The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-29
WHAT IS BEST FOR FARMERS.
AgricuIturists Prosper When They
Have a Good Home Market.

Major Mckinley, in response to an ad-
dress by c. Mcconnell in behalf of a dele
cation from Trio, Crawford county. said:
"Mr Mcconnell and my Fellow-citizens-I
have listened with great pleasure ana sat
isfaction to the address of your spokesman
and to the assurances he has given me of
your devotion to the welfare of the country
and the progress and glory of the Repub-
lie. i am glad to welcome you to my home
and city. This IS one of the most remark
able campaigns there has ever been in the
history Of our country. 1t is remarkable
in this that party lines are almost obiiter-
ated and that the leaders of the old time
honored Democratic party stand in opposi-
ton to the Chicago Democratic platform
and are insisting that the platform which
It made Is opposed to the best interest OF
Democrats and Republicans this year are
acting together in a common purpose a
purpose which they believe will best sub
serve the great interest of the United
States.
county, a county with which I am familiar
there are many Democrats, old-fashioned
Democrats, honeSt-money Democrats, who
will vote for the Republican party this year
because they believe it stands for what is
best in government. / hope you will be
able to send your representative; Uncle
for you elected him triumphantly two years
ago. I am glad to meet you as farmers
workingmen and old comrades. You are
all alike interested in the subjects that arr
now before us. What the farmer wants is
restora ton of the good home market
He wants to get back that foreign market
which was opened up by the reciprocity
clause of the tariff law of $780, that splen-
did market for our surplus agricultural and
manufacturing products. / take it there is
no farmer in the land who does not want
that market restored What the farmer
needs after he is done his sowing, reapine
and thrashing is a good market If he car
have it right at home the better it is for
him. The only way to get a good home
market is to set all the factories of this
country to work, set every wheel in mo-
ctDr oil Gv-nSy in g,
put all our idle men to work, and when
you have done this you have created the
had This is the kind of a market you had
in 1890. You want it back aoain,. and YOU
propose to get it back again by your votes
I'VE want a protective tariff that will
protect the American workinginan against
the cheap labor of other countries. The
a protective tariff law or cut down labor
in the United States. Which would you
mendous cheering) This is the American
way to do 1t. We do not want to reduce
tag WAGES IL in this coH;ntry The better condi
and better will be the condition of our
country We want a policy that will pro-
tect American markets for the America n
farmer. We do not want bad monevJ We
40 not want our currency depreciateds The
Older men in this audience will remember
that in the days of State banks when they
sold several bushels Of wheat and got a
dollar for it that dollar might be good when
tLey Sot II, out IN the morning they were
likely to find that the bank had failed We
90 not want our currency debased SO that
We shall have to consult our daily news
paper reports every day to see what is
the price of the so-calle6 silver dollar We
want full, round dollar, and we want
above all, and more tn IN all these material
Things, government of law. We want the
law TO be supreme over all, and we want
10 sustain the courts of this country which
are the only safeguards of the people i'm
eme or trouble Having said this, / will
thank you fer the courtesy and compliment
OF this call and bid you all good morning -