The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-30
M'KINLEY TO
THE FARMERS
Cannot Decrease Competition nor In
crease Markets by Destroy
ing Credits.
ON THE AMERICAN MARKETS
The Farmer Must Mainly Rely, and He
Cannot Make Them Better by Put
ting Out the Furnace Fires and
Closing the Mills.

Canton. Ohio. Sept 29.--Rain fell in
cessantly from early morning and dem
onstrations on the Mckinley lawn were
entirely out Of the question. Four Of
the visits announced were postponed.
The old soldiers from the home at
sandusky and residents Of the vicinity
arrived IN a special train Of seven
coaches soon after noon. They were
taken to the Tabernacle, where MeKin-
ley met them. An address was made
by Sergeant Hopkins in behalf OF the
soldiers, and by L. W. Hall on behalf
Of the citizens.
A special train Of ten coaches brought
a second delegation. 1t started from
Walkerton, Ind. and picked up railroad
men in all branches Of the work, far
mers, mechanics, and citizens in gener-
al, between that point and Chicago
Junction, Ohio. To the Indianans, Nc
'Kinley said:
Il am glad to welcome the citizens Of
a Reighboring state representing all the
occupations and empIoyments Of the
people. l am glad to welcome the far
mers, and the employees Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and the citizens gen
orally who have honored me with this
call.
The farmers must appreciate, II
they do not already. that we cannot in
crease their markets or decrease their
competition. either at home or abroad,
by destroying the credit of the country;
that We cannot cut down the eompeti-
ton which they have in India, Russia
and the Argentine Republic. or Increase
the consumption at home OF their pro-
ducts by cutting down the value Of
our currency. The only way the far
mers can be benefited is through a
larger consuming class. The mints viii
not furnish the farmer more consum-
ers; he has the most profitable market
for what he produces at home, and not
abroad. He is met in the markets Of
the world by products Of other lands.
The only market he can rely on every
day Of the year is the American mar
ket. And what he wants to know is
how to make that American market the
best He cannot do it by closing the
mills. He cannot do it by putting out
the fires of our furnaces. He cannot do
ii by taking business away from the
great railroad lines. He can only i'm
prove the American market by favor
ing policy that will put every man to
work who lives beneath our flag, and
put them to work at living wages. Not
on the wage scale of some other nation,
but on the American scale, the best in
the world. And you cannot improve
that market by destroying the credit of
the country, for the credit of the coun-
try lies at the foundation of capital and
The minute you destroy
the credit Of the country you have tax
en- away from the manufactures the
ability to get money with which to con-
duct his business, and when he cannot
conduct his business he cannot employ
men, and when he does not employ men
he does not pay wages, and when men
do not receive wages they have no
wages to spend. and when they have no
wages to spend they make poor custom
ers for the farmers. The farmer can
no more increase the value of wheat by
the value of the American
dollar than he can increase the quality
of his hay by diminishing the hay wag-
on on which he hauls it,