Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-08

0atiOuul uonOf, DetWeeu loOO ana loOO
tapplaf6e), and now summons you under
the same glorious banner. tRenewed
applause.)
Appropriate Quotation from Lincoln.
IL cannot omit here to make a quota
ton from Mr.. Lincoln, written TO the
young men of Illinois on June %, 1S48.
Mr.. Lincoln said: Now as to the young
men. You must not wait to be brought
forward by the older men. You young
men get together, form trough and
ready club" and have regular meetings
and speeches. Take in everybody you
can get. As you go along gather up all
the shrewd, wild boys about town,
whether just of age or little under
age. Let everyone play the part he can
play best Some speak, some sing and
all holler. Great laughter.) Your
meetings will be of evenings. The old
er men and women will go to hear you
and see you: 1t will not only contribute
TO the election of Old Zach, but il will
be interesting pastime and improving
to the intellectual faculties Of all en-
gagged. Do not fail to do this Great
APPLAUSE
II commend these homely words Of
Mr.. Lincoln to the young men of the
country. Such organizations as he adj
vises will have powerful influence in the
political contest which is now upon as.
They will not only inspire the young
men, but will cheer the hearts of the
old guards of the Republican party.
(Applause.) 1t is seldom given to the
first voters of this country to start in SO
important national contest, where SO
much is involved, and where so many in
terests are at stake. 1t is year, too,
when old party divisions count for lit
tie; when men of all parties are united
in the common object to save the coun-
try from dishonor and its currency
from degradation.
1T Is always safe, young gentlemen,
to arrange yourself on the side of your
country. (Applause.) 1t is always wise
to stand against lawlessness and repudi.
alton. Renewed applause and cries OF
That's right.") 1t is always patriotic
to stand against those who are opposed
TO law and order. and who would raise
artificial barriers between classes or Sec
tons in the United States. Great APP
plause.) l congratulate you upon the
glorious opportunities you have. and APP
preciating those opportunities, am sure
you will use them for the welfare Of the
people and the glory of the country.
(Cheers.)
Further Reference to MINIS and Mills.
my fellow citizens, l ventured a few
weeks ago to suggest in a public speech
that i made that il would be better to
open the mills than to open the minis.
Great cheering and cries of That's
right.D / see that some of our political
adversaries criticise the statement, say
ing that il is putting the cart before the
horse They seem to think that the way
to open the wooden mills. for example, is
to start a yardstick factory. Great
laughter and applause.l They forget
that you must make cloth before you
can measure il renewed laughter) and
that the weaver must be employed before
the yardstick is required. (Applause)
But they say the yardstck is too long.
/ answer If you make a yardstick nine
teen inches long instead of thirty-six
inches, its present length, you will not
increase the output of cloth or its value
or give an additional days labor to an
American weaver. Great applause.)
Nor will 52-cent dollar increase our in
dustrial enterprises, add to the actual
earnings of anybody, or enhance the real
value of anything. Great applause and
cries of That's right.") 1t will wrong
labor and wreck values, and has done so
wherever it has been used. Great APP
plause and cries of That's right.") More
cloth might require more yardsticks
Qaughter), but more yardsticks or short
er ones will not create demand for
more cloth. (Renewed laughter and cries
of "Good, good.'o Nor will short dol
lars with wide open minis free to all
the world increase our factories. ZAP
plause and cries of "You are rightly
More factories Mt work will find work
for the good dollars now in their hiding
places, and find employment for the good
men now idle at their homes. (Tremen-
dous cheering.)
Industry must come first. Labor
precedes all else. 1t is the foundation
of wealth; it is the creator Of all
wealth. (Applause.) It's active employ
ment puts money in circulation and sends
il coursing through every artery Of trade.
(Great. applause and cries Of That's
in that way. (Cries of "You bet they
don't!'O Start the factories in full
blast and the money will flow from bank
and vault. The lender will seek the
borrower, not, as now. the borrower the
lender. Great cheering and cries Of
That's right!)
"Start the factories and put American
machinery in operation. and there will
not be an idle man in the country who
is willing and able to work: there will
not be an American home where hunger
and want will not disappear at once;
great applause and cries of That's
right!'O: and there will not be farmer
who will not be cheered and benefited by
his improved home markets and by the
better and steadier prices for his prod
ucts. Renewed applause and cries OF
That's right!) Credits will take the
Mace of debts. The wasted earnings Of
the poor will be restored A surplus
will take the place of deficiency in the
public treasury (cries of That's right!D;
plenty and prosperity will return. to US
again: and do not forget, men and wom-
en- of Wood county, that you cannot coin
prosperity great cheering) and you can
not revive industries through the minis.
(Great applause and cries of That's
rightvO They come through labor and
confidence. skill and enterprise, and hon.
esty, and they will come no other way"
Great applause.)