The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-07

the wages paid them from ST 500, 900 in
1880 to Sl4. 100000 in 1890.
Gould anything more clearly dem
Onstrate the wisdom of encouraging
and protecting q system Of home pro-
duction which in a single decade could
add 100 600 inha bitants and all this
wealth to a single city, But there may
be some who claim that protection had
nothing to do with this prosperity Well,
if protection did not aid in building up
our internal commerce and our marvel
GUS rail and water transportation and
vast manufacturing lndustries.l would
like to know what other agency did
more. There is nothing in our pro-
gresS more marvellous than the growth
of our international commerce. and 1
have a comparative statement of YES
sci tonnage. entrance and clearances
which certainly cOncluSiNely proves
that it ought to be the policy of the
government to constantly build it up
by every means at its disposal. There
fore. I am in favor of encouraging our
shipping interests in every proper and
suitable way and am in favor Of the
restoration of "a tariff system which
builds up home factories, home mar
kets and home trade. and which makes
this wonderful International commerce
possible We know by experience in
the last three years there is nothing
we could exchange for it and not be
Woefully cheated in the bargain. NO
one knows better than YOU the effect
upon your business as well as upon the
general business of the country OF haN-
ing all of our industrial enterprises at
work, and constantly at work manned
with am army of workingnlen-
What gives you business is when
the workiugmen are steadily employed
at good wages and they buy lots and
build houses and You know the effect
it had upon the magnificent growth of
the city of Buffalo between 1880 and
1880 For the past three years we have
contributed something to build UP
manufacturing in the cities of Europe
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idle men at home-and while we have
been doing this, we have been CORES
pondingly doing something to drag
down manufacturing TIA American Cit
les adding our foreign rivals to our
own injury and sacrifice; helping for
eign markets by surrendering our own
markets and getting nothing by the
process Is that business
I'm common with other good. sensi-
bic people you are concerned ia the
proper settlement of the free coinage
would help the prices of real estate
and of buildings to have all values UNI
settled and the validity of contracts
thrown into jeopardy The history of
suffers most severely i'm every period
Of financial distress. and of all proper
ty it RECEIVERS the most slowly Read
the history Of the great financial de-
pressiOus and panics of 1917. 1929 1887.
1871. 1857 1873. 1873. 1898 and 1896. and
see if this is not true The triumph of
sound money and protection at the
polls in November Will IN my judgment
restore confidence and thereby help eV-
cry species of business. and when that
is done. your business viii share in the
great advancement and profit by the
general prosperity. L know that you
not only stand for judicious protec-
tive tariff system, but You stand for
an honest money standard that viii be
recognized the world over. and more
than that and above that. You stand by
this government Of law. and whatever