The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-01

ship, and 1 am always glad to be as
sured by Pennsylvania that in this
great national contest for public honor;
public and private honesty; for the
supremacy of law and order; of good
government good policies and good
morals, your great. state viii lead in
the triumphant march for Republican
principles. Great applause and cries
of That's right.') I have often svon-
dered if Pennsylvania influence of
stability, conservatism and prosperity
in the union and its great strength and
self-Supporting capacity as q, common
wealth in that union were properly APP
preciated. By the census of 1880.
have noted as doubtlessly you noted
you have farm values in Pennsylvania
in your 20,000,000 acres of 1915, 900, 000, or
an average valuation of more than
S4S per acre to the whole state. In
your products, more than 5000, GEO,
or an average yield in prosperous
times when prices were good, of Sc
per acre, while your manufacturers,
who benefit and enrich. the farmers,
have an annual pay roll or reward Of
labor of $134 000, 900, which would mean
that your farmers would have them
if they furnished all the breadstum
and other farm products that laborers
consume, nearly $3.50 per acre each,
ana every one OF WHICH are
PROSPEROUS WHEN BUSINESS IS
GOOD,
and all are embarrassed when business
is bad. No other similar reward to
husbandry is presented anywhere; and
[ make no apology, my fellow citizens,
for urging a like policy everywhere, or
for having always endeavored, to the
| extent of my best efforts, to continue
this wise system under which you
have had such splendid results in the
state of Pennsylvania. Great cheer
ing) Cali it the Pennsylvania system
if you will, it does honor to Pennsyl-
vania. and her statesmanship-for it
benefits all of our laborers and farm
ers in all parts of the American Union.
applause and cries of That's right. }
Why should we not do all our work
and spend all our own wages at home,
giving to both farmers and working
men the richest rewards for their labor
of any country under the sun? Great
applause and cries of That's the
stuff.') Answer that. my fellow citi-
zens. applause and cries Of "Give US
protection.'O My greatest concern, my
chief object in this as in every cam
paign, is to drive from our shores dis
tress and want and misery and lift
up those who are bowed down and
bring to those who are in want, work
and prosperity. (Applause.) And
will never view with tolerance any
! system which has a different object
towards any American citizen any
where within the limits Of our great
republic. Great applause and cries of
''Hurrah for McKinley.') The other
question involved in this campaign is
the reactionary policy of free silver,
which I need hardly mention to a Penn
sylvania audience, to the people of
honesty and practice it. (Applause.)
One of the injurious effects from
the mere advocacy of free silver
and which Is too little noted is that
it makes it harder to induce many who
would otherwise invest, to enter into
legitimate public and private enter
prises. There is a waiting. There is
distress on every hand. Men do not
know what the future has in store for
them. This is particularly observable
in cities which are endeavoring to sell
their bonds to make public improve
ments. Many cities anticipate the col
lection of taxes for the purpose of
making public Improvements. Every
threat of free silver is stopping the
SALE OF CITY BONDS
in every part of the country. This loss
falls with peculiar force upon laborers
everywhere. Cities can ordinarily make
Improvements if they can borrow
money; if they cannot borrow money,
they cannot make improvements; if
they don't make improvements, hum
dreds and thousands of laboring men
who depend upon this class of work
for their. daily bread are deprived of