The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-11-02

cheap some Of the talk that used to I'LL our
ears from Democratic platforms In days
gone by. Take one staple thing. Under tne<
Democratic oratory two years ago we Were
consumers and were suffering. To-day, M
der Democratic laws we are producers ana
where are we? lApplause,) The siren tones
Of the Briton as he offers us cheap gooas
lure us now whither7 Lo, and behold. We
have not the money In our pockets TO ouy
Texas, even If Texas can be bought for a
quarter of dollar. There are two kinds OF
cheapness In this world besides the cheap
ness Of some party politics. tAppiause.l
One Is little innate cheapness, ana the
other illegitmate. Illegitimate cheapness
you have got now-cheapness WIN no lfone'
In your pocket to buy. Legitimate cheap
ness you used to have, that Is, che-.aAl.ss
with money In the pouch. That last IS
blessing,
The Other In n Curse,
end you know 1t now. What do you want
for the futura-D ,Inocratc cheapness 10 the
shop windows or Republican cheapheSs IA
the homes? tApplausel That is the gfeaa
problem fer you to solve. even those oi US
who are Republicans and VINO Voleu fiSat
Protection has got to be put upon the rlsh'
basis and that basis is the wages OF ue4
'. no labor with brains or muscle' IT
Il axe no distinction. NHat we leed Is sooa 90,
wages II | did not believe Inst proteclon.
instead Of being a tax for the benenI q
the me rs against the many, was the bess
n4earE Of distributing the God given fesll1s fesllll1s
Of the resources of this country. would
never be for 1t. If l did not believe that
1t was method of giving the American
markets to the American people, so thal lhis
great country would DO an l's own VIZ, 'a,is.,
would not demand its retention. tApplaasel
But I believe that wages are the nalnslflhg
of our industrial system. And why 10
advocate wages because am the espef1ai
friend Of the workingmen? whenever any
| body from a political platform states that
! he ls tho special friend Of anyhody, that
anybody had better look out and wafen him
| I advocf te that foundation for the. good.
y, a,1F1 l9Sh I hRiatn
| will bring prosperity, and when prosrefit.
| comes | have got chance to get my share.
| Why is it that ! say wages are the fonhda-
! ticn Of prosperity. It is because the great
| incentive t. industrial life is the market,
! the purchasing power the ability TO euy;
| that is what makes the mill wheels turn.
chat Is what sets the machinery huml- -fts;.
that is what produces prosperity In coul-
munity. What the market Will buy is he
motive power. We used to have the great
est motive power in the world. because We
where else on earth had more money to
spend. The time when the market
depended on a few. That was not time Of
civilization. But now the market denends
on the many. II is the great aggregate Of
wages that increases the purchasing power
of the market. Why. If you will figure as I
did the other day in Chicago, II you Will
means from 1880 to 1892. you would see
that that loan upon the lowest calculation
was an increase TO our market and our pur-
and An ei~hth.
Not IN ExaSEeration.
When l finished one of the best men In
Chicago said to me, You are Just as wrong
about those figures as you can be; they
ought to be doubled. II not trebled. But
always feel 1t a compliment when man
states that in talking 10 a political audience
/ have leSsened my argument rather than
exaggerated it. tApplalse.l Why. this great
purchasing power IS at the bottom Of all
cheapneSs, all legitimate cheapness. 1t is
because we make many things of the same
kind that can make them cheaper.
Would you think of building a machine for
n single AK handle? Why, you could make
it cheaper with an yourself But when
you want half million OF Ak handles. You
have got to build machine. Why | saw
your trolley cars rushing through the streets
tonight, DO YOU suppose trolley cars were
possible in the old horse car days way
back? Not a bit of 1t. Trolley cars mean Il
lot Of people who had been in the habit Of
riding in cars. II means full ears and many
passengers. II YOU were to establish a troll
ley system In my city ot Portland to-day I
doubt If there would be any money ii 1t
whatever railroad won't do where YOU
have only got enough people TO fill stage
coach. a stage coach can take half dozen
people a dozen miles cheaper than a railroad
train. Unless the railroad ears can be rea-
sonably filed unless a good many peonle
want to 90 you cannot get there cheaply.
That illustrates what i said about the power