Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-17
TWENTY CAR LOADS.
PennsyIvania and Michigan Join in Early
Honors.

Pennsylvania and Michigan Join in Early
Eonors.
Twenty car loads of people from Penn
ssylvania and Michigan We're the first to
get Maj. Ickinley's attention. They
were at his door at 8 o'clock and 70 the
Mckinley responded by saying:
your early call is an example of
promptness which [ trust Will be fol
part of our country. The best thing in
this world next to liberty is labor. and
the best thing for labor is an opportunity
to work. This is the opportunity for
which we are all striving this year and
which hope through Il change of
policy in the administration of the gov
eminent of the United States to enjoy to
a larger degree than we have done in
the past three and one-half years. What
want more than anything else in
order to give this opportunity to labor is
a restoration of confidence With con-
fidence shaken, money seeks its hiding
place and goes out of the channels of
business and legitimate Investment and
away from farming, manufacturing and
, mining enterprises. / do not know of
better illustration of the value of con-
tfidence to the country than is found in
Our own experience during the last
twenty years.
Some Financial History.
~.You will remember that this country
resumed specie payments January /,
1879. We had outstanding then, as we
have now, S346, 100000 of what is
v.
Every dollar of that from that date was
sredeemable in gold upon presentation at
fhe treasury of the United States. So
great the confidence of the people
an the ability of the country that from
1879 to 1898 but 100000 of dollars
were presented for redemption, and the
gold was taken out; $4,000. 900 in four
teen years, and yet in the last three and
"a half years, since confidence has been
disturbed, more than $2o0.oooOOO of
zyreenbacks have been presented to the
treasury of the United States and the
gold taken out.
Now, if confidence had existed. if the
holders of these greenbacks had not
been fearful, and they We're only made
SO because the treasury of the United
States was not collecting enough money
ito pay it's bills, that the revenues of the
7streasury were inadequate for public ex-
apenditures. and alarmed, as they were,
they would not have sent their green
backs in for redemption. The gold re-
serve was encroached upon, and from
time TO time we have been compelled to
sustain it, TO borrow gold to put into the
treasury of the United States. Now. the
hepublican party believes it is the duft
OF the government first to raise enough
money to run the government. We don't
want any deficiencies in the public treas
fnry. and if we have no deficiency We
viii have no debts, and if we have no
debts We will have no bonds. and when
we have no deficiencies everybo will
Ahaye confidence in the solyency of the
S1reasury of the United States.
Necessity for a High Tariff.
Then. my fellow citizens, we NOT only
believe in raising enough money to RIM
9he government, but we believe in having
a tariff upon foreign competing products
Thigh enough to protect American labor
and American manufactures. We be-
fleve it is the first duty of the govern
ment of the United States to protect and
defend its citizens. 1t is the poorest
policy on the part of the government To
give work to the laborer of other ma
tons while we have idle men in the
United States. Now. when we have
once accomplished that, we propose to
continue the good money we have in this
country. We do not want any short