The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
POLITICS At CANTON.
Delegation Of Potters and Farm
ers Gall Upon Mckinley.
ADDRESSES THEM ON THE TARIFF.

State Convention Of Gold Democratic in
Philadelphia-Mr. Bryan the Guest OF
Chairman Hinkley at winnisook Lodge.
in the Catskin Mountains.
CANTON, O., Aug. ga thousand work
men from the twenty-eight potteries Of
East Liverpool, O., travelled seventy-fve
miles yesterday to call on Major Nc
Kinley at his home. Chairman W. L.
Smith, Colonel J. N. Taylor and W. B.
Blake headed the delegation. The latter
is pottery bench worker and good
talker. The visitors on the way to Cam
ton and later on their march to Major
McKinley's residence attracted recruits
until 5000 men assembled about the house.
After the Introductory speeches Major
Mckinley spoke, in part, as follows:
There is no industry, my fellow citi-
zens, in the United States which demands
or deserves protection through our tariff
laws more than yours. Is business re-
quiring technical and artistic knowledge
and the most careful attention to the many
and delicate processes through which the
raw material must pass to the completed
product. Down to 1859 the pottery indus
try Of the United States had achieved lit
tie or no success and had made but slight
advancement in u practical and CONNER
cial way. At the close of the low tariff
period Of 1850 there was but one white
ware pottery in the United States, with
two small kilns. Decorating kilns were
not known. In 1873, encouraged by the
tariff and the gold premium, which was
an added protection, we had increased to
twenty potteries with sixty-eight kilns,
but still no decorating kilns. In 1882 there
were fifty-flve potteries, 244 kilns, twenty
six decorating kilns. The wages paid in
the potteries in 1882 were ~, 3s7 ,000 and
the number of employees engaged therein
1900, or 45 per cent. You have twenty
eight potteries In the city of East Liver
pool today.
'"rhe difference between the wages Of
labor in this country and of foreign coun-
tries you know better than l can tell you.
When the law of 1883 was enacted stated
on the floor of congress that If the duty of
b5 per cent, and 80 per cent. was given as
recommended by the bill then pending in
less than five years the quality of Ameri-
can ware would be improved, the quantity
Increased, and the price to the consumer
sensibly diminished. That prophecy has
been more than verified.
my fellow citizens the people in 1899
were busy at work and gave little atten-
ton to politics. They will not be so in
different again. They have more time this
year than they had four years ago, and
are giving earnest attention and active
work to the national contest which Is en-
gaging the country. We are growing
more and more to recognize the great
necessity of every citizen giving personal
and serious thought to his political duties.
Business men, workingmen and the people
generally are coming to realize that bust
ness and politics are closely related; that
bad politics mean bad business, and that
politics cannot be neglected without en-
dangering our occupations, our earnings
and our labor We have had some dis
tressing experience in this direction which
has taught us that If we do not keep our
business our business will not keep us,
and that if somebody else does our work
we will have no work to do ut home"
A short time after the East Liverpool
workingmen departed u delegation of
farmers from Knox county, O., marched
up to the Mckinley residence. They were
most warmly greeted along their line of
march. 1t was the first delegation COM
posed entirely Of farmers which has visited
Major Mckinley since his nomination. In
addressing them the candidate said:
Free silver will not cure over produce
ton nor under consumption. Free silver
will not remove the competition of Russia,
India and the Argentine republic. This
competition would remain If you coined
h.. - L., \ I'll,
not increase the demand for your wheat or
make II single new consumer. You don't
get consumers through the minis. You
get them through the factories. You will
not get them by increasing the circulation
of money in the United States. You will
only get them by increasing the manu-
featuring establishments in the United
Suites.
I" PLANT the factory by the farm said
Jackson, and that Is rs wise now and rs
applicable now as when the hero of New
Orleans said it years ago. The best thing
now is for the farmer to have n factory for
his neghbor. 1t would be better to have
n factory Along side Of you than to have
another farm along side of you. l haveno
fear of the faImer-the most conservative,
the most considerate and the most sturdy
of our splendid civilization. They are not :
easily misled. They have no aim in poll
tics but an honest one. In 1892, when free
trade was the battle cry of our opponents,
it was said then that the farmers would
follow this hcresy, but it was not SO. 1t /
was the cities which followed the free
trade heresy in this country. The country
voted for protection while the great cities
did not. So this year they will vote against
free trade and free silver; they will vote
for home market and for dollar as good
Us gold in every market of the world"