The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-30
TWENTY CAR LOADS.
Pennsylvania and Michigan Join in Earl
HOnOrs.

Pennsylvania and Michigan Join in Early
HOnors.
Twenty car loads Of people from Penn
sylvania and Michigan were the first to
get Maj. McKinlcy's attention. They
were at his door at . o'clock and 70 the
brief addresses of their spokesman Mr..
Mckinley responded by saying:
your early call is an example of
promptness which trust will be fol-
lowed Oh the Sd of November in every
part of our country. The best thing in
this world next to liberty is labor, and
the best thing for labor is an opportunity
to work. This is the opportunity for
which we are all striving this year and
which we hope through a change of
policy in the administra ton. of the gov
eminent of the United States to enjoy to
a larger degree than we have done in
the past three and one-half years. What
we want more than anything else in
order to give this opportunity to labor is
a restoration of confidence. With con-
fdence shaken. money seeks its hiding
place and goes out of the channels of
business and legitimate investment and
away from farming, manufacturing and
mining enterprises l do not know of a
better illustration of the value Of con
6dence to the country than is found in
our own experience during the last
twenty years.
Some Financial History.
"You will remember that this country
resumed specie payments January /.
1879. We had outstanding then. as we
have now. S:s4G.OOO.OOO of what is COM
monty known us greenback currency.
Every dollar of that from that date was
redeemable III gold upon presentation at
the treasury of the United States So
great was the confidence of the people
in the ability of the country that from
1879 to 1893 but 4G.0OU.UUO of dollars
were presented for redemption. and the
gold was taken out; 4G,O0O.OOO in four
teen years. and yet in the last three and
q half years. since confidence has been
disturbed, more than $2OO.OOOOOO of
greenbacks have been presented to the
treasury of the United States and the
gold taken out.
Now, if confidence had existed, if the
holders OF these greenbacks had not
been fearful. and they were only made
so because the treasury Of the United
States was not collecting enough money
to pay it's bills, that the revenues of the
treasury were inadequate for public ey-
penditures, and alarmed, as they were
they would not have sent their green
backs in for redemption. The gold re-
serve was encr0ached upon, and from
time to time we have been compelled to
treasury of the United States. Now. the
Republican party believes it is the duty
of the government first to raise enough
money to run the government. We don't
want any deficiencies in the public treas
ury. and if we have no deficiency We
will have no debts, and il we have mo
debts we will have no bonds, and when
we have no deficiencies everybody will
have confidence in the solvency of the
treasury of the United States.
Necessity for High Tariff.
'Then, my fellow citizens, we not o,lr
believe in raising enough money to rnn
the government, but we believe in hav;nr
a tariff upon foreign competing products
high enough to protect American Iobor
and American manufactures. We ha-
lieve it is the first duty of the govern
mont of the United States to protect and
defend its citizens. 1t is tho nooraSt
policy on the part of the government to
give work 10 the laborer of other na,
tons while We have idle men in tho
United States. Now. when we have
once accomplished that, we pronose to
continue the good money we have in this
country. We do not want any short