The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-27

mcnt for your land. The only way to
help the farmer is to increase the demand
for his products. This can he done by
preserving home market to him and
by extending our market, which we did
in 1899, '03 and Oh under the reciprocity
provisions of the tariff law of 1890
(Cheering.) The highest consumers fOl
the American farmer are those mt homeI
They consume again as much as the tori
cign consumer. Their earning power has
been cut off in the past two years So
that it makes our home market less dee1
sirable. Prosperity of manufacturers II
inseparablc from the prosperity of agrl1
culture. Set all our wheels in motion
set all our spndles whirling; set all our
men ut work on full time: start up ting
idle workshops of the country; bring bach
confidence and business and the farme1
will at once feel the influence in the bet1
ter demand for his products and the bet1
ter prices he would receive. He wants
to be protected by wise tariff legislation
from the competition of the other sldd
and then he wants the mines and mlll1
and factories of his country hummlns
with busy industry, employing well paid
workmen who can buy and consume mi
products. When he has consumers. M
wants his pay for what he sells in Suc
Colll tllti W III hh''
is good, not only today, but every day
of the year and in all countries of thd
world (Applause) Free silver will mol
cure over production nor under consump1
ton; free silver will not remove the com
petition of Russia. India and the Argen
tine Republic. This competition would
remain if you would coin all the silye4
in the world Free silver will not I'M
crease the demand for your wheat MOI
make a single new consumer. You
don't get consumers through the mlnts
Uaughter.) You get them through ting
factories. You do not get them by I'M
creasing the circulation of money you
will get them by increasing the manu-
factory by the farm, said Jackson, ana
that is as wise and as applicable now as
when the hero of New Orleans s:ilu ~
years ago. The best thing now Is IL;
the farmer to have a factory Ior ia III
neighbor. daughter and applause d9
would be better to have factory aionS
side you than to have another luIn1
alongside you. IIaughter.) l fear lIo9
for the farmer. the most conserVa.ia1L
the most considerable and the m0S los, stuluS
of our splendid civilization; Inc! uIJ
not easily misled. They nave no S alt1
in politics. but an honest one. III 90
when free trade was the battle cts M
our opponents. it was said that the la ,,a
ers would follow this heresy. PUT II Ma]
not so. 1t was the cities which tolIo owe
the free trade heresies and not the cGni,
try. The country voted for pr9tectlon
while the great cities did not; so tniS G frod
they will vote against free trade anu nLe
silver: they will vote for home hl"rN'
and good dollar.
81 thank you, my fellow citizens, 1f %
this call 1t is a great complllllel, ~
have had you travel this long nistaIc oor M
bring to me words of good VIII ana cor
graduation. Old Knox county, III e' ba]
contest in which / have engasetf, .;ond
been firmly and unalterably III! meet
1t will give me sincere pleasure W oontin]
you all personally (Loud anu 'o'''
ued applause.)