Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-10-09

around the banner Of liberty, union aud
national honor, between 1860 md 1850
(applause), and now summons you under
the same glorious banner. (Renewed
applanse.)
Appropriate Quotation from Lincoln.
II cannot omit here to make quota
ton from Mr.. Lincoln, written to the
young men of Illinois on June ~, 1915.
men. You must not wait to be brought
forward by the older men. You young
men get together, form a trough and
ready club" and have regular meetings
and speeches. Take in everybody you
can get. AS you go along gather up all
the shrewd, wild boys about town,
whether Just Of age or q little under
play best. Some speak, some sing and
oil holler. Great laughter0 Your
meetings will be Of evenings The old
cr men and women will go to hear you
and see you. 1t will not only contribute
to the election Of Old Zach, but it will
be interesting pastime and improving
to the intellectual faculties Of all en-.
gagged. Do not fail to do this Great
II commend these homely words Of
Mr.. Lincoln to the young men OF the
country. Such organizations as he ad-
vises will have powerful influence IN the
political contest which is now upon US.
men, but will cheer the hearts Of the
old guards of the Republican party.
{Applause.) 1t is seldom given to the
first voters Of this country to start in so
important national contest, where so
much is involved, and where so many IN
terests are at stake. 1T is a year, too,
when old party divisions count for Int.
,1nvt .rE all ortsn nr1a tod
in the common object to save the coun-
try from dishonor and it's currency
from degradation.
ut is always safe, young gentlemen,
to arrange yourself on the side of your
country: (Applause.) 1t is always wise
to stand against lawlessness and repudi..
THAT'S right.S0 Il IS always patriotic
to stand against those who are opposed
to law and order, and who would raise
artificial barriers between classes or Sec
tons in the United States. Great ap-
plause.) | congratulate you upon the
glorious opportunities you have, and, APP
you will use them for the welfare of the
people and the glory of the country.
(Cheers.)
Further Reference to Minis and Mills.
My fellow citizens, Yenturcd few
weeks ago to suggest in public speech
that I made that it would be better to
open the mills than to open the minis.
| Great cheering and cries Of That's
right.) see that some of our political
adyersaries criticise the statement, say
ing that it is putting the cart before the
horse. They seem to think that the way
to open the wooden mills. for example, is
to start yardstick factory Great
laughter and applause.l They forget
that you must make cloth before you
can measure it (renewed laughter) and
that the weaver must be employed before
the yardstick is required. (Applause.)
But they say the yardstick is too long.
answer If you make yardstick nine
teen inches long instead of thirty-six
inches, its present length, you viii not
increase the output of cloth or its value
or give an additional days labor to I'm
American weaver. Great applause)
Nor will 52-cent dollar increase our in.
dustrial enterprises, add to the actual
earnings of ANYBODY, or enhance the real
cries of "That's rightly It viii wrong
labor and wreck values, and has done SO
wherever it has been used. Great APP
plause and cries of hats right More
cloth might require more yardsticks
Qaughter), but more yardsticks or short
err ones will not create a demand for
more cloth. Renewed laughter and cries
Of .Good, good Nor win short dol.
lars with wide open mints free to all
the world increase our factories. APP
plause and cries of s'You are rightly
More factories at work will find work
for the good dollars now in their hiding
men now idle Mt their homes. eIremen-
dous cheering.)
Industry must come first. Labor
precedes all else It is the foundation
of wealth. It is the creator Of all
wealth. Applansel Its active smpioy-s
| it coursing through every artery Of trade.
Great applause and cries of THAT'S
rightly The mints don't distribute il
in that way. tCries OF you bet they
aSnt Start the ,v1 fae aow from N ba dn
and vault. The lender will seek the
borrower, not, as now, the borrower the
lender. Great cheering and cries OF
@That's right!D
sStart the factories and put American
machinery in operation, and there WI
not be an idle man in the country who
is willing and able to work: there will
not be an American home where hunger
and want will not disappear at once:
great applause and cries OF That's
rightp'); and there will not be farmer
who will not be cheered and benefited by
his improved home markets and By the
better and steadier prices for bis prod.
nets. (Renewed applause and cries OF
saThat's right!'l Credits will take the
place of debts. The wasted earnings q
the moor will be restored. A surplus
win take the place of deficiency in the
public treasury (cries of That's right!o;
pplenty and prosperity will return to us
again; and do not forget, men and WON
en- Of Wood county, that you cannot coin
prosperity great cheering), and you can
not revive industries through the mints.
lGreat applause and cries of That's
rightgO They come through labor aud
confidence, skill and enterprise, and hon.
esty. and they will come no other way"
Great applause)
DEEDS NOT WORDS. II
what Mckinley Did for Destitute AIip sra
Less than Two Years Ago.
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