, 1896-08-25
and STILL THEY COME.
REPRESENTATIVES OF 2S OHIO
POTTERIES VISIT M'KINLEY
AT CANTON.
The Republican Presidential Nominee
Made a Speech Which Took His
Immense Audience By SUolm-
Delegation Of Farmers Also Wait
ON Him.

Canton, O., Aug.-24.-A thousand
workers. from The 20 ~pottories OF East
Liverpool, O., Travelled 20 miles and
made a call on Major Mckinley at his
nome.
w. L. Smllh. Col. j. N. Taylor and
w. b. Blake headed the delegation. The
visitors, cn their WAY to Canton and
later on their march TO McKinley's res
idence attracted recruits until 5000 en-
rhuslastic cheering men gathered
around the Mckinley home, Mr.. Bake
in part said:
Under THE Wilson-GoIman compro-
mise, which opened up the flood gates
Of our ports to foreign products, 49,
900, 900 worth of crockery have been
imported. Every dollars worth. or a
large percentage of it. could and would
have been made in America under our
protective policy. Instead our factories
rave been limp and helpless. Under
these unhappy conditions 'uhe artisans
have been thrown out Of employment
and have had to put UP with on inor-
dinate amount of discontinue, scarce
ly capable of keeping their heads above
water. The potters want Ito see pros
perous LINES again, and to 'this end
they will vote for sound money, a pro,
tective policy and William Mckinley.
Your peerless record lin congress,
your ardent devotion Ito the cause OF
protection, your love for everything
American; your principles, which have
never been va~ciIlating nor ambiguous;
your life itself. which has been an open
book in which is written in letters OF
god The faithful performance of every
duly. have all endeared you TO the
hearts of the people eli this great MA
ION, and especially to the hears Of This
delegation"
To the pottery workers w1as added a
larty of seven carloads Of KNOX coun-
ty farmers, who came by a special
Pennsylvania train. They HAD with
thelm the Canterbury, o., cornet band.
They marched to the Mckinley home.
A local farmer headed 'the parade with
a Toad of new mown hay. They were a
sturdy looking set of men, and gave
cheer after cheer as their chairman APP
Whitley. Mr.. H. D. Critchfie.d of Mount
Vernon, The sen of a Knox county
farmer made The presentation. Major
McKinceyis response wtas repeatedly in
terrupted with applause. andH vas
quite lengthy.
He SAID THAT the hardships of the
American farmer came from two many
oonreiLors over The whole world
They also came from 1.-THE tact tthat the
farmers best customers. the American
workinsmen. had been largely out OF
work for she past three years. The re-
publican party could not dispose Of the
competitors, but 1t could help Che
Amer.oan market, under protection,
?: consumed IS per cent pf American
agricultural products. He said that the
kome market is the best market, that
the faotory was the farmers best
friend; that prosperity HAD come to the
farmers Through the factories and not
through 1.-THE minis.
He said he had no fear of the farm
eris vote. In 1892 they (hlad stood FIRMLY
and roya0ly against free trade. They
would stand against free trade and free
silver This year; that to lower the
standard OF value would mot give the
farmer any actual gain. but the panic
of a free trade and free silver policy
would bus add to the hardships of che
last three years.