The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-02

Until that day. l say. our wages mad gone oil
increasing until for every dollar which the mai
Of brain and muscle gained. he gained Sill
Do you understand what that gain Of II cent
meant for our market. Why, I can give yol
some rough figures. They are but guesses. ans
yet they convey my idea, and you will under
stand IL. Suppose that out Of the q, 10000 o
human beings that there are IN the United
States to-day one-ffth OF them were wage
earners, what would one cent day increase IL
wages mean; Why, It would mean for ever
day In the year $50 600. and for the whole yea
$50 go 900, and II / cent meant $4,000 900. Z
cents meant g. 0o0OO.O0O-yes, the market ha.
changed. II you want to understand how
much 1t has changed. look up Sir Walter Scott
read his novel Of 'Ivanhoe' and read the de-
scription Of the death dress OF the swinehert
Gurth. he being clad in only leather ierkin
That is all with which he adorned his tragic
fall
Wages Not a Matter of Jugglery.
mo factory could make living on of him Of
his kind But you may say to me this Il cent?
OF wages wac not spent. but IL was because the
necessity OF spending it was what brought It
I Wages are not TO be summed up, as used to bt
in the old books Of political economy. mere
question of division. Our wages to-day depend
not upon any such Juggling calculation. oil
which no man ever knew. but upon the socis
life of our people. Why in IT'S the wages of a
carpenter used to be . cents day.
! Sometimes you undertake to account FOL
| this by saying that IS cents then was the equiv
alent of $50 now. But such was not the fact
Twenty-Five cents to-day will buy more than
$3.50 ever bought then. lApplause.l Why
then. was the carpenter co1tented to live on
25 cents day: Twas not because he had not
| learned what 1t was to live better applause
! and when once men discover By the fair proc
| esses Of honest civilization how to live better
they utterly decline to live worse except under
a democratic administration Laughter and
! applausel
| Il want you to realize what this greatness OF
| the American market means, what Il means 10
| you. The market is only another name for the
| purchasing power. and the purchasing power
/ is TO nation the same as what we boys used
/ to call suction is to pump 1t sets Gil the
machinery going: 1t turns the mill wheel; it
| does more than that It Is the foundation and
| origin Of cheapness. Grand Rapids. in Michi-
! gan. could not furnish coed furniture to be
scattered all over the United States unless
/ there was a tremendous demand for It and
/ money to buy 1t with. Fail River could not
] furnish cotton cloth at the price at which 1t is
/ sold il it were not for she fact that great
/ many people wear cotton cloth. Here let me
/ say to you my friends. that on this question Of
/ cheapaess we ought to have some sensible
/ ideas. There ere two different kinds OF cheap
! ness One is legitimate cheapness and the
/ other is not. CheapIcss without cent Of
money in your pocket to buy with is bitter
ness to the soul Applause and laughter !
Don't you know it now: Laughter Cheap
! ness with money to buy is blessing unmiti-
| gated
Foreign Cheapness Decrled.
Which do you want: Which do you prefer:
| "A voice from the audience: We want the
money! Legitimate cheapness. foreign
cheapness lcries OF No in the shop. or
| American cheapness in your own home: Cries
| OF No 'Cheapness in our homes I have
/ said to you that the lesson OF experience is a
most tremendous lesson. 1t is no use. some
times. to tell people truth They have got to
have receptive souls or it glances OF them
Laughter For years we have been preach
ing the truth. and to-day you are seeing the
truth Laughter
How cheap and trivial the arguments of
two years ago seem to be now How uncon-
vincing would the democratic orator te il he
were 70 take his place here tonight Laugh
teri Don't you remember how he talked 10
you about tin plate: Laughter Don't you
remember how he agolized to you over the
workingman's dinner pail: Laughter He
was going to pay five cents more for his dinner
pail. but the dinner pail was full then. it Is
empty now. prolonged applause And II
will be long year before the worktngman is
again fooled by that empty dinner pail
Laughter and applause
Here is another little thing from the New
York World. and 1 marvel that they should
have presented It. after all that men have
learned since the time when it used to be
efectual 1t is headed-for it is pictOriai-'A
Nut for Mckinley to Crack. Unfortunately
for you. Mr.. Mckinley is not present but
viii crack that nut myself Laughter and
applause.l Here is the legend on it: Cotton
cloth. 1888. I0sS cents; 1894 ets cents Now.
supposing that those two statements are true
land the place where l find them IS not an ab-
solute guaranty that they are true). Laugh
ter suppose them both to be true. what is
the rest OF the story: Why, the men who made
that cotton cloth in 1894 have already suffered
10 per cent think 10 per contradiction IN
their wages and they are on the verge OF suf-
fering. If they have not already suffered. 10 per
cent. more They will get their cloth 10 per
cent. cheaper. and they lose % per cent. on
their wages. lApplause.l Now. there is that
nut cracked lApplause.I There it is. cracked.
and very nasty inside. Laughter and ap-
plausel
Producers and Consumers.
That would have been good thing when
the democratic party was busy catering to the
consumer. Why. IN those old days we had
nothing but consumers. The idea of the dem
ocratic party Of the American people was that
they were sitting in rocking chairs all day
long ard eating things. Laughter Why
the American people, thank God. are pro-
sumo the equivalent Of all that they produce
LRenewed and long-continued applause That
doctrine Of two years ago would do Tor south
ern planters and their slaves. The people that
did produce didn't consume; the people that
didn't produce did consume. OF course they
were not interested in high wages for their
servants What they were interested in was
the exhaustion OF our rich land. and the ex-
haustion OF race OF servants. and the con-
sumption. AZ the cheapest price possible, OF
goods from across the water.
when have pointed out to you the nature
of markets and their dependence on wages.
have also pointed out to you a more important
thing still and that is that 1t is of the first
duties OF a nation that means to be prosperous
to look out for the wages OF its citizens. ZAP
plause and cheers But. after all. the wage
Garner must look out little for himself. He
must not allow himself to be blinded by any
minor quarrel with the people who are near
him. so as to forget the bigger quarrel with
those who are bombarding him with heavy
guns from distance. 1t is amazing to me to
see how any man can fail to see that every
bale OF foreign goods brought in here. the re-
suit OF cheap labor. is pitting SO much cheap |
labor against the dearer labor OF this country. |
Applause.l But II you don't see il to-day |
the day will come when you will see It. and 1 |
will tell you how. A voice: We see il now.'l |
There exist in China and in India and in ia |
pan great Quarries OF I0-cent. a0-cent and So |
cent labor. The world has got to be so peace |
able now that capital goes anywhere.
Machinery also goes anywhere Some day |
o. other the entcrprisinc Briton will establish /
bis factory in India. in China. in Japan-the fact
i. he IS doing IL nOw-and when that happens /
TO ans extent. and hope il may never happen.
then you will begin to understand the neces-
sity Of protection Tor your happy homes. IAp-
plause.
Now you have listened to me with great |
patience during a somewhat dry discourse in
which. perhaps. owing to the exhaustion OF ad-
dressing large an audience. I have rot put
he facts fully and clearly as ought. New
srthelesS I an going to let it rest IN YOUR
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