The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

only have stability in their currency, but they
must have stability in their tariff laws.
These tariff laws must not be eyer-changing
with each new administration. You know
there IS not workingman about me who does
not know-there is not an employer OF labor
who does not know that the ,home manu-
facturer must be abe to count with certainty
upon the character OF his foreign competition
before he can plan his years work. He must
know in advance what prices he will have 10
meet in this market from his foreign COM
petitor before he can fix the number ana
wages of his employees or the volume OF his
output. The sharper the home manufacturer S
foreign competition is the lower must be the
cost of his product if he would keep his mar
ket. Is not that true Loud cries OF Yes. u
need not say to you that the lower the price
of the product the lower must be the wages of
labor in producing it. Is not that true? [Cries
OF "Yes''l Nor need 1 tell you that the lower
the tariff duties the sharper The foreign COM
petition, the harder the fight to maintain this
market and the lower will American wages be
Ii the home manufacturer cannot compete.
with fair profit upon his capital then he will
not manufacture, and when that time comes
work and wages are no more and idleness
comes, which is the curse OF this and every
other country. Your ballots on the Sd OF No
vember, with the ballots ofyour fellow-citizens
everywhere will determine whether we are to
have shifting currency or whether it shall be
/ a good and sound one and SO recognized in
every part of the world.
These ballots, too, will help to determine
whether we shall continue policy that fails
to supply the Government with adequate rev.
enue or restore the one which will supply am
pie revenue and at the same time enable the
| labor of this country to be employed in doing
| the work of this country rather than have it
IL l,x-t tl,a lohO Of 10
our own workmen are idle. Your ballots are
! free They belong to nobody in this world but
yourselves. You have nobody to answer to for
your vote but your conscience and your God.
A large delegation from Erie County,
Va. and one from Cambridge Springs,
Washington County, called on Major Nc
Kinley this afternoon. There were more
than 900 voters in the delegations. The
towns OF Cory and Union City were
largely represented. Rev. ". E. Smith of
Cam bridge Springs addressed Major Nc
KlnleY at considera BILE length on behalf of
the visitors. Major Mckinley responded
with ringing speech, in which he coun-
seled the people to be mindful of Con-
gressional and Legislative elections this
fall, and then devoted the remainder of
his remarks to money and the tariff, quot
ing strong paragraph from Macaulay' s
histoss of England describing the evils of
a debased currency in that country.
A large delegation from the northern
part of Chautauqua County, n. Y, were
the next callers. Congressman W. B.
Hooker was the spokesman. Major Nc
Kinley was greeted with storm of ap-
plause, and he made one of the most STIR
RI snoacboc of 70 N,
Colonel William L. Osborne, secretary
of the Republican National Committee,
arrived in Canton to-day. Mr.. Osborne
came from New York and is on his way to
Chicago to see Chairman Hanna. Colonel
Osborne is enthusiastic over the outlook
'In the East" he said, 1.-The fight is won.
1t is now only question of organization
for the purpose of seeing that every man
who wants to vote for sound money gets
to the polls. Our reports from other parts
of the country are highly pleasing and re-
assuring. The work in the South is being
done under the direction of the New York
branch of the National Committee, and
we have reason to expect some very hand
some results from several Southern States.
l think the solid South will be broken and
that the result in that section will be a sur
prise to the country. Major McKinleys
great speech to the ex- Confederate veter-
ans last week has helped US very much in
the South, for it has demonstrated to all
parties that he takes a patriotic view of
the relations between various sections of
the country and that above all else he is
for National unity. The position of the
Republicans is growing stronger daily all
over the country, and will continue to do
so up to the last nom ent."