The herald., 1896-09-30
WEATHER WIS WOEFUL WET
Canton Lawn Fete Necessarily
Postponed
THE SPEECHES WERE READY
The Public Is Given the Benefit
of En-
THE SPEECHES WERE READ
Just as Much Cheers" and "Cries of
Good as IL the Crowd Had Act
ually Been There
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CANTON, Sept. 29.-Rain fell inces-
sanity from early morning and the dem
onstrations on the Mckinley lawn were
entirely out of the question. Four of
the visits announced were postponed.
Old soldiers from the home at Sandusky
and residents of the vicinity arrived in
a special train of seven coaches soon
after noon.
They were taken to the Tabernacle.
where Mr.. Mckinley met them. An
address was made by Sergeant Hopkins
in behalf of the soldiers and by L. w.
Hall on behalf of the citizens. A spe-
cial train of ten coaches brought the
second delegation. 1t started from
Walkerton, Ind, and picked up railroad
men in all branches of work, farmers,
mechanics and citizens in general be-
tween that point and Chicago Junction,
Ohio The delegation was presented by
Judge W. L. Pentleld of Auburn, Ind
To the Indianians Mr.. Mckinley saiN
II am glad to welcome the citizens of
a neighboring state representing all of
the occupations and employment of peo-
and the employees of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company and citizens
generally who have honored me with
this call. (Applause.) Farmers must
appreciate, if they do not already, that
we cannot increase their markets or de-
crease their competition either at home
or abroad by destroying the credit of the
country. applause and cries of that's
right.") That we cannot cut down the
competition which they have in India,
Russia and the Argentine Republic, or
increase consumption at home of their
products by cutting down the value of
our currency. The only way farmers
can be benefited is through a larger con-
suming class. (Applause.) Mints will
not furnish the farmer more consumers.
He has the most profitable mV~ket for
what he produces at home, and not
abroad. (Applause.) He is met in the
markets of the world by the prodXcts
of other lands beyond the sea; the only
market he can rely on every day of the
year is the American market. Cap
plause.) And what he wants to know
is how to make that American market
the best. He cannot do it by closing
the mills. (Cheers.) He cannot do it
by putting out the fires in our furnaces.
(Renewed applause.)
"He cannot do it by taking the bust
ness away from the great railroad lines.
He can only improve the American mar
ket by favoring policy that will put
every man to work who lives beneath
our flag and put them to work at living
wages. (Great applause.) Not on the
wage scale of some other nation but on
the American scale, the best in the
world. (Applause) And you cannot i'm
prove that market by destroying the
credit of the country, for the credit of
the country lies at the foundation of
capital and prosperity. The moment you
destroy the credit of the country you
have taken away from the manufactur-
er the ability to get money to conduct his
business; he cannot employ men, and
when he does not employ men he does
not pay wages, and when men do not re-
ceive wages they have none to spend,
and when they have no wages to spend
they make poor customers for the farm
ers. (Great applause.) The farmers
can no more increase the value of wheat
by diminishing the value of the Amer
lean dollar than he can increase the
quality of his hay by diminishing the
hay wagon on which he hauls it. (Tre-
mendous applause) The railroads of
the country can make business. They
consume 5000, 600 tons of coal year.
That is what you engineers burn every
twelve months. What does that do?
(Cries of ut gives us work."O Yes, it
gives you employment while you are
burning it; it gives thousands of miners
employment while they are digging it.
That is the kind of policy we advocate.
Let everybody help everybody else.
Great applause and cries of "Hurrah
for McKinley.')
"I see railway train service has fNlr
distinct organizations, probably more
Il than that of engineers, firemen, train
men and railroad conductors with organ
izations auxiliary thereto, among them
the switchmen and telegraph operators.
1 am informed these organizations have
a department of insurance mutual in
character and conducted and admins
tered by men of their respective orders.
Am Fright about this (Cries of "Yes.")
Inc highest lrlDulS u tllSlI CupoCity
and honesty is found in thefact that not
a dollar has been lost or squandered.
Trainmen have paid out nearly SS,500,000.
firemen have paid out nearly four mil
lion, conductors have paid out nearly
four million, conductors have paid out
insurance amounting to nearly $780,
900, while the engineers, which, / be-
lieve, is the oldest organization, paid
out nearly $6,000 900. Railroad men, too.
are investors and stockholders in loan
associations, and have r1oney in savings
banks, or did have. (Great laughter and
applause) What a deep interest, there
fore, railroad men have in the right and
full settlement of the money question.
Not only are they interested in preserv-
ing the integrity of their savings for
their old age or disqualified tion and their
insurance to their families in case of ac-
cident or death, but they are interested
in their present and future wages.
az do not believe the railroad men of
this country. will ever consent to hav-
ing their savings cut in two or their