The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-25
Mr.. Mckfnley's Reply.

Amid great cheering. Mr.. Mckinley
stepped to the front and said:
"Mr. Blake and my llow-citizens-I
cannot conceal. and would not, the pleas
ure which this visit on the part of the citi-
zens of East Liverpool and of Columbana
county gives me. i have been deeply moved
by the warm and generous words spoken
by Mr.. Blake. and nothing gives me great
er pleasure nor more satisfaction than TO
feel that l have behind me, supporting the
great principles for which | stand, the
workingmen of my old congressional dis
trct. (Applause) The message OF good
will eloquently expressed by your fell
low-workman has profoundly touched me.
L cannot forget that you trusted me in my
young manhood, 70. which / am deeply
grateful and that you have ever since foi
lowed me with unfaltering confidence, for
which | am also duly appreciative. | re-
member the first time that / ever looked
into the faces of an East Liverpool au-
now L was speaking for sound money and
a protective tariff. Great cheer.ng)
your spokesman has alluded most gra-
ciously 10 what he terms the services /
have given TO your great industry. If
have done anything to bring work TO you
or my fellow-man anywhere, and made the
conditions of the American workngman
easier. that is my highest reward, and
greater reward no man could have. There
Is no INDUSTRY my feiloW-cltizens. IN the
protection through our tariff laws more
| than yours. 1t is a business requiring tech
| nical and artistic knowledge. and 1he most
| careful attention to the many delicate pro
| cesses through which the raw material
must pass to the completed product. Down
| to 1862 the pottery industry of the United
| States had achieved little or no success
| and had made but slight advancement in a
| practical and commercial way. AT the
close of the low tariff period of 1860 there
was but white ware pottery in the
United States with two small kilns. Dec
Grating kilns Wee not known. In 1873 en-
| couraged by the tariff and the gold prem
| ium which was added protection we
had increased to twenty potteries. with six
| ty-eight kilnS. but still 10 decorating kilns.
| (Applause) The capital invested was
| 81 .G20000. and the value of the products was
i.1s00o0- In 1882 there were fifty-five pot
/ teries. 2if kilns. Is decorating kilns with a
| capital invested of $5.016000 and an annual
product of 1928. .140 The wages paid in the
potteries in 1882 We're s23s1.000. and the
| number OF employees engaged therein 1000,
| or 45 per cent. You have twenty-eight pot
teries in the city of East Liverpool to-day.
A PROPHECY VERIFIED.
The difference between the wages of Ia
bor in this country and of foreign countries
you know better than / can tell you. When
the law of 1888 was enacted / stated on the
floor of Congress that If the duty of 55
| per cent and 60 per cent. given. as rec
commended by the bill then pending. in less
than five years the quality of American
ware would be improved, the quantity in
creased and the price to the consumer SEN
sibly diminished. That prophecy has been
|
righttO In 1882 assorted crate of ware
| sold for S5I. and the same-only better
| ware--is now sold for less than $40 In
1854 we paid for the same crate of ware
| $40.
"On decorated ware the immense benefit
! TO the consumer is even more apparent.
| The selling price of all decorated ware was
| from % TO 100 per cent. higher i'm 1882 than
| in 1890 1E 1852. with the low revenue tariff
| duty of 2f per cent. and domestic man.
| ufacturers. an assorted crate of white ware
! sold at SOS: in 1890. with - per cent duty
| and domestic competition with large pot
teries, which are the pride of the country
! employing labor and capital az home. buy
/ ing our own raw material. the same assort-
ed crate is selling for $40. applause
| What the state of business has been I'm
| the past three years you know better than
| can tell you. Without any actual knowl-
edge about liz. / think i can safely say
| that you have not been prosperous as
you were prior TO 1898 (cries OF You are
right: We haven'tiD; and that the past
| three years have been years of unsteady
and irregular employment reduced wages
less work and less pay. (Cries of 'YesiD
| My fellow-citiZens. the people in 1S9.
were busy at work and gave little attention
10 politics They will not be so Indifferent
| again. tApplause and cries of You are
right; they wont,) They have more time
this year Qaughter) than they had -four
years ago, and are giving earnest attention
and active work to the national contest
which is engaging the country. We are