Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-23
N KINLEY TO THE FARMERS
Tells Them Wealth Cannot Be Created by
Breath Of Congress.
LEGISLATION DOES NOT MAKE GOOD CROPS
Prosperity Depends on steady
Home Market for Home Prod
ucts and Honest Pay for
Honest Toll.


CANTON, o.. Oct. 22,-Major Mckinley
had Strawberries and cream with his
speeches today. The berries came from the
second crop in Belmont, o., and the visi-
tors brought plenty of cream with them
Many visitors came from points where Mr.
Bryan spoke on his recent dash through the
state 1t was day of surprises. Only two
delegations were expected, but by nlghtiall
six OF the largest organized bodies which
have yet come to Canton had called at the
McKinleys besides thousands OF other
people. The streets were crowded as on the
big Saturday jubilees. The escort commit
tees had not provided for such an outpouring
of people. but the crowds were well ordered
Women marched in line in great numbers.
Major Mckinley appropriately termed this
"Ohio day." as he could well do, from the
outpouring OF Buckeye people, although
Indiana, West Virginia and Pennsylvania
were here in organized bodies or merged
into some of the big Ohio delegations.
with one party were hundreds of students
from Baldwin university and Wallace col
lege of Berea, who made the welkin ring
with yells. These people We're from the eX-
treme northern part of the state. Thousands
of people came from the distanc river coun-
ties of the state in company with hundreds
of their West Virginia friends across the
river. Valparaiso. Fort Wayne Plymouth
and dozen other northern Indiana towns
swelled the crowds in the evening with
hooser yell. Major Mckinley gave greeting
to the city council and officials OF New
Brighton, Pa, in his library.
WEALTH COMES FROM LABOR.
There was glorious Indian summers
brightest weather in Canton this morning.
A large delegation of farmers called at Nc
Kinley's home. They came from Creston,
o. Major Mckinley responded to Mr.. A. |.
Richards. who spoke on behalf of the dele
CATION as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen and My Fellow
Citizens: 1 esteem this call from my old
constituents and my neighbors and Fellow
citizens as n very great compliment and
honor-not TO me personally, hut to the
principles and policies for which the re-
publican party stands this year. l remem-
her when the republicans of Creston ana
Wayne county were among the most earnest
and enthusiastic of my old congressional
district. and l see you have not lost your
earnestnCss and enthusiasm for the great
doctrines of the republican party. We
cannot by legislation I'm this country make
values; We cannot by any legCrdemain of
finance make something out of nothing.
The only way to get wealth is by labor,
and anybody who teaches any other doc
trine is false teacher and not the friend
of American citizenship or of our Ameri-
can homes. Great applause)
There Is no such thing a- creating wealth
by tho mere breath of congress. Congress
can do a great many things but II cannot
make you rich or the country rich by dc
basing the money of the country and II
cannot make the country rich by, giving
us dollars that are only worth 81 cents
each and stamping them dollars. Great
laughter and applause) Now, congress
can help. the. country, but 1t must be by
wise legislation, caring for the products,
the labor, the farms. and the manufactures
OF our own people. by protecting them
other lands. If you are a farmer. what
you want first Is good crops. Legislation
cannot help YOU TO them. You know I'm
order to get good crops you have to sow,
and then YOU, must have Gods sunshine
and rain. and cheap dollar will never
help your crops any - CIremendous ap,
plause) You have to toll just as hard for
Now, after you have a good crop. then
you want good market You have that
in the United States, II you are let alone,
but If somebody's product can come in
perc and displace yours. then your market
Is not so good. Isn't that right? cloud
shouts of You are right, yes.'D This is
all there Is of that question. 1t Is ques-
ton on which our I0.0O0.C00 of frecmen
legislation of our country shall protect and
defend American interests and promote
American development against the outside
world. CApplausc.)
Now, when you have a good market and
sell your wheat or corn you want to be
paid in good money, don't you? (Cres of
sure anu on Det. , 1Ou oluCr men
around me will remember the period when
you sold your wheat and were paid I'm
state bank money, which was good on the
day you received Ii, but just as likely as
not the next day you discovered that this
value had deprecated
a Voice-'Was not worth anything"
And II was not worth anything, my
friend says. and so all your labor was
lost. Well, now the best thing for the
farmer, after his good crops and his good
markets, is good money. and when you give
four full pecks for n bushel and sell Your
paid in dollars that are worth fully 100
cents each, not only today, but every day
and everywhere. This is what the republi-
can party stands for this year-those two
things above all others; but the republican
party does not stand alone for them. The
greater part of the democratic party the
great leaders of the old democratic party
are one with us in the struggle for national
honor and prosperity. Continuous cheer
ing)
/ am glad to meet and greet you all
but other delegations are coming and
must not detain you. 1t will give me
pleasure to shake the hands OF my old
friends, men and women, once more.
Three rousng cheers were then given
for the next president of the United
States"
Medina county and Berea in Cuyahoga sent
delegation of 1000 people to greet Nc
Kinley today. Medina county was in the
gerrymandered district in which Mckinley
was defeated by the late representative,
students from the Baldwin and Warwick
colleges. Prof. NJ. Il. Warner of Baldwin
college presented the Berea crowd and
Charles d. Wightman the Medina delega-
ton