The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-24
MCKINLEY AND FARrlERS.

A large delegation of Pennsylvania farmers called
upon Major Mckinley at Canton and he addressed
them as follows:
"Your spokesman says the people of your county
are devoted to farming Looking this vast audi
erce and remembering how far you from home,
should think devoted to Republican politics.
Tremendous cheering. do not recall time since
the days of the civil that there has been much
soctude for the rigtui outcome of national election
as this year Al the people reading and studying
and informing themselves in a larger degree than
before. 1t is gratifying, too that the masses OF our
countrymen seeking the right for the sake of the
right, that they may pursue theright LApplause]
The political situation of the country is peculiar
We have had few parallels present political
diton. We have but political party which is
united, and that is [Appausel Discord reigrs
in all Others.
Happily the Republican party was never more close
" united than now, and there never better
sons for such unon and greater necessity for it
than now Cheers and cries OF That's right 1t
stands as it has always stood, for American protec
tive tariff which shall raise enough money to conduct
the several departments of the government including
liberal pensions the Union soldiers. Tremendous
cheering and hurrahs for Mckinley 1t believes in pre-
serving home market for the American Farmer APP
pause in the opening the American factory for the
American workngman (applause) and the opening up
of a foreign market wherever that be done with
profit to all the great interests of the United States
The Republican party is for sound money Great
cheering 1t has always kept silver at parity with
gold 1t proposes keep silver money in circulation,
and preserve side by side gold and silver and paper,
each the equal the other and each the equal OF the
best and the best to be inferior to money
known to the commercial nations of the world.
Consider, my fellow citizens the advancement
made between 1880 and 1890, and during those years
we neither had free trade free silver Great laugh
ter and cries of Good good.") The marvellous pro-
gress of the country between 1880 and 1890 worthy
the study of all American citizens. is the best
wer to the ot-repeated but faacious statement that
the country has been suffering from the erect OF the
of1s73 which stopped the free coinage of silver 1t is
an nanswerable argument for the restoration of pro-
tective tariff and the maintenance of sound money.
(Applause)
In 1880 farm values of the United States amounted
to S12)O4 600 900 and in 1890 SIS, ,962, 900 900.
(Appla1se) In 1880 the capital invested in manufac-
turing in seventy-ve of the leading cities of the United
States 81 232, ,S39,67O. In 1890 it had reached
the enormous sum of So, 900, 1885, ,SS4. In 1880 the
number of employees 1901 1888, and in 1890
2351 1874. In 1880 the wages earned $5O1 1885,,
77S; in 1890 81, ,221 i O454 increase of more
than 100 per Great applause and cries of good
The deposits in savings banks (aborers savings were
in 1880 SS19 900 900 and in 1890 ST. $50, 900 900.
These figures cannot be matched by any government in
the world. Great cheering) During these years of
wonderful growth and phenomnal advancement ut,-
rvalcd anywhere currency was gold basis
and our legislation based upon the pro-
tectve principle In every department of human actv
ty there steady gain and increased and most
remarkable prosperity.
What a tribute to American progress! What
marvellous achievement accomplished in single decade
bv the labor the Skill and the enterprise of the Amer
can people! All this secured under the present
financial system, which asked to surrender, and
all this was under wise industrial policy which