The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-26
TO CONSIDER 1T WITH GREAT
CARE.
1T MAY PROVE DECEPTIVE.
BEEN A BENEFIT TO
LABOR.
USUAL CROWDS AT CANTON.
One Delegation Dropped I'm ON the
Nominee Before He Had Eaten
His breakfast.

the Mckinley household had not break
tasted when the first delegation ar
rived this morning. 1t was from
Marion, Ind, comprising the glass
workers of Grant county, Indiana. The
presentation was made by DR.. w. r.
Francis. Two bands came with the
party. Shortly before Ii o'clock
special train of twelve coaches brought
delegation to visit Maj Mckinley
and extend the greetings of Crawford
county, Pennsylvania. 1t included a
club of students from Allegheny col
lege, which Mckinley attended in 1860.
Rev. DR.. Flood, of Meadeville, promi-
nent in Chautauqua circles, made the
Introductory address,
Just at noon the third delegation Of
the day reached the Mckinley home.
1t was made up of farmers and came
from Wyandotte county, Ohio, on a
special train of nine coaches. 1t was
conspicuous for the number Of ban
ners and notices carried. Congrat-
ulatory addresses were made by Mayor
Robert Carr, Gen. J. NJ. Kirby and
Editor P. Cunso, of the Upper San
dusky Tribune, former subject of
Italy. The regular train arrived from
the West at 1:30 p. M, carrying three
extra coaches, occupied by a delega-
ton of citizens Of Tiffin and Seneca
county, Ohio. George F. Schroth was
their spokesman, and his address in
/ Guided the presentation of framed
portrait of the late Gen. w. H. Gibson
sent by his widow. To this delega-
ton Mr.. Mckinley said:
My Fellow Citizens and Ladies and GEN
tlemen: 1 have been very much moved by
the generous message which has been pre-
sented to me by your spokesman in your
behalf. reciprocate the kind words he has
uttered, and the generous terms in which he
has expressed your assurances OF good Will
and support You could not have brought to
me gift dearer or more cherished than the
picture Of my old friend, your friend, the
friend of the old soldier, the friend Of the
country, Gen. w. H. Gibson. Great cheer
ing) I do not know of a soldier who during
or since the war whose life more sig
nally devoted to patriotism and love of eoun-
try. He was a devoted worshipper Of the flag.
His voice was always eloquent for country,
for humanity, for the private soldier. He
moved hearts with his unrivaled oratoFy,
and never tired of bearing aloft and high the
mighty principles of the Republican party,
which he loved and strove for to the end of
his eventful career. I cherish his friendship
as a sweet memory.
I am glad to meet and greet this assemblage
of citizens, representing every occupation,
from Senaca county. (Applause.) l am glad
to congratulate your county upon being now
plause.) And l would not have you forget
that the only way it has become Republican
county is because the Democrats, leving their
country, and wanting prosperity, have Joined
the Republican ranks. (Great applause.)
And you must keep them with you and
continue to recruit from their ranks to your
own. (Applause.) This year is an especially
good one for that sort of recruiting service.
daughter and applause.) Men of all parties
this year, as in the contest of the civil war,
when the nation was threatened with dis
hormHnf DIyh
lie honor and public honesty, for good cur
rency, good credit and national good faith
(Applause9 This is a year when those who
stand opposed to us indulge in glittering
promises. They offer remedy which they
say will cure all our ills. We might accept
their services and take their remedies IL we
had not been doctored by them before. (Great
laughter and applause.) Free trade and free
silver are the false friends of labor. GAP
plause) They lure with promises of cheap
commodities and cheap money The partial
trial of free trade has proved that the cheap
commodities promised are dear to labor, and
at The cost of labor. Cheap money win be
equally dear to them, and sacrifice to their
highest and best interests.
We cannot but remember the promises
that were made to the people IN 1892 of the
universal benefits which was to follow the
policy, and with what predigal bounty It
was to benefit labor, increase the purchasing
power of wages and increase the price Of
everything 1t bought. CA voice sePhey did
not pan out.'O 1 recall an utterance by the
Hon. William M. Springer, spoken in the
house of representatives April 4, 1892, when
some wool growers in this audience (Cries of
es. This is what he said: Pass the
bill and thousands of feet heretofore bare
and thousands of limbs heretofore naked or
covered with rags will be clothed in suitable
garments and the condition of all will be
improved. Naughter.) 1t will give employ
ment to $4,000 more operatives in wooden
mills, 1t will increase the demand for wool,
and prices will increase. Those who favor
It's passage may be assured that they have
done something to promote the general veal;
something to scatter plenty over smiling
land"
Well, the free wool bill was passed. Have
any of you realized the promises then made?
(Cries Of mo! Noro Wool was made free
and every man in this country knows how
poorly the performance has tailed with the
promises then made. Instead of adding fifty
wooden mills it has taken off more than that
number. This will give you some idea of
what free wool has done for the wool pro-
ducers in the United States How has It
affected the manufacturer? 1t is well known
that there is but one customer for the wool
growers of the United tSates, and that GUS
toner is the manufacturer of the United
States. The American wool grower has no
foreign market today. He cannot compete
in any other markets with the woods grown
on cheap lands and by cheaper labor of other
countries. This is his market and when it
is taken from him it entails loss and ruin to
him. Have these free imports of wool be1le-
n
which the manufacturers have enjoyed free
wool nave been the most disastrous in the
history of the American wool manufacturer
greater than the disaster which followed the
close OF the war in 1872 the panfcs of 1897
and 1857. (Applause) 1t is well known
fact that since free wool it has not been
possible to make wooden goods in the United
States with any confidence that they would
sell in the market for what it cost to make
them.
We have In this country enough wooden
machinery to manufacture for all our wants,
but 1t Is not all in demand under present
conditions. We must start If possible. that
machinery in the United States While
there are idle American workingmen looking
for job foreign wool growers are sending
their wool to the United States while Amer
lean farmers are selling their focks
My fellow citizens, you want to study that
word free" when it is applied to goods or
money-it is delusive Many of the factories
are entirely closed; others running on half
or short time, and 1t is estimated that not
one-haif of those who were employed in 1892
find employment now. Until the fall of 1892
men were constantly employed. and at higher
rates of wages than they had ever before
enjoyed. The manufacturer was looking for
workmen- Now the wcrkmen are looking for
work. Then the manufacturer was hunting
the employee, now the employee is hunting
work. 1t is said that there is enough wool
machinery in the United States to give en-
ployment to 10000 men and women, and
their wages down to 1898 amounted to $780,
600 90 annually. $49609, 600 have been taken
away from labor's fund and from the homes
of labor. Contemplating these figures and
this condition. what do you think of Mr.
Springer's prediction? Great laughter1
Every word of this prophecy has proved false
every promise has been broken. If this is
scattering plenty Ger the smiling land
we pray God to spare us any more of it
Great laughter and applause)
Those who promised plenty and prosperity
under free trade are now assuring us that
they can only be secured through free silver
Naughter.l How will free silver stop the i'm
pertation of foreign wool? How can free
silver eheck the appalling importations Of
wooden goods from the Old World? How can
free silver preserve the home market to the