The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-02
GOV. CAMPBELL
ADDRESSES ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST
ENTHUSIASTIC AND SATISFACTORY
AFTERNOON MEETINGS EVER
HELD IN CANTON.

County--Gov. Campbell Receives Mag
nifioent Reception-A Brilliant speech.
Full of Points That Penetrate.
The afternoon meeting at the Taber-
nacle on Tuesday was . pleasant surprise
| to the Democrats of CantLn. No such
| turnout was expected. IL as one OF the
largest afternoon meetinrs ever held In
Canton, In an off year, hAd the Tsber.
nacle was completely hlied, with the solid
yeomanry Of Stark, with standing room
| only. Some farmers rode 20 miles, and
there was delegation from Columbi
county, that rode 81 miles to see and hear
one of the ideal Democrats Of the country,
| Jas. K. Campbell. IL was the largest
| afternoon meeting that has been held In
Canton for ten years.
Chairman Harmony called the meeting
to order, and after q patriotic air by
| Thayer,s Military band, Hon. John e.
Welty was announced as chairman. Mr..
Welty. In q few fitting remarks introduc-
| ed Judge N. M. Wolf,of Mansfield, ,as first
speaker of the afternoon. Judge Wolf 10
very large, fine looking man, with an
earnest manner, aud voice that needs
no coaxing. He 10 o speaker OF eloquence
and force, and his points are tersely put.
His remarks were largely on the tariff.
He was unable to understand why II In,
when las Mckinley stateS) the tariff 10
for the benefit OF labor, wny labor gets
none of 1t. He asked why II was that
labor did not get fair divide, In articles
taxed from 30 to 80 per cent; and why IL
was that labor was paid no more In work
on high tariff taxed articles than In arti-
cles that have no tariff taxes at ell. He
showed very clearly that 30 far aB labor
10 concerned she protective tariff 10
q fraud, Just as declared IN the Demo.
cratic platform. Judge Wolfspoke about
20 minutes, and every one regretted when
he quit. He was certainly pleased with
his reception.
Campbell, and this well beloved Demo-
crat arose and looked over the audience,
the spectacle was inspiring, Seldom has
q public man received such an ovation.
The applause continued for some time,
in which II appeared every citizen present
participated. Gov. Campbell was visibly
affected by the remarkable demonstrA-
tion, and In opening his speech, spoke
with much feeling of bis many kind
friends in Stark county, and OF his many
pleasant and profitable visits to the DEM
ocrats of Canton and vicinity;
Gov. Campbell took for his text some
points attempted to be made by McKin-
ley, in his speech on the same platform
the evening before.
Mckinley was trying to prove that while
his tariff raised wages, II reduced the
price of the manufactured article. Or
course no man with as much brains az an
believe this, but In the audience there was
much applause over the Mejor's double
| and twisted logic.
Az illustrating how protection had
cheapened articles of American manu-
facture, Mckinley took cut nails and
calico.
The way Gov. Campbell handled Nc
Kinley on this subject was caution to
screech owls.
Gov. Campbell said: have been
handed some items OF Gov. McKinley's
speech on this very platform last night.
The Major was trying to show what z
| free trade days back In 1855, when cut
nails were cents pound and calico 12I
| cents yard. Then the Major brings
us down to the grand days
Of high protection In 1892, when
cut nails are only 8 cents 9 pound aud
calico 8 cents yard. Now this is ell very
| well, as far as II goes, but It does not go
very far. Why stop on calico and cut
| nails. Let us go to the root of the ques-
| tion, or rather take the whole list of prices
and then make our comparison.
am in the midst OF the great wheat
growing county of Stark aud know you
grow wool here also. am farmer my
self, or was once, but as owned two
farms instead of one l grew poor that
| much faster, under protection.
Now let US take the price OF two great
staple products, wheat and wool, and Jet
us compare prices under free trade in 1856
and protection in 1893. This is the only
fair way to discuss this question: Take =
Stark county farmer, who raises 1,OOO
bushels of wheat. What did he get for II
under free trade, In 1856? Why, sl'6o per
bushel.
tion In 1882 Will some farmer In this
audience tell meP (Manyvoicee 60 cents,
one voice So cents). Well, call II go cents
Let us see how the farmer stands in 1888,
as compared with 1856:
900 bushels OF wheat In 1855 (sl SOY. ....Sl.50c
| 1000 bushels OF wheat III 1893, C60). SOC
Dead loss to farmer. er.,.....,........".......e SO(
Now let us figure up his gain on the cal
leo deal. How many yards OF calico does
it take to make dress, (avoice, 10 yards)
Much Obliged. II has been 30 long since
have been able to buy my wife a calico
dress under Protection, that had forgot
ten the yards. Well let ua see how mucf
the farmer has saved on calico:
10 yards calico in 1855 QshO, q
10 yards calico In 1888 (6)..'.''''''.'''''''' 'o
Farmers clear gain n......",".""....".''' n
Now let us strike balance and see how
much the farmer has made under Protec
tion:
Loss on wheat.... '"''.''.''.'''''''''seoo'9
| Gain on ......'.',.'..'''.''''''''''' ="
Net dead loss. oss.................'...."." SoSB'2
This 10 the kind of loss and gain In th'
old farmers arithmetic that makes hin
very sad.
Well, now about the Majors cut nsilg
Say the farmer uses 10 pounds OF cut nail
to nail up loose clapboArds, tack on rau
dom shingles, and fix his door yard fence
10 pounds cut nails at cents (ls5e) .......... z
10 pounds cut nails at cents Clss5) ).''.'.o.. %
Saved by Protection. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. a
Now wool, In 1856. under free trade
sold all over this county as 30 cents Q
pound. How much 10 It now, under th
highest Protective tariff ever known
MANY vices, 20 cents). oh, 20 cents2 l
that all? Well take the market hguresi Il
the two periods.
LOCO pounds OF wool 60 cents 1855. $50
1000 pounds OF wool 20 cents (lSeS) ......,.. sO
Dead loss to wool grower. r..,.....".."".",tsO
So while the farmer and wool grove
has gained 40 cents on cut nails, accord
ing to the great tin god of Protection, hs