New-York tribune., 1896-10-07
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DELEGATIONS FROM THREE STATES
VISIT MKINLEY.
FOUR SPEECHES TO VISITORS FROM PENNsYI
vANIA. NETWORK AND MIcHIGAN-LuMBER
MEN FROM WESTERN NEw-YoRK
CHEER THE MAJORS STURDY
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CHEER THE MAJORS STURDY
REPUBLIcANIsM.
Canton Ohio Oct GA delegation OF enthusiastic
Republicans from East Brady. In the Democratio
county Of Clarion. Penn, came In the rain
10 call on Major Mckinley this morning. The
spokesman ~ f. Graham. said that there were
thrtyone furnaces In the county under the NC
Kinley law and not one Is In blast at present.
Some Of the men I'm the delegation bore banners IN
scribed "Plutocrats from Clarion County" The
delegation made up Of miners. farmers and
workngmen.
SPEECH TO THE PENNsYLvANIANS.
Major Mckinley addressed them as follows:
/ am very regretful that the day is so In.
clement upon which you make your call. am
glad to meet each one Of you at my home.
have received great many delegations, as your
spokesman has said. In the last two months
many Of them larger than yours, but from the
shouts I have heard from you to-day l am
none Of them had better lungs than yours.
daughter and applause) And none OF them
can principles than the little body OF men gath
cred about me to-day. Applause)
There Is one thing which | think we are
sometimes too apt to forget-we are too apt to
forget what is behind us. and too apt to oe
needless Of our own experience: We can hardy
realize that from ISL 40 TO co. iS3 @ we redpeed sns
We paid off during those twenty years SloZo.
JSl SO OF the public debt And we were under
n protective and soundmoney system wnen We
were making the large payments Two-tnirds
Of that great debt has disappeared. and whiie
we paying 1t off we were buiiding III thIs
country the most splendid Industrial enter
prlses giving constant and steady employment
to American la Dor at fair wages, and giving 70
the farmers of the country just reward for
their tor ana purnr that period for the
greater part Of the time, we were selling more
goods abroad than we were buying ABROAD.
And the balance of trade was. therefore In our
favor and that balance of trade, settled as IL
was in gold. gave us the good yellow money
from the other side Of the ocean. NOW, my u' Le-
low citizens. four years ago the people or tn's
country determined to change that pohcy anu anu
they did change it. What has been the result
Cres Of Hard times:) we nave since tnae
time created National debt. principal ana IN
terest OF about $300.O00000 We have had TOT
TIE greater part Of that time denciency IN
the Treasury, the Government not collecting
sufficient revenues TO meet it's current expenses.
and labor has been III employed as IL Vas ~, ~.
that period Your spokesman tells us that vi
your own county thirty-one blast furnaces nave
been stopred.
WHAT THE COST HAS BEEN.
What does that mean? 1t means that wages
been unemployed. II means that comforts nave
been taken away from hundreds OF American
means distress and what is true OF your county
has been substantially true-possbly not 70 90
large a degree-of other counties or your otst
and throughout the entire country. Now, wnat
we want to do whether we are railroad men ~
farmers or professional men or mechanics or
aborng men. is to get back TO poncy ina. , VIII
give US a chance to increase our manufacturing.
improve our home market extend our forelen
market and give employment every DAY III tno
year to every workngman who wants WORK.
Great cheering and cries OF "Thats wnat VIC
want")
n we will but follow the lamp. Of experience
and follow in the direction which the Dsht OK
that lanrr leads u.s. on the Sd day Of NOvcm-
Der we will vote down the policies whicn nave
brought us these conditions and vote 10 ''s con,
hnil
basis which will give us the best money IN the
world a money which panics cannot uistufp
mendous cheering ara cries OF Pennsylvania
will vote that way,) We want good times
plenty of work. good wages and good money:
(Applause) How will you vote? (Cries OF
For Mckinley" followed by great cheering):
| thank you most heartily for this call and bid
you all good morning. Applause)
Rain fell steadily through the afternoon to-day.
and Major McKinlev had welcome the visiting
delegations at the Tabernacle. delegation OF
ninety-fve lumbermen from Buffalo and Tona'
wanda arrived on special train at o'clock
1--WE represent 80 firms engaged in the lumber
business and delegation IS composed or almost
equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans"
said the spokesman. VI. s. Barnes. to Major Nc
Kinley. and what IL more. we handled l.VOoO0.
600 feet of lumber annually prior TO the enactment
Of the present revenue laws worth $~OO,m
TALK TO LUMBER MEN.
Major Mckinley vigorously and repeatedly
cheered when he speak. lie said in part;
This Is a year. as your spokesman has well
said that party ties are not strong enough TO
hold any patriot who believes that his party
has ceased to represent the highest and best In
terests OF our glorious Republic. (ApTlauseD l
do not think we appreciate the great industry
which you represent, and OF which you are
part-one of the greatest in the country. The
number of establishments engaged in the manu-.
facture of lumber and other mill products, from
logs bolts, etc, is 21Oll: the capital invested
ic no M n.
ing mills number $500. The capital invested
in them is S120.271. .440 and the value Of the
employment to 313,0SJ men, who paid in
American wages-or used 10 be great laughter
and applause)-the sum OF $l36Iofol3 (Ap-
plause)
In 1890 the lake trade in lumber at Buffalo
was over 2S2OOO000 feet and at Tonawanda
over 7l7.000,O00 feet (applause). though under
the lumber provision of the present tariff Jaw
the trade Of Buffalo has since decreased until
in 1895 it was 81 100000 feet less than in 1890.
while that Of Tonawanda has shrunk in the
same time more than 296.OOO.O00 feet. Canadian
free lumber has been encouraged at the expense
OF the lumber interests of the great State Of
New-York and all the other lumber States Of
the American Union. l may be pardoned. gen.
tlemen il | say in this presence that I be-
lieve in the policy that gives preference to Buff
falo and Tonawanda rather than to Montreal
and Toronto tremendous cheering)
Like all the other features Of Free Trade Il
has helped to make US poor for the advantage
of other people living within another jurisd!c-
ton and who owe no allegiance to our flag.
(Renewed cheering) I have noticed by the
census figures that the number Of manufacture
ing establishments in Buffalo, which always
afford under ordinary circumstances such great
prosperity to the city, increased from 1,lS3 in
1880 to 1853 in 1880: that the value OF her
manufactures increased from $43.OOO.000 In 1880
to 500, 100000 in 1890 The number OF her em-
ployes In factories increased from $4,000 in
1850 to 80 600 in 1890 and the wages paid them
from 81 100000 in 1880 to $2450O000 In 1890.
Great applause)
vAST INTERNAL. COMMEpCr
Could anything more clearly demonstrate the
wisdom OF encouraging and protecting a system
OF home production which in a single decade could
aAd lnl lnO inha ahtants and all this wealth 10 \