The herald., 1896-09-15
Run to the Home of Pr0tection's
Candidate
FARMER AND WOOL GROWER
Cong ratulate the Nominee Ia Advance
Of Election
Major McKinlsy Drcgs Out His Onc-strlnged
Harp and Pisy, the Familiar
Protection Tune
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CANTON, Sept. 14.-At o'clock spe-
cial train OF eleven cars steamed into
Canton, bringing a thousand residents
Of Cadiz and Harrison county, mainly
farmers, wheat growers and represent
atives of the foremost wool growing dis
tricts of the United States. The delega-
tion, headed by the Cadiz City band
and escorted by Canton troop and a
| large citizens committee, marched to
the Mckinley home. The train was dec
| Grated with streamers, and among the
inscriptions was: Protection, 1891, price
| wool, so cents; free trade, 1895, 15 cents,
II cents less" Each marcher wore a
badge composed Of buckeye, a little
bunch Of wool, and sprig of golden rod.
The committee wore badge of blue
ribbon. with little bunch of wool. Ma
! jor Mckinley wore one of these, also.
| Mckinley was given a grand ovation
when he appeared. Both he and Attor-
ney General Hollingsworth. who intro
duced the visitors. were interrupted by
| applause at short intervals.
| Mr. Hollingsworth spoke at some
length on protection and the import
| ance of Harrison county as a wool grow
| ing center. In conclusion he said:
"In this dilemma, Governor Mckinley,
the wool growers of Harrison county,
irrespective Of party, are turning to you.
They hail you as their leader, and hav-
ing faith in the intelligence and common
honesty Of the American voter they
venture here and now in advance to con-
gratulate you on an assured victory in
November over the allied hosts Of free
trade, reputation, anarchy and national
dishonor. May your star of destiny,
Governor McKinlov, ever remain in the
| ascendant"
Governor Mckinley then responded
as follows: 1 count 1t very special
honor to receive this visit from my fHl-
low citizens, composed for the most part
Of Harrison county farmers. I would
have been glad to have had with you the
venerable citizen and statesman, Hon.
| John A. Bingham, (great applause)
whose message of good cheer and con-
graduation and good will you have
brought me. beg that you will carry
back to him my best wishes and earnest
prayer that his life may be long spared
to enjoy the respect and honor given
to him by his admiring countrymen
everywhere. (Cheers.) I know of no
man in public life to whom greater op-
portunity was given and who more ad-
| mirably improved the opportunities
| than your distinguished fellow citizen
in the mightiest crisis of our country's s
| need and need no assurance from him
that he stands now, as he always stood
in the past, for his country and his coun-
trymen, for his country's honor. and
for the prosperity of the people. (Great
| applause.)
| 1t Is especially gratifying to me to
receive visit from so many Of the
| farmers and wool growers of Harrison
county. There is scarcely a county
| in the state that is so essentially agri-
| cultural as yours. You have no large
| towns. You have but a few factories
and your occupations are almost ex-
clusively rural. Your county has long
been noted as one Of the great agricul-
tural sections of the state and espe-
| cially devoted to that branch of agri-
| culture known as sheep raising and
wool growing. There is probably no por-
tion of the country of the same area thar
has supported so many sheep as yours
and for many years at least this was
| the most profitable industry of your
farmers. 1t is not so good now, I believe,
as formerly. daughter and applause,
and cries mo; no; 1 guess not.o The
| last three years have been years of great
trial, not only to the wool growers of the
country, but to the entire country. Yod
| have seen your floclks disappear and
your fleeces diminish in value to point
where, in 1892, you would not have be-
! lieved possible.
I remember in 1891 to have delivered
| an address in the city of Cadiz to the
assembled farmers of Harrison county,
4! in which I undertook to predict what
would happen if we had free wool in the
| United States. There were few men in
that great audience who believed my
prediction then. What do you think OF
| it now? (Cries of 1--WE think it all
right.) In 1891. you had according to
your banners displayed here today,
| 500 sheep, Of an average value of Sc
Z, per head. In 1896 you have but 92 ,0OC
sheep worth only $1.50 per head. In 1891
you received from 80 to 32 cents per
pound for your wool. In 1896 for the
same grade of WOOL from IA to 16 cents
per pound. This enormous loss to agri-
cultural industry is truly astounding and
| calls for serious consideration and
prompt remedy If one can be found and
the only remedy we have in the United
States is by the ballot and If it is protec-
tion you want you know what party
carries the banner of protection. (Eu-
| thusiastic cheers.) Prior to enactment
of the Wilson law, you had enjoyed al
most without interruption from the be-
! ginning of the government tariff on
your product to protect you from COM
petition of the cheaper lands and cheap
er labor of other countries. BY that act
your products were made free and open
ed up the unrestricted competition of
all the wool of the world. What makes
that more indefensible is first that it is
wholly unnecessary and, second, that
it was singing out one OF the greatest
industries of the country for sacrifice,
leaving other industries having no claim
upon the consideration Of the govern
ment practically unharmed. (Cries of
That's right.") No class OF our citizens