The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-26

CANTON, O., Sept. 25.-Major McKin-
ley made four speeches today.
The first one was shortly after s
O'clock and from that time till 2:30 he
was busy receiving his callers. Every
visitor insisted upon shaking hands
with the candidate.
Tomorrow there are seventeen delega-
tons expected. They will bring in the
aggregate more than 10000 visitors to
Canton. One railway company has ar
ranged for fourteen special trains.
Major Mckinley has found it neces-
sary to make his speeches shorter. All
of his speeches on Saturday, except one,
Will be brief. Today he made his long
est speech to a delegation from Seneca
county, Ohio. 1t
WAS A WOOL SPEECH,
and was largely addressed to the wool
producing states.
George E. Stroth. of Tifin, was the
spokesman for the Seneca county dele
CATION His address was strong and
his remarks in presenting Major Nc
I<inley with a handsomely framed steel
eng, avine of the late General William
H. Gibson were particularly eloquent.
The picture was presented on behalf
of the wife of General Gibson. in re-
Spouse to Mr.. Stroth's address, Major
Mckinley said:
My fellow citizens and Ladies and
Gentlemen: [ have been very much
moved by the generous message which
has been presented to me by your spokes
man in your behalf. L reciprocate the
kind words he has uttered, and the gen
erous terms in which he has explained
your assurances of good will and sup
port. You could not have brought to
me a gift dearer or
MORE TO BE CHERISHED
and longer to be cherished than the
picture of my old friend, your frlend,
the friend of every soldier, the friend
of the whole country-General William
H. Gibson. (Cheers)
'I am glad to congratulate your coun-
~ upon being now in the column OF
Republican counties. (Applause) And
would not have you forget that the only
way it has become a Republican county
is because the Democrats, loving their
county and wanting prosperity, nave
Joined the Republican ranks; great
laughter and applause); and you must
keep them with you and continue to re-
cruit from their ranks to your own.
(Anplausn.) This year is an especially
good one for that sort OF recruiting
service. Men Of all parties this year,
as in the
CONTEST OF THE CIVIL WAR
when the nation was threatened with
dismernfoerment, are standing to-
gether Tor public honor ana pupilc hon
\ credit and
the national good faith. (Applause)
This is a year when those who stand
opposed to US indulge in gittering
promises. They offer a remedy which
they say will cure all our Ills. we
might accent their services and take
their remedies If we had not been doc
tored by them before. Great laughter
and applause)
Free trade and free silver are the
false friends of labor. applause and
cries of That's right.O They lure with
promises of cheap commodities and
cheap money. The partial trial OF free
trade has proved that the cheap COM
modities promised are dear to labor ana
at the cost of labor, and cheap money
will be equally dear to them and sac
,, riiice to their highest and best inter-
esfs. (Cries of That's right.'O We can
not but remember the promises that
THE UNIVERSAL BENEFICENCE
which was to follow the Inauguration
of a tariff-for revenue only-policy,
and with what prodigal bounty 1t was
to benefit labor. increase the purchasing
power of wages and decrease the price
of everything it bought and increase the
price of everything it made. (Appiause.)
They did not pan OUT
ct recall an utIerance by the lion.
William NJ. Springer, spoken in the
House of Representatives April I, 1872,
when he was advocating free wool.
There may be some wool growers IN
this audience. (Cries Of ''Yes.D This IS
what he said: Pass this bill, and thou-
sands of feet heretofore bare and thou
sands of limbs heretofore naked or COW
/ cred with rags will be clothed in suit
able garments, and the condition of all
the people will be improved. Qaughter)
! It viii give employment to $4,000 more
( o.oeratives in wooden mills 1t will in
/ crease the demand for wool ana prices
+ will increase, and with increased de-
! mand for labor wages Will increase.
Those who favor it's passage may be
assured that they have done something
! to promote the general veal, something
/ to scatter plenty throughout this snil-
! ing land
sWell. the free wool bill was passed.
Have any of you realized the promises
4 then made? (Cries of mo, no. Wool
was made free and every man in this
! country knows how poorly the per-
formances tailed with the promises
then made. Instead of adding $4,000
laborers to the pay rolls of the woolen
mills. it has taken off more than that
! number The price of wool has fallen,
and with what effect upon the manu-
4 facturer I will show hereafter. On
the woods of Ohio, Pennsylvania Mich
i igan. New York, New England. Con-
necticut and Missouri. twenty-four va
1 rieties, washed and unwashed. the av-
1 erage price in April, 1890, was 3O3
/ cents per pound. In April, 1896, ia
! per pound. a decline of more than 40
/ per cent. The wool of Texas. Califor-
MIA, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming.
Utah, Colorado, Mexico, Georgia and