The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-01
MCKINLEY AND FARr1ERS.

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
ence and remembering how far you are from home, |
should think you devoted Republican politics.
Tremendous cheering do not recall time since
the days Of the civil that there has been much
solcitude for the rghtF outcome of nationaleect
this year. al the people reading and stud yng
and informing themselves in larger degree than
before. 1t is gratifying, too that the of
countrymen seeking the right for the sake of the
right that they may pursue the right [Appause
The political situation of the country is peculiar
We have had few parallels to present political con-
dton. We have but political party which is
united and that is [Applause.l Dscord reigns
in all others.
Happily the Republican party was never more close
ly united than aow, and there better
for such union and greater necessity for it
than now. Cheers and cries OF "Thats right 1t now
stands 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 to 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 OF the American factory for the
American workingman, applause) and the opening up
profit all the great interests of the United States
The Republican party is for sound money. Great
cheering) 1t ias always kept silver al parity with
gold 1t proposes to keep silver money in circulation,
and preserve side by side gold and silver and paper,
each the equal to the other and each the equal OF the
BEST and the best be inferior to thebest money
known to the commercial nations of the world
Consider, my fellow citizens the advancement we
made between $3.50 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. 1t is the best
wer the ot-repeated but flacious statement that
the country has been suffering from the effect of the act
of1S73 which stopped the free coinage of silver 1t is
unanswerabe argument for therestoraton OF pro-
tective tariff and the maintenance of sound money.
(Appause)
In 1880 farm values of the United States amounted
$12] O400000O and in 1890 to $15,962, 900, 900.
(Applause In 1880 the capital invested in manufac-
turing in seventy of the leading cities of the United
States was 81 232 $50 67O. II 1890 it had reached
the enormous sum of S2,9OO 735 SS4 In 1880 the
number of employees was 1901 1888, and in 1890
2351 1874 In 1880 the wages earned $5O1 $685.
77S in 1890 81 POI ,170,454, increase of more
than 20 per cent? Great applause and cries of "good
The deposits in savings banks laborers' savngs were
in 1880 1919 600 600 and in 1890. 81 $50 900, 900.
These figures cannot be matched by airy government in
the world. Great cheerng) During these years of
wonderful growth and phenon,ina advancement
rivaled anywhere, currency gold basis
and our revenue legislation based upon the pro
tective principle. In every department OF human activ
ty there was steady gain and increased and most
remarkable prosperity.
What tribute to American progress What a
marvellous achievement accomplished in nge decade
by the labor the skill and the enterprise of the Amer
people, All this secured under the present
iuantal system, which asked to surrender and
all this was under wise industrial policy which
surrendered in 1892 (Cries of 1.-The people were ooed
The duty of the people of this country to preserve
the one and restore the other (Cries of maine has