WnKIE, 4
Ellwood Ind.
The distribution of these dodgers created
considerable excitement, and was denounced
as Democratic scheme to spoil the effects
of the exercises of the day.