The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-08
The NDIANIANS
VISIT M'KINLEY
First Campaign Club Organized in the
State Arrives at Canton.
THE SPEAKERS TALK on MONEY
Notwithstanding the Condition Of the
Elements, Great Enthusiasm Pre-.
vails..Every Dollar Earned by the
Workingman should Be as Good
a. Our Flag.

III canton at u Cioch tuS NloIhiHS.
having been on the cars since yesteT-
Canton the members of the club called
on Major Mckinley. A. b. Jenkins, of
GoOdland. the town from wh.ch the In
diana visitors came, made short ad-
dress introducing the cluD to Major
Mckinley. The morning was raw. and
sharp wind from the northeast blow
ing and whirling the leaves across the
Mckinley lawn, but the lndiaIians
cheered In manner which Indicated
that temperature in NJ wise Affected
their enthusiasm. After Major Nc
Kinley's speech glas club sang
number of humorous campaign songs.
MIR. Mckinley, In the course of his
speech, said:
TALK UPON MONEY.
There Is a good deal Of misunderstand-
Ing as to how government gets Its money
and as to how its pays II out. There are
some people who seem to believe that the
way the government gets Its money IL 10
make It, There are three or four sources
from which the government of the United
States gets money. The chief sources of
revenue are through tariffs and Internal
taxation. Then the government gets some
money from its postal service. and from
these several sources comes the money
that Is annually required to meet and dis
charge public expenses. 1t takes about
$43O, ,00O, 900 a year to conduct this govern
ment One million and one-third every
day are required TO keep its wheels in
operation.
Now, II the government had power to
make money, as some people believe, or
had the power to double the value OF IL
thing by Its stamp or fiat 1t would not
need to resort to taxation; II would simply
set its mints to work and make the neces-
sary money to pay Its running expenses.
1t could have paid off the national debt
l..t,. lit, dan lNAf
the government can create wealth Is
mere myth. There Is nothing that can
create wealth but labor, that Is the foun-
dation of all--labOr Now. as to the better
way to get this money Is one of the Seri-
Gus qucstony'in this campaign, how is IL
easiest for Ms to raise the money TO run
this government. the $i3o,V)O.GO annual
ly? Is II easier TO raise ii by direct tax
alton. taxing the people in their occupa-
ton, at their property, their land, or is it
not better to raise II by putting a tax upon
the foreign products that come into this
country 10 seek market in the United
purpose of the Republican party. They
believe that the bulk OF the money re-
quired to pay the expenses OF this gov
ernment should be raised by putting u
tax on foreign products that come into
this country 10 compete with home prod
ucts. tCheers). Now, there Is another
thing, We want our money good. ZAP
piause). don't care what employment
the shops or on the farm, or in the profes.
sions. we want every dollar We have In
circulation as good as our nag. ZAP
plause). And as unquestioned as the cur
rency OF any country In the world. And
this is the purpose of the Republican party
today
LAST SPEECH OF THE DAY.
Major Mckinley addressed the two
ohio delegations in the Tabernacle. His
la Of ha do Il
cation from West Virginia. He said in
part:
NJ state in the Onion has made greater
progress from 1870 to 1882. in some respects
under adverse circumstances, than the
state OF West Virginia. You have mineral
only just begun and which will be greatly
promoted or retarded. according to the
de;ei1ninati ton OF the people rs to the in
dnstrial policies which they will adopt
this year. You have. too a rich agricul-
tural state. which Is dependent for Ill
prosperity upon the prosperity of the
cities and towns which In turn are depend
ent upon the prosperity OF their manufar-
tories. 1t needs only the touchstone of con-
tidence and the assurance of stability 10
enable your state TO achieve still higher
rank and place and benefit its own popu-
lation and add to your own grOwt h and To
the republic. Had your onward march of
1872 remained unchecked, had your growth
and development been unimpaired. there
would not be an idle man in the state Of
West Virginia OF farmer whose prod
ucts would not bring him living prices.
tAppause) The interests of West Eir-
gina are Identical and are not different
from the interests of every section of our
country. The interests Of your state are
Identical with the interests of my state.
No longer are they separated in interest or
affection. OF fraternity by the unhappy
events of thirty-tive years ago.
Nor should former political opinions be
closed against the vision when experience
has demonstrated that those opinions are
clearly wrong. l do not believe there are
many men in this country, no matt ar
what they have thought in the past, who
will not now say that free trade or So
called tariff reform, has proved by the en-
signal and disastrous failure. Great APP
plause) 1t has failed, utterly failed. in
every prophecy, promise and eXpecta-
its s advocates @ SIS said Would follow % its adop. do
tiOn. Not one. more. 1t has not served
a single American interest. 1t has served
the interests Of other nations of the world,
but has given no benefit to the American
se.P ss9Pl'' (Applau'e and cries of That's
1t has not helped the laborer, the far
mer. the manufacturer. the merchant,
the lumberman, the miner. the trader. 1t
has not helped either the producer or the
consumer. 1t has hurt both alike, for
producer and consumer are inter-depend-
ent and one cannot prosper without the
other. and the one cannot be hurt with
out the other feeling it. Great cheering).
1t has given the treasury an Inadequate
revenue, insufficient revenue. and 1t has
given the laborer inadequate and insult
ficient employment, and the farmer a
disappointing and ruinous price for his
products. (Applause). We want to get
back to what We know Is good. We
have tried experience and we know that
when We have been on the ship of expert
ence We sailed safely into port, and when
we have taken the raft 0f aynerimant No