The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-10-25
HENRY SCORES

be willing to have that much taken
out of my life.' Laughter and ap-
plause followed this remark.
Here Mayor Eustis commented on
how the Democratic hard times had
struck all professions and business.
He remarked that the public assault
upon this administration was on, to
wind up two weeks from Tuesday
and, he said, if there is any of them
left after that day he would like to
look at them.
Mayor Eustis dwelt upon the Al
mighty's endowment of this country
with minerals, called j. E. Stowell
the Christopher Columbus of this sec
ton, and believed that he was doing
the work which would lead to the dis
covery of coal.
ave should have government that
will have a policy to develop this
country-to encourage manufacturing
industries in this country, and not to
develop the factories of other coun-
tries," remarked the speaker. "We
have had lots of assignments this
year-one-fifth of the railroads of the
country have gone into the hands of a
receiver. Business has not been en-
couraged by our government except
foreign business. When the McKin-
ley bill passed we started to make our
own tin plate and our factories fur
nished work. Work is what we want.
But the Democrats didn't like to see
this. They passed the Wilson bill.
They monkeyed with the buzz-saw.
Factory fires in England were lighted,
but ours went out. Recently they have
started up, but with reduced wages.
The reduction has come out of the
American workingman."
Here Mayor Eustis censured the
burning of flax straw, which he de-
clared as valuable as the seed. The
Mckinley bill tended to assist in the
use of this fax straw and linen fac
tory was put in at Minneapolis for its
consumption. But 10 and behold! the
Wilson bill passed and we fellows
that built the factory made an assign
ment. If [ could run this government
l would have linen mills all over this
country. I would furnish work and
work is what we want. We would
make our own linen, and we wouldn't 7
have it come from foreign countries.
The speaker thought it would be a
good thing if every quarter of section
of land could have little herd of
cattle and sheep. The sheep has been
having hard time for the last year.
We have gone back on him. The
Democrats have given us free WOOL
or within nine cents of it. A whole
flock of sheep was sold at IS cents per
head recently and pelts sold at 25
cents. This was in Chicago.
When the audience roared at the
sheep story of starting at the wrong
end to shear him Mayor Eustis begged
to remind them that it was nothing to
laugh at. It was a serious thing for
the sheep. We want the sheep be-
cause he adds to our own industry.
He read from President Harrison's
last letter of acceptance, and from a
prediction made by that great states
man, James G. Blaine, to the effect
that the Chicago Democratic platform
would destroy the prosperity of this
country. u have heard the cry for
bread. All! it has been sad cry. In
my brief term of Mayor I have heard
it. have seen strong men cry for
work, and failing to find it have come
to my Office crying for bread" The
audience was in tears.
If Jeremiah had prophesied as plain
as Blaine and Harrison did we would
know when the day of judgment is to
arrive, and not be fooled by contiDu-
ally preparing for it.
snake abundance of labor and you
will see wages climb every time.
want to see high wages, and I want to
see abundance of labor" said the
speaker.
He eulogized Blaine's reciprocity
treaty, which was repealed by the
Wilson bill and which cost the United
States $4O,OOO,OOO. He read a letter
from Philadelphia commission house
to a Touring concern refusing -four
consigned for Cuba for the reason