Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-01

goods 10 X there We are, made for life. All,
my friends, how the arguments of past
years passes away In the face of the argu-
ments from experience. How little and
cheap some Of the talk that used to fill our
ears from Democratic platforms in days
gone by. Take one staple thing. Under the,
Democratic oratOry two years ago we were
consumers and were suffering. To-day, un-
der Democratic laws we are producers and
where are WEI (Applause.) The siren tones
OF the Briton as he offers us cheap goods
lure us now whittier? Lo, and behold. We
have not the money In our pockets to buy
Texas. even II Texas can be bought for a
quarter of q dollar. There are two kinds Of
cheapnesS In this world besides the cheap
ness of some party politics. (Applause)
One Is little innate cheapness, and the
other illegitlmate. Illegitimate cheapness
In your pocket to buy. Legitimate cheap
ness you used to have, that is. au.ss
with money In the pouch. That last is a
blessing,
The Other Is n Curse,
end yon know 1t now. What do you want
for tie future-D .nDcratic cheapness IN the
shop windows or Republican cheapnes3 In
the homes? (ApplaUse). That Is the great
who are Republicans and who voted right
Protection has got to be put upon the right
basis, and that basis is the wages of men
n axe i no dIst Tnst Rt"' Wat or we eH nsed is go good
wages. IL | did not believe 'hsi protection,
Instead Of being a tax for the benefit OF
the ne as against the many, was the best
Means OF distributing the God given res suits
or the resources of this country, | would
never be for 1t. IL / did not believe thu.
1t was a method OF giving the American
great country would do all its own work, 1
would not demand its retention. tApplausel.
hut believe that wages are the handspring
OF our Industrial system. And why7 DO I
advocate wages because I am the especial
friend Of the workingmen7 Whenever any
BODY from a political platform states that
he IL tho special friend Of anybody, that
anybody had better look out and watch him.
advocf tie that foundation for the good.
honest ana selfish re:son that I believe 1t
VIII bring prosperity, and when prosperity
comes l have got a chance to get my share.
Why is II that ! say wages are the founda-
ten OF prosperity. II is beca use the great
Incentive T. industrial life is the market.
that Is what makes the inili wheels turn.
mat Is what sets the machinery humr..+~.
that - what produces prosperity In a coul-
mtinity. What the market will buy Is he
motive power. We used to have the great.
est motive power In the world. because We
had q market where more pe0ple than any
Were else on earth had more money 10
spend. The g was a time whe,, the market
depended on a few. That was not a time Of
ciViizatlon. But now the market denepds
on the many. IL IL the great aggregate of
wages that increases the purchasing power
Of the market. Why, IL you Will figure as
aia the other day, In Chicago. II you viii
ngure What the increase OF II per cent
means from 1860 to 1892, you would ace
that that loan upon the lowest calculation
was an increase TO our market and our mr.
chasing power Of So, $50. 0OO, OOO-two billions
and an EIGHTH. 'A
Not nm E~xaggexation.
When l finished one OF the best mon ,n
ohicago said to me. "You are just as wrong
suout nose figures RS you can be; they
onghf TO be doubled. II not treb,ed." but I
ways feel IL a compliment when a man
states that In talking to a political nu,iience
! nave iessened my argument rather than
eAaggerated II. tApplause.l Why, this great
purchasing power Is at the bottom OF ali
cheapnese, oil legitimate ~eheapness. II ia
because we make many thlngs Of the same