The record-union., 1896-09-30

competition which they have in India
and Russia and the Argentine Repuo-
lie, nor increase consumption at home
of their products by cutting down the
value Of the currency of the United
States.
'The only way the farmers can be
benefited is through a larger consufn-
ing class. The mints will not furnish
the farmer with more consumers. lie
has the most profitable market lor
what he produces at home, ana not
abroad, and what he wants to know IS
how to make that market the best. III"
cannot do it by closing the mills; he
cannot do it by putting out the fires
of our furnaces (cheers) he cannot DO
1T by taking business away from the
great railroad lines of the country: he
can only improve the American market
by favoring a policy that will put every
man to work who lives beneath our flag
great applause), and keeping them at
work at living wages Genewed ap-
plause), not the wage scale of some
other nation of the world, but the
American Scale-the best in the world
(great applause), and he cannot i'm
prove that market by destroying conf
dence.
THE credit of the country lies at
the foundation of prosperity. The
farmer can no more increase the value
OF his wheat by diminishing the value
of the American dollar than he can IN
crease the quantity of his hay by dinin-
ishlng the size of the wagon on which
he hauls it. tremendous cheering and
cries of Good, good.'O The railroads
of the country make business. They
purn thousands of tons of coal every
year What does that do? II gives
employment to the engineers while they
are burning it. it gives to the miners
employment while they are digging it..
That is the kind of a policy we advo-
cate. Let everybody help everybody
else. (Great applause)
L see that the railway train service
has four distinct services-probabl bly,
more-that Of the engineers, firemen,
trainmen and the Order of Railroad
conductors, with other organizations
auxiliary thereto among the sWtchmen
and telegraphers. / am informed that
each of these organizations has de-
partment Of insurance mutual in its
character and conducted and admins
tered by men of their respective organ
lzatlonS. Am | right about this =?
(Cries of ''Yes.") The highest tribute
TO their business capacity and honesty
is found in the fact that not one dollar
mas been lost or squandered The train
men have paid out nearly Sc, 800 900
Ihe hremen have paid out nearly 81, :
ooo,o0o. The conductors have paid out
nearly S2,o0O,OO While the engineers,
Whlch L believe is the Oldest organiza-
tlon, nave paid out nearly Sc 900 600
Inc railroad men, too, are investors
and stockholders in loan associations
anu nave savings in savings banks or
dld nave. (Great laughter and ap-
plause) What a deep interest, there
tore. the railroad men have in the right
IuI settlement Of the money question.
Not only are they interested in preserv-
ing the integrity of their savings for
thelr Old age or disqualification. and
thelr insurance TO their families in case
or accident or death, but they are inter-
ested in their present and future wages
do not believe that the railroad men Of
thlS country VIII ever consent to having
their wages cut in two or their insIr-
ance money paid at the rate of ,J3 cents
on the dollar. (Cries of mo. no.'0 Nor
VIII they be satisfied to receive their
wages in anything but currency which
shall be worth a full 100 cents. While
they are talking about the creditors of
tits country they are animadvertine
against them.
Who are the creditors of this coun-
try? They are the men who labor in
this country. Tremendous cheers. !
The greatest creditors Of this country
to- day are the workingmen Aside
from what is due them upon invest
ments and savings, their current wages
make them the largest creditor class in
the United States. The EMPLOYERS Of
this country owe their employees every
thirty days in good times (Cries OF
Not now, though" followed by great
laugteD more than the bonded in
debtedness of the United States. Near
ly 3o0,000,000 Of dollars are paid out
annually to the railroad employees alone
Does the railroad employe propose to
aid any party to enact legislation that
Will cut his wages nearly 30 per cent
in the name Of a cheap dollaI? (Crfes
of mo, no')
Il have seen it stated somewhere
that of the 10000 railroad employees
in the United States, about - per cent
of them are voters. | cannot be mis-
taken when / express the belief that
these men will not cast their votes ir
favor of a debased currency and the
population of public and private OBJ
legations.
Now, my fellow w-countrymen, much
as | would be pleased to speak to you
longer, j must not. Other delegations
are coming. l thank you for the as
surances you have given me of your
support to the great principles which
by the favor of a great political party
| stand for at this moment (Great
arplause) I am glad to know that the
great State of Indiana, the State OF
Harrison (great applause) and Morton
Tonewed applause) will stand this year
as it has stood in all the years Of the
past, for the country and the country 5
hcnor, and for policy that Will give
to the American people the largest pros
perity in their homes, the greatest de-
Velopment of their resources and the
highest credit of the Government" CAP
plause)
The story that Major Mckinley is to
speak at Youngstown the night before
election is without foundation.
RAILROAD LANDS.
Crar,fS ApprOyad hxt tho cacso<c.., ~