The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-15
HARRISON TALKS.

The Growing Glory OF our Government Is
That II Gives Every Man q Chance, But
Democratic Legislation Is Taking That
Chance Away.
By the United Press
indianapolis, Ind. Oct. l4.-General
Harrison spoke at Huntingburg yester-
day. In part, he said: "The great glory
OF our American institutions is that
they give every man chance. They do
not put any weights on him. They open
the contests of life broadly for him,
and they equip him for 1t by the magni-
ficent provisions which our common
schools afford for his education. Whether
we take advantage Of these opportuni-
ties or neglect them largely depends on
ourselves, but after all this is said
everybody must admit that the legisla-
ton OF the national government upon
several important subjects has a direct
bearing upon the prosperity Of the peo-
pie.
What Is the tariff question, after all /?
ii isinits essence this question, whether
We will retain our own markets so far
as We can, so that the things we wear
shall be made by American hands in
America, or whether we will so frame
our tariff that the things we wear shall
be made by English hands in England
or by German hands in Germany. / do
| not doubt at all that If we were to re-
duce wages In the United States to the
| same level that prevails in European
| countries we could produce many things
in competition with them; but all these
workingmen with US are citizens, they
are all voters, they are the men upon
whom our institutions rest, and we can
not afford to have greaI class Of de-
spairing men who live in poverty all
their life and die without any hope in
their hearts. II We are to have men
upon whom REPUBLICAN institutions can
safely rest, If we are to have men who
In time Of war will bring strong arms
and courageous hearts to the defence OF
the flag and the Constitution, we must
have u population that are living COM
fortably; we must have homes that have
hope as an abiding guest. These protec-
| tive duties tend to that end.
II do not say that the tariff is the
only thing that influences the price OF
wheat, or the price Of anything else
That would be an exaggeration. The
|
that he does not know how many
acres Of wheat other farmers are going
to SOW this year. He cannot tell what
the foreign harvests will be. These
things affect favorably or unfavorably
the prices, but the point want
make is that the sells 95 per cent. of all
to make Is that the farmer sells
95 per cent. Of all the produce OF
his farm at home, and that
Is the market he wants to lool
after, II men are getting good
wages they will live well. We may
think q man will eat about 50 much
bread every year anyhow, but in thai
we are greatly mistaken. This pas
year has shown how largely the buy
ing power of our people has been re
duced by reason Of the fact that sc
many were out of employment ant
thier wages cut off. leave you tn,
thought this morning that, as farmers
as merchants, as workmen in thes,
mines and factories that are scattered
through your country, We want to pre-
serve a class Of workmen with wage.
enough to live comfortably and wage.
enough to lay by little for old az,
and TO give the children q little bettel
chance than the father had. II we car
do that, nothing can shake the sure re
pose of this grand republic We love
It's people will be happy and contentet
and the land full Of prosperoul
homes"
General Harrison returned home Las
night. He was absent only two days
bus during that Itime he addressed
twenty-one audiences, aggregatinl
about $4,000 people, and his speeches
taken together, reach total Of SO,
900 words. The Journey covered AZ
miles.