The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-02

Delegations TO canton. $tI
CANTON, ohi5, Oct. l.--Four5 trains
brought the delegation from Portage
county, Ohio. with greetings to! Major
Mckinley. The first was a party from
the southern part Of the county COM
Ing over the Pennsylvania lines In reg
ular trains. Thu other three were spe-
cals OF nine coaches each over the
Cleveland. Canton s Southern. No
demonstration was made till the last,
arrived, when n parade was organized.
After a short march, meeting was
held IN the tabernacle. The introduc-
tory address was delivered by S. P.
wolcott, ex-state senator from the
Kent, Ohio, district. t5.
Major Mckinley responded as fol-
lows: IA. & sts
Mr.. Chairman, Judge Miller and My
Fellow Ctizens:--It gives me extreme
pleasure to meet at my home to-day
the representative citizens OF SPRING
field and Clarke county. would not
undertake to enumerate the clubs pres
ent here, lest might omit some of
them, but all OF them are welcome.
?Ir Cyrus H. McCormick, OF Chi
caso, was at the head OF one Of the
great harvesting machine companies,
the strength and integrity Of which the
.rountry Is familiar, recently wrote as
follows: I'VE have never before been
80 at d loss 10 lay our plans: and work
for the next season as we=are at this
time. If we thought that the country
would go for the unlimited coinage Of
silver we would not wish to run our,
shops for more than one-half their
capacity,''S ga
We have In that statement my fel-
low citizens a description OF our busl-
ness trouble, and 1t teaches q striking
lesson which must impress every think
ing man. THE MANUFACTURERS
DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO PLAN
FOR NEXT YEARS BUSINESS BE-
CAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL fUN-
CERTAINTY CREATED BY. THE
ATTITUDE OF ONE OF THE GREAT
POLITICAL PARTIES ar2oF THE
COUNTRY IN COMBINATION WITH
TWO OTHER PARTIES. IF FREE
SILVER IS TO BE INAUGURATED
IN TRIS COUNTRY 1T WILL
CHANGE &ALL VALUES, ,S DISAR-
RANGE THE OF LABOR
Z TO PRODUCTION OF RAW, MATER
{ IAL TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
AND UNSETTLE ALL CONDITIONS
OF EXISTING BUSINESS AND
PROSPERITY THIS lUNCERTAIN-
TY MAKES EVERY i BUSINESS
MAN PAUSE: MAKES Il EVERY
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HALT;
AND WHILE THEY PAUSE AND
HALT THE HOME OF. EVERY
WORKINGMANt is FILLED WITH
DESPAIR. is5
l do not know how many. hands the
great firm OF Cyrus Fl. Mccormick 6
Company employs, but many thou
sands. i am sure, but when he states
that II We have free coinage OF silver
he would not run their shops with
more than one-half the labor now EN-
ployed. l assume that what would be
true in the case OF the harvesting ma
chine company OF Chicago, would be
true Of every harvesting machine con-
cern in Springfield and throughout lthe
country. Take your own city which
has heretofore been one of the busiest
cen.ers in the manufacture of agricul-
tural implements. employing 5000 la
borers or once did (Great laughter and
applause) to cut that employment In
Two would be not only a calamity TO
labor. but would be a calamity to ev-
cry interest in your city and to every
farmer In your county. Your business
fairly illustrates the close! relation be-
tween the manufacturer and the agri-
cultural producer. When you are pros
porous you have your most profitable
trade. 5sy-l.t, q
BUSINESS OF EVERY CHARAC-
TER is SO .INTERWOVEN. so DE-
PENDENT AND a1NTERPENDENT
THAT HURT TO THE ONE is HURT
TO THE OTHER
In 1852 people used to think. that you
could hurt the manufacturer7and help
the rest OF mankind. Hlughter.) They
labor under no such delusion now. . De-
!nand Is what makes business activity.
Ny fellow citizens. we must have sta
bility in values and confidence in ma
t!oEal and Individual integrity before
We can. have real and permanent pros
perity. (Applause:) We must have
confidence that our revenue legislation
VIII supply adequate money for the
public treasury and protect American.
labor and American interests 5in every
part OF the country. 3ss
WE MUST GET OVER THE ID EA, !,
NY FELLOW TCITIzENSS.asIE'; ;I WE
EVER HAD IT, tn ERE, 81 IS
ANY LEGERDEMAIN} IN FINANCE:
THAT CONGRESS BY IDS MERE
BREATH CAN MAKE SOMETHING
OUT OF NOTHING: THAT 1T CAN
DEC Rec THAT FIFTY TWO
TENTS WORTH OF SILVER SHALL
IiE WORTH 81 ONE HuSDRED
CENTS. Congress can do much; It
can protect the life and property oficit-
iHens. as 1t should do; It can provide
revenue laws which viii make the
treasury easy and protect American
PRODUCER from the unrestrained COM
petition of the world. 1t can do that
ana must do that. tTremend0us
""neering9 But, II. cannot bysits mere.
stamp make q dollar worth hundred
cents out of n piece or coin which sells
IN every marketvof the world for twfn-
ly-ilve cents. We want for our coun:S
Try dollar worth q dollar. 4, 53.s
me great senator FROM New York,
Roscoe Conkllug, once said:StI do not
hfilcvc that you can loBislateg up the
,naIue OF anything any more than be-
heve you can make all generals heroes
ny lcgIslatlon. The continental (. Con-
si"ss tried lesislatng values up by re-
fpfi 10 penalties. but the inexOrahle
Iawa OF trade MS indepSndent MS the
iaws Of grayitySk kept them down. Cap
plhusc.J 'GOODSCREDrrf5A AND GOOD
nhBIE 10 EJABOR AS TO CAPITAL,
AND He WHO TEACHES ANY t1TfI-'
FIR DOCTRINE. IS AN 3ls9St;SfYSOF II.
r OUR coUNTRY'fs; PROS SPERTrY. 4, ,;i
W!s have good money notv,~Th Ia
no hotter 10 be found anywhere In the
world. The Republican party since
's19 has inade'Scyery dollar OF n our