Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-18
TALKS TO FARMERS.
Tillers Of the Soil from Pennsyl-
vania Visit Canton.
A PILGRIMAGE TO N'KINLEY'S HOME.
Tho Nominee Reviews the Prosperity OF
! the Country Under the Gold StanLk
ard, Reciprocity and q Pro-
sectiye Tarin.


of the Alleghenies 1900 stalwart noun
taineer farmers of Somerset county, Pa,
descended on Canton Tuesday to prom
Use their support to Maj. Mckinley and
to assure him that the farmers in the
highlands are as earnestly in favor ct
Sound money" as they IRE of pro-
tective tariff. This was the largest del
egation of farmers Maj. Mckinley has
addressed at his home. 1t comprised
one-ffth of the voters of Somerset coun-
ty. The spokesman was Farmer N. B.
Critchfield. He made thoughtful
speech that was literally applauded.
Mai. Mckinley was vociferously re-
ceived when he arose to respond.
Among other things he said:
Republicans United.
1.-THE political situation Of the country
Is peculiar. We have had few parallels to
but one political party which is united, and
that Is ours. Discord reigns In al others.
Our time-honored opponent, the democrat
ic party, Is torn and divided. TWO ma
tional conventions have been held by 1t
and two national tickets presented. and
their platforms are totally different on
every subject and in almost every Sec
ton. The populist party has merged its
organization into that of the Chicago DEM
ocratic and St. Louis silver organizations.
and their allies are for the most part har-
monious, except that each one has dis
tinct and separate candidate for vice pres
ident Happily, the republican party was
never more closely united than now, both
in fact and in spirit, and there was never
better reason for such union and never
greater necessity for it than now.
What kepublicanism Is.
Al
| principles. It stands, as 1t has always
| stood, for an American protective tariff
which shall raise enough money to conduct
| the several departments OF the govern
ment, including liberal pensions to the
union soldiers. A tariff that will stop debts
and deficiencies and make the treasury Of
| the United States once more safe and sound
| in every particular. 1t stands for a reel
| procity that seeks out the markets Of the
world for our surplus agricultural and man
,ufacturlng products without surrendering
"a single days wage that belongs to the
| American workingman. 1t believes In pre-
serving home market for the American
farmer in the opening of the American fac.
| tory to the American workingman, and the
Opening up Of a foreign market wherever
| that can be done with profit to all the great
interests of the United States. 1t is, too,
for sound money Every dollar worth 100
cents, every dollar as good as gold, and is
opposed alike to the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver land the issuance Of IT.
redeemable paper money, to which the
allied parties seemed firmly committed
1t has always kept silver at parity with
gold. It proposes to keep that silver money
in circulation and preserve side by side
| gold, silver and paper, each the equal to
the other, and each the equal of the best,
and the best never to be inferior to the
best money known to the commercial ma
tons of the world. 1t will continue to favor
a policy that will give work to American
citizens, markets to American farmers and
sound money to both.
Ten Years Of Prosperity.
Consider. my fellow citizens. the ad-
vancement we made between 1880 and 1890.
and during those years we neither had free
trade nor free silver. The marvellous prog
ress Of the country between 1880 and 1896
Is worthy the study of all American citi-
zens. It Is the best answer to the Oft
repeated but fallacious statement that the
feet Of the act of 1873. which stopped the
free coinage of silver. 1t is an unanswer-
able argument for the restoration of pro-
tective tariff and the maintenance of sound
money In 1850 the capital invested in
manufacturing in Is Of the leading cities of
the United States was 81, 1892, s39, $40 In 1896
Il 1t had reached the enormous sum Of 81.
90O. 735,SS4. In 1880 the number of employees
was 1,S0l.3SS; in 1890, 2.251,1 In 1880 the
wages earned were $5O1. s65.77s; in 1890, L.
|
per cent. We were then on a gold basis
and had protective tariff. In 1850 the
value Of the product was sp,711, SIS, s99; in
1890. s4,S6O, 2s6,s34. The mining interests Of
: the country produced 1869, 0C0, 900 worth OF
! products in 1880 and 1855 200, 600 in 1890. IN
1880 we had $4,000 miles of railroad: in 1890
167.740 miles, gain of over $4,000 miles, o,
nearly 50 per cent. The deposits in savings
banks were in 1880 $819, ZOO, 900, and in 1890
s1,650, 100000 Those fgures cannot be
matched by and government in the world
During these years of wonderful growth
: and phenomenal advancement, unriyaled
anywhere, our currency was on a gold
basis and our revenue legislation was
based on the protective principle. In 1851
the farm values Of the United States
amounted to s12,104, 900 900; In 1880. SIS. $500
ooOoOo. In every department of human &C
tlvlty there was steady gain and an in
creased and most remarkable prosperity
What tribute to American progress
what marvellous achievement. accom-
pllished IN single decade by the labor. tn,
skill and the enterprise of the Amertcar
people. All this was secured under tht
present financial system, which we ar,
asked to surrender; and all this was unde,
wise industrial policy, which was sur.
rendered in 1892. The duty of the neonl.
OF this country this year is to preserve III,
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