New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-04


creditors in this country There Is due the work
ingmen in prosperous times so vast sum OF
money as Ia make them the largest creditors OF
the country, and they are, therefore, more IN
terested. or quite as much interested. as any
other part Of our population in having a SOUND
and stable currency. unvarying in value and good
wherever trade goes.
SPEECH TO TINPLATE WORKERS.
The sixth speech followed the eth closely
DELEGATIONS changed places. and in less than seven
miputcs Major McKinl " WAS boning to new au-
dicncc There were upward Of 800 I'm it. and
they came from The works OF Mcintosh. Hemp
hill g. CO. and the Star Tinplate Company. Of
Pttsburg. The brought with them the lare-
| est sheet of tinpatc ever made in the world Inc
spokesman H. b. Jackson said that the tinplate
industry. which had come into existenc" within
the last four years. gave employment 10 10
900 men Replying TO his remarks. Major Mcl\in-
ley said
II is an inspiration to look into your earnest
faces to-day and to feel that the great Repub-
lican cause has the sympathy Of your hearts
and will have7your active and unremittine sup
port until tho polls close on the third day "f
Nnvember Great applauseD
have beer pleased to note that the men en-
ployed in the tnpaio industries Of the United
States understand. and understand from a sad
experience. that their industry and its success
and continued prosperity depend upon wise.
judcious American protective policy. What
| ever reduction YOU may have had in your wages,
whatever reduction in the days Of employment
you may Rave had YOU can distinctly trace the
cause. You know when II occurred. Cries of
Yes. do,') You know now it occurred and
you know what produced ii. applause and
cries of Free Trade produced it, Down 10
the close Of 1892 enough men could not he
found to work In the tinplate factories then In
operation and that being built for opera
I~fion How is it now? Cries Of We haven't
any wOrk")
We have started that industry. and ! say Il
you and everybody else that IT has come L.
stay. We mean to manufacture tinplate for the
whole of the American consumption. and Penn
sylvania alone has capacity at this very mo-
full time. to produce one-third Of all the tin
plate that is consumed in the United States
lApplause) Now. my feow-citizens. what We
want to do is to put all that machinery Ia
work not only in the State Of Pennsylvania. but
In every other State of the American Union
Great applause. and cries of That's the stuf
For know that when you put machinery IL
work YOU put men to work. and when you put
men to work you give them Wag IS. which brings
comfort. hope and cheer TO their families
(C'reat cheering)
this country to work at American wages we
are furnishing to the farmers of the United
| States the best and most profitable market they
| ever had Great applause) Now. we not only
have this tinplate industry In the United states
| to stay. but we have good money In the United
States and we propose to have that stay with
us too. Tremendous cheerine) We do not
propose to give up our good 1OO-cent dollars
for 52-cent dollars. (Cheers) We do not pro
the Mexican and Chinese systems of finance
(CheersD We have always had the best money
} in the world, and propose to keep II the best
| Renewed cheering)