The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-25

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Tremendous cheering and cries OF
You nrc rightly YOU MIGHT JUST
AS WE'LL UNDERSTAND NOW
THAT YOU CANNOT ADD VALUE
10 ANYTHING by DIMINISHING
THE MEASURE or THE VALUE
WITH WHICH THE THING IS SOLD
OK EXCHANGED. (GTCnt cheering
and cries Of "lIurrah for Mex lnley0
IL you can Increase the value byluwCr-
Ing the measure OF value, and you want
10 benefit The farmer, then make the
buShel smaller. the pound lighter. and
declare II legal dozen lcss than twelve.
Threat lnuGhtcr) The home market IN
the best friend Of the farmer. TIE
ONLY WAY TO HELP TIE FARMER
~ TO INCREASE THE DEMAND
FOR HIS FARM PRODUCTS. This
can be done by preserving home mar
kct to him ana by extending our mar
kets, which we dld In 1924 under tho
reciprocity provisions OF the tarlft luw
OF 1890. (Grcat Checring.l
When he han got consumers, ho
wants his pay for whnt hG sells In such
unquestionel coin that he will know II
~ good not only to- day, but viii be cer-
tain TO he good every day of tho year
and In all countries OF the world. UonB
and enthusiastic npplause.) FREE Sill.
YER WILL NOT CURE OVERpItO-
DUCTION NOR UNDER-CONSUMP-
TlON. NnuGh) FREE SILVER WILL
NOT REMOVE TIE COMPETITION
OF RUSSIA. INDIA AND THE AR
GENTlNE REPUBLIC. This COM
petition would remain IL you would
coin nll the silver In the world. Free
silver vii not Increase the demand for
wheat or make single new customer.
You don't set consumers through the
mintS. (Great laugh and cries OF "No,
no.D You get them through the fncto.
rics (Crics OF That's rlght') You will
not get'them by increasing the circula-
tlon OF money In the United States. You
VIII only get them by increasing the
manufacturing establishments In the
United States. tremendous cheering
and cries OF "Ilurrah for McKinley.'D
Il thank you, my fellow citizens, for
this call. 1t Is n great compliment to
have had you travel this long distance
to bring to me messages OF good will
and congratulations. Old Knox county
In every contest In which have been
engaged has been firmly and unfalter-
tngly my friend; and II will give me sin
cerc pleasure to meet you all PERSONAL
~" QLong and continued applauscO
A thousand Pouers.
4 thousand workmen from the twen-
ty-cight potterIes of East Liverpool. O.,
Travelled seventy-five miles this morning
TO call on Major Mckinley ut his home.
This glazed ware industry has been es-
tabl!shed In America since Major Nc
kinley was sent to Congress from this
district twenty-Fix years ago.
Chairman W. L. Smith. Col. ]. n. Tay-
lnr and ". 3. Blake headed the drleSl-
tion. The latter IS pottery bench
worker and an eloquent talker. The
Visitors on the way to Canton and later
on their march 10 McKinlcy's residence
attracted recruits until 1900 enthusias-
tic, cheering people gathered about the
Mckinley home. Mr.. Blake said In
part:
Under the Wllson.Gorman compro-
mise which opened up the iloodEateS OF
our ports to foreign products nine mil
lions Of dollars worth OF crIckery have.
been Imported. Every dollars worth or
n large percentage OF II could and would
have been made In America under your
protective policy IpStead. our factories
have been limp and helpless. Under
these unhappy conditions the artisans
have been thrown out Of employment.
have had to put UP with an lnord!nate
amount OF discontinue scarcely capable
OF keeping their heads above water. The
potters want to see prosperous times
again. and to this end they will vote for
sound money, protective policy and
William Mckinley; Your peerless re-
cord in Congress. your ardent devotion
for the cause OF protection, your love FOR
everything American. your principles
which have never been vacillating nor
ambiguous, your life Itself which has
been an open book.in which Is written In
tnt,aru ~ fyo1I tb.. faithful nprfnrmnnCp
OF every duty; have all eudeared you to
the hearts Of the people or this great
nation and especially to the hearts OF
this delegation"
McISinlry's Response.
,.,,r pIako md my fc,Iow citizens. I
-
cannon conceal phu wPuia not the pleas
ire which this visit on the part OF the
citizens Of Columbiana county. gives
me. I have been deeply moved by the
generous words spoken by Mr.. Blake;
and nothing gives me greater pleasure.
nor more satisfaction than to feel that
I have behind me. supporting the great
principles for which l stand. the work.
ingmen OF my old congressional district.
(Applnuse.) The message OF good will
so eloGuently expressed by your fellow
workman has profoundly touched me.
II cannot forget that you trusted me
In my young manhood. for which | am
amply grateful. and that you have ever
since followed me with unfaltcring con-
ndencc. for which am nlso deeply np-
preciative. remember the first time
that eyer looked into the faces OF an
East Liverpool audience twenty years
ago. and then, ns now, was speaking
for sound money and protective thrift.
(Grent cheerlng,) Your spokesman has
alluded most gracibusly TO what he
terms the services ! have given to your
great industry.