The San Francisco call., 1896-10-01
But a Happy Address by Major
Mckinley Is More Than
RecompenSe.
FACTS OF INTEREST TO THE
FARMER.
His Prosperity, Like That of the
Laborer, Depends Upon Repub.
lican Success.
CANToN. oH1o. sept. 30 After AM an

CANTON, OHIO, Sept. 30 After an all
night ride on the cars delegation of 400
enthusiastic voters frop-< Center County,
Pa, arrived here at o'clock this morning
and marched through binding rain to
the tabernacle. Major Mckinley took an
early and hurried breakfast and was
driven down 10 meet his visitors few
minutes after their arrival. His appear
ance on the stage was the signal for an
outburst of cheering. The delegations
forgot all about the long ride and the dis
NAL weather. They threw their hats in
the air and shouted and cheered and ap-
plauded Major Mckinley for five minutes.
The spokesman made an appropriate ad-
dress, to which Major Mckinley replied:
1t gives me very great pleasure to meet at
my home my fellow-citizens of Center County,
Pa. Center County has been one of the points
in Pennsy lvania from WhicS Stark County,
which is this county, has recruited consider
able portion of its population. 1t was unnec-
essary, therefore, for Mr.. Cassidy to assure me
that was to speak to an extraordinary body
OF men. For, knowing as 1 do the excellent
character of Center County people who live in
Stark County [applausel, am glad to address
the citizens OF that county that has furnished
so many distinguished men to the public ser
vice 1t was my honor to be personally ac-
quainted with the old War Governor, Andrew
G. Curtin [applause1, with whom served tor q
time in the National House of Representatives
1t has been my privilege to know for years
Governor Beaver, as well at Governor Hast
ings. [Great Applause.l Both OF them have
spoken from this platform many, many times,
and no speakers ever came to this city who
have been more welcome or who have been
favored with larger audiences than these two
distinguished citizens of your county. l am
glad TO meet the Republicans OF the great Re-
publican State OF the American Union. Zap
plause,l
WIS - States mar hnve dare in the
past - $50 tosz eie e7n .agaWsath has
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has han ir1A o sne ssSsuo.laaa ssuse.
visit from Psu.sss gvania is -lgeys an5oyea b
me- Ny ancestors came irom IL 6na AaS0
YOU feeling OF sslnship. know your great
resources. I know your wonderful manafac-
turing achievements. know the wealth OF
your State and its splendid citizenship, and
am always glad to be assured by Pennsylvania
that in this great struggle your great State will
lead in the triumphant march OF Republican
principles. [Applausel
l have often wondered if Pennsylvania
powerful influence for stability, conservatism
ana prosperity in the Union and its great
strength and self-supporting capacity a
commonwealth in that Union was properly ap-
preciated. Her agriculture, commerce and
manufactures, while independent in one sense,
have always been mutually interdependent
beneficial and helpful. The whole COM
munity has profited by each and all of them.
This has been the case ever since Its settle
menI in pioneer days, and under its wise sys-
TEN of political economy, not fostered by the
creed OF visionaries but that of plain, sensible,
practical men, it is more apparent to-day than
ever.
By the census of 1880 have noted, as doubt
lessly you have noticed, that you have farm
values in Pennsylvania IN your 20 900 900
acres OF 1915, 600, 900, or en- average valuation
OF more than $4S per acre to the whole State;
in your products more than $129, 600, 900, or
average yield in prosperous times, when
prices were good, of So per acre, while your
manufacturers, who benefit and enrich the
farmers have an annual payroll or reward of
labor of $l34, OOO0 900, which would mean that
your farmers would have if they furnished all
the breadstuffs and other farm products that
laborers consume, nearly Sc so per acre each
and every one of which are prosperous when
business is good and all are embarrassed when
business is bad. No other similar reward to
husbandry is presented anywhere, and make
no apology, my fellow-citizens, for urging a
like policy everywhere, or for having always
endeavored to the extent of ny best efforts to
continue this wise system under which Won
have had such splendid results in the State of
Pennsylvania tApplause.l
Why should we not do all our work and
spend all our own wages at home, giving both
farmers and workingmen the richest rewards
for their labor of any country under the sun?
IApplause and cries .'Thats the stuff y An
swer that my fellow-citizens. [Applause and
cries of "Give us protection u My greatest
concern, my chief object In this, as in everv
campaign, is to drive from our shores distress
and want and misery and iift up those who
are bowed down and bring to those who are
in want work and prosperity. IApplause.l And
! will never view with tolerance any system
which has different object toward any Ameri-
can citizen anywhere within the limits of our
great Republic. tApplause and cries of "Hur-
rah for McKinley.'I
The other question involved in this CAM
paign is the reactionary policy of free silver.
which l need hardly mention to a Pennsyl-
vania audience, 10 the people of purest Quaker
descent who love honesty and practice it.
tApplausel One OF the injurious effects from
the mere advocacy of free silver, and which is
too little noted, is that it makes it harder tc
induce many who would otherwise invest tc
enter legitimate public and private enter
prises. There is waiting. There is distress
on every hands Men do not know what the
future has in store for them. This is particu.
larly observable in cities which are endeayor.
ing to sell their bonds to make public improve
ments. Many cities anticipate the collection
of taxes for the purpose of making public i'm.
provements. The very threat OF free silver il
stopping the sale of city bonds in every part
OF the country. This loss falls with peculiar
force upon laborers everywhere. Cities can
ordinarily make Improvements if they car
borrow the money; if they cannot borrow
money Uhey cannot make improvements. I,
they cannot make improvements hundred.
and thousands OF laboring men who depend
upon this class OF work for their daily bread
are deprived OF employment.
During the hard times of the past thre,
years many of our cities have taken care O
the unemployed by making such improve
ments, but these are now brought to a sudder
ston. and IL is entailinp f1rther los : l.ar