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ingenuity and the Imagination of our
people. And Dur people stand in the
same relation to invention hat ancien,
Greeks did to sculpture. We are the
greatest nation of inventors upon the
earth. l want the things that we use
made here in our W land. Gap
p!ause.) want to see the factories
running. l want to see the furnaces
hot with flame. And l tell you tonight
that the smoke rising fron the fires,
that smoke forms the only clouds on
which has ever been seen the bow OF
American promise. (Applause.) Keep
the wheels turning, keep the shuttles
flying; give work to labor's countless
hands. Take advantage of the forces
of nature; that is what we want.
We have tried what they call the
democratic tariff, a bill passed by per-
fidy and dishonor, according to Cleve-
land; and he was not mean enough to
sign 1t or brave enough to veto it.
U.aughter.) We have tried that. In
1892 I said, if Cleveland was elected
he would cost the people of the United
States s., 900, 900, 600; I underestimate
the loss. He has put this government
in debt $500, OOo. 900 more. Ee has cost
the people of this country seven or
eight thousands of millions of dollars,
and that is only by a threat of free
trade. There is an old song, I'VE Put
the Wrong Man Of at Buffalo,"
Laughter.) We have got another song
I'VE Took the Wrong Man On at Buff
falo." Laughter.)
MARKETS OF THE WORLD.
I want everything that we use manu-
featured in America. All, but, say
these free-traders, we want the mar
kets Of the world. Well, gentlemen,
what is to hinder? We have got no ex-
port duty. Iron is as cheap here as any
where on earth. You can get timber
here as well as any other place. You
can send your reapers and owe and
thrashing machines and churns to any
mart in the world. Why don't you do
it? l can tell you why. Because in the
high. That is the reason they cannot
do it. And what keeps wages high?
Protection. (Applause.) And why do
they want free trade? For the sake Of
low wages. Labor makes things val
liable; that is. intelligent labor. A ton
of iron ore is worth only a few cents in
the ground. Lime is worth only a few
cents in the cliff; coal is worth only a
few cents in the ground; and you make
4 ton of steel rails worth $25. OF which
$3.50 is labor.
The raw metal in materis. only $1.50.
A locomotive worth SIC, 1000, the raw
material moi worth $50. a steamship
worth 100000. the raw material not
worth 5000. All the rest Is labor. And
If labor is higher here than in the rest
of the world, we must saw the Ameri-
can market for the American mechanic.
Great applause.) That is good sense.
daughter and applause.) And ven il
we have to pay more for it here. it is
better. l have said 100 tines, suppose
you can buy a O. Of steel rails in Eng,
land for $50 in gold, and you buy it,
how does the account stand? You
have a ton of steel rails and Great Bri,
tain has $40 of our gold. Suppose you
buy the ton of steel rails here and give
$50 in gold then how does the account
stand? The United States has got the
gold and the rails, too, both here, un-
der our flag. (Applause.) That is the
reason I am for it. And, do you know
what is the matter with the country to,
day? We want more business. Talk
about charity! business Is the finest
charity eve conceived of. Business
that feeds the hungry, that clothes the
naked; business that wipes the tears
from widows eyes and ophans' cheeks:
business that puts dimples o: joy in the
cheeks of sorrow; business that puts q
roof above the heads OF the homeless,
business that fills the world with art
and song, with commerce; the land
with happy homes. What we want is
not charity; we do not want populistic
philanthropy.
COUNTRY WANTS BUSINESS.
We don't want fiat philosophy, and
we don't want any silver swindles.
We want business. That is what We
want. (Applause.) Wind and water
are our servants. Let them work
Lightning and steam are our slaves.
Let them toll. Start the fires and let
labor with its countless hands have
work. and where there is work there
is nc want. That Is what l want. ]
want protection and prosperity. Gap
plause.) l want good sens, and bust
less. Do not deceive us with debased
coin. Give us good money, the life
blood of business, and let it flow free
ly through the veins and arteries OF
commerce. That is what we want; that
is what we wa~nt-business. We won't
have it unless we have confidence In
the future, and no sensible man in the
United States will have any confidence
In an administration to be governed by
the new democracy. ~(Applause.) We
want credis. Credit Is based ON conf
dence, and when we have good times,
you know. everybody, nearly, has cred
it. Every mans mouth is a mint that
issues dollars. When q COOL fellow with
a good job goes to the grocer and says,