The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-25

CANTON. O.. Aug. ?i.-It was nearly
o'clock when Il party OF seven carloads
OF Knox county farmers reached Canton
by, Il special Pennsylvania train. They
had the Canterbury, Ohio, Cornet band
with them and no more enthusiastic
dslgatIon has reached Canton than they.
They marched the mile from the station
10 the Mckinley home In guod form.
\ local farmer headed the parade with
load of new mown hay. They were Il
sturdy looking set OF men and cheer af-
ter cheer went up AZ their chairman up-
pearcd on the stoop with Major McKin-
ley. Mr.. II. d. Cri,chfeld, OF Mount
Vernon, q son of q Knox county farmer.
made n neat presentation. Major Nc
Klnlcy's response was repeatedly inter-
rupted with applause and It was quite
lengthy.
Mckinley to the Farmers.
Following Is Major McKlnley's
speech to the farmers in full:
Mr.. Cr!tchfeld. and my fellow cltI-
zens:
1t gives me very great pleasure TO
meet and greet the citizens OF Knox
county In Canton and my own home.
an glad especially to meet the farmers
OF Knox county, for THE FARMERS
OF THE UNITED STATES ARE THE
MOST CONSERVATIVE FORCE IN
OUR CITIZENSHIP AND IN OUR
CIVILIZATION. (Applause.) A force
that has always stood for good govern
rnent, for country, for liberty and for
honesty. (Great applausc.) Whatever
the farmer is suffering to-day is be-
cause his competitors have increased IN
numbers and because his best custo-
mers arc out of work. (Applause and
cries OF You are right") l do not
know that We can decrease the num-
ber OF your competitors, but with the
adoption OF 1 true American protec-
tive policy We can set your best custo-
mers to work. Tremendous cheering.)
We have suffered In our foreign trade
and we have suffered in our domestic
trade. Farmers have suffered in their
export trade and they have likewise
suffered In tho home market. Under
the Republican tariff law of 1890 We
imported in 1898 over Ill. .000. 900 pounds
OF wool. valued at over sl300o.Oo0. In
1895, under the Democratic tartfr law,
We imported 2is.000.000 pounds OF
wool. valued at s33,77o, 900. Nearly s2O.-
100000 worth more OF wool was i'm
ported under the Democratic tariff law
than under the Republican tariff law OF
1894.
I'm woolen goods the difference Is
more than s50,o00,O00 In favor OF the
foreign manufacturer and against the
domestic producer. The total loss to the
American wool growers and the wage
earncrs in American wooden factories Is
mOratthan s63,000.000. Is It any wonder
that sheep husbardry Is no longer prU-
:ttable? So with other agricultural
products. During the last seventeen
months OF the Republican tariff lnw
there were imported IN this country
10000 tons OF hay and during the first
seventeen months OF the Democratic
tariff law there was imported $4,000
tons. The Wilson law gave the foreign
producers q market for 1000 tons
more than they had enjoyed In the
last seventeen months under the Re
publican tariff law. This loss exceeds
:2.000,000.
AT.iIIng Point.
THE total wheat. rye, oats and corn
crops for 1895 amounted 10 1856. 900. 600
bushels. The total of this product ex-
ported was l32. So. 900 bushels, or little
TESS lIlhiI litl CGllS VI lIlt NDkdL DltuuIA
annually and more than 90 per cent was
consumed at home. The great bulk was
consumed by our fellow citizens, your
own natural consumers and customers.
In 1897, we exported St.42 10000, 900 worth
Of agricultural products. In 1866, the
first two years under the Democratic
tariff law. We exported Sl.t2i.0OO.O0O
worth. We exported. therefore. s3l9,
100000 worth less In the Two years under
the Democratic tariff law than In tho
TWO years under the Republican tariff
law. DEPRESSION IN hGRICuL-
TURE HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED
Low TARIFF LEGISLATION. II was
70 after th. tarirf of 1916: and It lns
been so under the tariff of 1884.
The policy which dictated allow rate OF
duties on foreign merchandise, It was
Thought by those who promoted and es-
tablghed Il, would tend to benefit the
farming population OF this country by
increasing the demand and raising the
price of agricultural products in'forclEn
markets. The foregoing facts, however.
show incontestably that no stich result
has followed the adoption OF this policy.
mir. Buchanan In his message to the
ThIrty-nfth Congress said: In the
midst OF unsurpassed plenty In all the
productions and In all the elements OF
national wealth. we find our manulac-
lures suspended. our public works re-
tardcd. our private enterprises OF Tier
-nt kinds abandoned and thousands Of
useful labnrers thrown out OF employ
inent and reduced to want. The reve-
nue. OF the government which IL chiefly
derived from duties on imports IRON,
abroad has been greatly reduced. while
the appropriations made by Congress nj
It's last session for the current fiscal year
nre very large In amount
This Is description Of the condition
OF the country under the low tariff lnw
~ 1876, and no better description could
bc written OF the condition OF the cOun'
try under the tnrin law ~ 1891 Cap
plausc). Can the farmer be helped by
free coinage OF silver? (CrIcs Of mo
no. no.") No. forever no. my follow citi
2ens. (CrIes OF "fIurrah for Mckinley
He cannot help Il hccauge If THE
NOMINAL PRICE OF GRAIN WERE
TO RISE THROUGH AN INITIATION
or THE CURRENCY THE PRICE or
EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD ALSO
AND THE FARMER WOULD RF
RELATIVELY NO BETTER OFF
THAN He WAS BEFORE CrioS ~
that's right. MhJnr.") He would no,
ret any moro real value for his grain
than hn gets now. md would suffer from
the general Generalization which would
'0llnw tho free coinage OF silver.
Aud lie IL Right.
YOu cannO, help the farmer by moro
coinage Of oliver: he can only DO help.
rl by more consumers for his products,
You cannot help him by free trndc. but
M have ahOwEi hG can he hurt anu
GciiouEiy hurt by tho FREQ Introduction
Of compelling products into this coiin,