Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-09-12
HOW TO INCREASE CIRCULA. L.
TION.

HOW TO INCREASE CIRCULA
TON.
Last Saturday, at his home in Cantor
Major Mckinley was visited by severe
delegations of workingmen from Penn
sylvsnis, who came to do him honor q
the republican candidate for presiden
of the United States, and to demoDstrst
their fidelity to the principles laid dowI
by the republican party in its plat
form.
AS spokesman of one OF the deleRa
tions, Mr.. William A. Carney, a typica
Pennsylvania workingman, very iucIdll
set forth the hopes, desires, and de
mands of the laboring classes, in vel
prepared and sensible speech. Amonl
other things he said:
''The republican party has never
been unfriendly to the cause OF labor
and is not today. Some workinRmen
may have been led sstray by the pro
misses Of false prophets, but the great
body of lsboring men want work and
honest money and believe that the suc-
cess OF the tepu blicsn party will bring
them prosperity"
After speaking In earnest terms OF
labor today and all it typifed, Major
Mckinley struck the keynote OF the
situation, and offered some Of the most
convincing truths which have been
given uttersnoe during this or any other
campaign. Speaking OF the con additions
and req quiremenss of American lsborers,
he SAID:
They are satisfied with the money
but they are not satisfied either with the
scant or the reduced wages. [Cries of
"rhet's right, MsJor."l They are salts
fed with the present dollar bill, but
they are not satisfied with the present
tariff bill. Tremendous cheering and
blowing Of TIN horns. We have learned
from experience that We cannot increase
work nt home by giving it to people
abroad Cries of That's rightP' and 1t
is poor policy to keep our own men in
idlepess while We furnish employ ment
to those outside of our own country
who owe no allegiance to this govern
ment and who acknowledge no loyalty
to that heg (pointing to the American
fsg) Great applause. Washington
SAID: There is no doubt Of the wisdom
of the policy of giving protection ana
encouragement a any proper legislative
form to domestic industry"
There is not q workinRman in the
l4n =
the past three years the wisdom OF
WashipRton's utterance. He appreciates
1t now more than ever before. Now,
another experiment is to be tried.
[Cries of I'VE don't want any more
.xperiments."l No, never, / say, never.
Your spokesman gave the whole philo-
sophy OF it when be said that no matter
how much money was coined you would
not get it il you did not have work to
earn it. Great cheering and cries of
"Thats rightr'] Some people seem to
think that cheap dollar is the best
thing for the workiugman. The wage
carriers are creditors. Their wages are
paid today in money whose purchasing
power is good for 100 cents on the dollar
anywhere in the world. Ii q dollar
worth less than 100 cents is legal
tender the workinRman will never get
any other kind. Cries of "That's
right"
Our democratic brethren contend AID
would have US believe that the moment
free coinage law was passed, every
industry would be alive with prosperity,
and money would consequently flow ip
an unceasing stream into the Golfers OF
labor. But they don't tell US how. We
have only their word for it; and when
We remember their promise, only few
short years ago, that II Grover we're
elected, farmers would get S1.25 for
their wheat, We are inclined to pause
before accepting another of their pledges,
unless based upon substantial securi.
ty.
1t is we'll established fact that labor
comes into possession OF money, only
when it Is employed, and no matter
how much money is coined-if you COIN
ed free every ounce OF iron, copper,
lead. and every other metal produced in
the world the condition would be the
same-ths lsboring man gets none of it
unless you open to him the means of
exchanging his labor,for it; the farmer
does not get q cent unless there is a
market Tor has produce. The farmer
is taught. il he learns bis lesson at the
school Of demo-popocrscy that the
reason the market price of wheat is low
is because there is not much money il
That is partially true.
But the most potent cause for the re-
duced price of all the farmers products
s that through the operation of the |
Wilson tariff law, nearly all our factories
are closed and their employees are idle. |
Put the millions Of idle men at work and |
give them wages which will relieve them |
from competition with cheap foreign