Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-09-12
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wages when running in full and sue
cessful operation prior to 1895. Your
! oil product has Appropriated 10. ooo.-
900 barrels per annum. This indus
! try Is but in its infancy, and the pos
sibilities Of your oil fields are almost
! incredible in extent. Butyour wealth
J does not end in railroad and river
trade, iron, steel, glass. coal, coke.
timber, pottery. or other manufac-
lures, Of mineral products, for West
i Virginia is great state in her agri-
cultural resources. (Applause,) Only
about one-half the state is now in use
for farming and grazing, but agricul-
ture is the chief interest in the ma
iority Of your counties, while wool
growing and stock raising have as
sumed large proportions. How much
these several industries have suffered /.
in the last three years you know bet
ter than could tell you. How much
the wool growers have lost, those who
| have sheep and raise wool. know ac-
curately. They know what the ex-
rerience of the last three wears has
1 cost them to the very cent. All these
interests are directly affected; ali are
directly benefited or injured by our
industrial legislation. You know.
and the people know, that every one,
81 them were advanced by Republican
legislation, (applause.) and that all
Of them have been more or less iniur-
/. ed by Democratic legislation. Great
4 applause aud cries of You are rightly
With such almost inexhaustiblc wealth
IN your midst; with such possibilities
OF development and growth; with SO
excellent a foundation for increased
business and greater general pros
perity, bid you newspaper men to
lose no opportunity to arouse your
people to the realization Of their true
interests and to the immense impor-
lance to them Of the issues Of the
present campaign as they affect their
material welfare in every business
calling or occupation that can be NAM
ed. Your interests as d people no
longer run on sectional lines. Cheers
Thank God thelast lingering estranpe-
ments between the north and the
south are being forever effaced great
applause) and the appeal for the res
toration Of the American system Of
protection, and the continuance of
sound system of finance is infinitely
more important to West Virginia than
any other political questions that
could engage their attention. Gap
plause.) Sectional questions are no
longer discussed. Patriotism is para
mount. and the peoples welfare and
the country's honor are the supreme
and overmastering issues command
ing the attention of both north and
south. Great applause.) Under the
beneficent operations of Republican
industrial policy, your state has in
brief period practically doubled its
population and quadrupled its wealth;
and If you continue to advance in the
next twenty years as you advanced
from 1870 to 1890, you can only hope
to do 1t under system which en-
T courages home industry and gives
steady employment to willing hands
at remuneratiye wages. Tremendous
cheering and cries Of "hurrah for Nc.
Kinley. } Your development and
prosperity under a wise system OF
tariff will give you better towns, bet
ter farms, better farm houses, better
schools, better homes and happier
people. Applause and cries Of chats
right } Take the powders out ofthe
stream OF progress; do not shut the
door Of opportunity in the face of your
own future and that Of your children.
On thecontrary, open wide your gates;
invite new people and new capital to
come in. But remember you can do
this only by restoration Of conf
dence. You can never do it. if you
destroy confidence. Great applause
Strive for a fuller development of your
industries; build up q greater and
more profitable home market for the
products Of your farm; advance always
that prosperity which enables the en-
ployer to pay the highest scale Of
wages to the workingmen Of America
mot the lowest. (Cheers.) Exalt
the character of your labor. Meyer
degrade it. Promote that comfort and
contentment at home which conduces
to good citizenship, good morals and
good order Stand mn for ,,,a,;<.a