The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17
NEAR TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE.
WERE BROUGHT TO M'KlNLEY'S
HOME BY EXCURSION
TRAINS YESTERDAY.
Mr., BRYAN SPEAKS IN ST. LOUIS.
He Addressed Thirty Thousand People
at Three Big Mass Meetings-A Panic
Almost Created by the Platform
Giving Way.

Canton O.. Sept. 1.-Two train loads
of members of the Commercial Travellers
Democratic Mckinley Club of Chicago
reached Canton this morning, the last sec
ton arriving at 9:4j over the Baltimore
and Ohio. They came to call ON Maj.
Mckinley. The party numbers between
900 and 1000. They were escorted to
hotels for breakfast and called ON Nc
Kinley at II o'clock. Thousands Of peO-
pie joined the Democratic Chicago Club
at the Mckinley home at II Il. III. The
greeting was one of the most enthusiastic
as Maj. Mckinley appeared Chief Mar
shall Frank lligbCc introduced President
IIoffstadt, who responded.
Following closely upon the call on Maj.
Mckinley of the Chicago Commercial
Mckinley Club came the beginning of
the Pennsylvania delegation. 1t suIpaSs-
ed in size, noise and enthusiasm all OF
its predecessors The first division to ar
rive was the steel workers of the CHrnG-
gie works ut Homestead. They came ON
Il special train Of three sections aggre-
eating thirty-thrcc coaches, each packed
TO the platforms and the parade was
organized at once. the hOrsemen, the citi-
zcns' committee and the PENNSYLVANIA
society of Canton leading. The men
marched four abreast. and as the last
were falling into line ut the depot the first
r,ii,,.a,, .n,,n,r, ostimntns From, nnstnIn
I I',,,!I 1911 ~; ,,,I,.,i,,, Tn+ .I,,r'
,,.,,,d 5000 g. ~ 0Gn ,,nn,1Io nnt.;ol to
Ho,', "0'' W pi'0
NJ. " NI,Ion,n,,. s,,n,ri,,tor,Iout
If "" tho fr, w. inn,rt,pomt If tho
G,,nncic rnmnany woI thn snnkrsmnn
for the HOmPStCadcrs.
MAJ lIcT;inInv sail.
~. 60" CON nat fnrhoo,. to conpro tuI,t, Won
an tbo wonderful advance Won hnyr made
~ tho inJ,,strt, rnu ronrosont and 90 ala
monty go ,'r d"sc,;hGd Inv vnnr Sn0knsmon
We nrG now an%orod in n cnmnoirn which
iiroctI,. nffocts "vn,,y wnrkinImnn in thn
IIniteji Statos eva,.y interest," hnn"oth omr
Ha~ Nyo oro intnrnstnI in a contest
witch involves nnt only tho nurstion of
t,'iff hnt involvns thn ourstion If sound
m,om,,,. uhnthnr No shan have tho GOOD
momoy wn now have and have had for
moro than siytrcn yrnrs mast ar trv thp
hnznrdoms cynrrimrnt of engaging in the
indnnendont free coinage of silver, nm py-
nnriment that has worked disaster every
where and is hound to worl; if here if
eyer fried Some nhoses of this unestion
! want esnecioiiv to nrosent for vour con-
sidrrntion The very frequent Statement
is made that tbe cold standard has in
iured the business of the country, dimin-
ished thn nricps of agricultural products,
opnreciated the price of gold and wrought
ruin and disaster to the country. This
is. of course, a mere assumption and is
based upon the fluctuations of the mar
ket price. 1t is asserted that gold has
appreciated. The fall in prices every man
in this audience knows is easily and read
ily accounted for upon a moments re-
4
commodities has been going on ever since
skill and genius and invention have been
Mt work. and such cheapening process
has been marked and conspicuous for Il
third of n Gentry. aided by n protective
tariff and the rich rewards that our pros
perty has offered. Whatever agricultural
nrodTcts have fallen in price. it is dis
covcrable that there has been an in
creased production and that the increased
consumption has not kept the pace with
the increased production. As great acres
of land have been opened TO the raising
of farm nroducts the commodity of such
u M i%, ii I has Increased and the demand
NOT increasing in the same proportion,
nrices have logically and inevitably fallen.
If does not rqouire n great effort of the
mind 70 comprehend that if YOU increase
thn ouontitv of wheat in single year
enormously with about the same number
If consnmers rs before. that the prices
win 90 down With n given number of
cnnsnmors and an increased production
with more competitors and no more con.
sinners the chaner will he the products
What ;ncrposrs The nriccs of any product
is that many nponle want it and can not
@ot If Inv nnvinr n better price than some
ono also is wiJlinr to give The more PEG.
nlo who want an article the better price
+ viii command The more people who
VOW ronr In hor tho better nrice YOU will
wa ma"f CO.. ~ Il
aTba chances in tbe nrices of agri
o,,,tnrol nr"dfcts or any other commodity
vI;,'' has hoen chonnGnod in their pro
n,,nt, lt, ;,,,nrnvod machinery and NOR,
uur,S - fnlds with ornntar production
I'm Ion,i ,nt rrnrn tb,t cold has advanced
; IN ToInn INF simnly that such product.
III N"l s'iio uu j.; Hr ,rinc ''''
nay" ", 80 not tba Labor of mon rather thai
+,o thin r"[ Which vI his In bor creates the rea
tl,t 9niIE m' thn miar"s nod to labor sine,
1 1S4S 80 n,oo oE nv %old decreased
iSm''I, "S That l. tbn crucial question
N W ro,,,,,od snocin nnvmants on n col,
h MS i'I Inn',or, ri $50 since thcn sala
,,;oI, ,nro mnt dncI;nnd Inf rather risen
t ' u" "horlI c,oarlv indicntc fiat the col,
h m.S H hos "o+ niIrad Labor Since 1861
u"nrS 'I Nv o ad,ancod ID nnr cent, ac
o'.;i;,,, '' ~ ,ho taho If tho same commit
toa ffbo ~ ,, Wv. noid in 1870 were il
tinio. Whom we had thn frne and unlimit