The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-31


the world had ever seen. and then. ~ the
voice OF the people. the policy was changer
under which we had lived for more than
20 years, and there came a change 10 the
business OF the country, very much 10 its
injury Everybody knows that. The great
heart OF this country yearns for return or
that prosperity. ] do not know that we
shall be able 20 bring Il all back again,
but we can ovcrturn the policy that de-
nrived us OF Il. and take back the policy
that gave IL 10 us.
cit Is the country's business ana our
chief concern 10 see to IL that our great
family As protected from the competition
OF the outside world. What we want - 10
do our own work. pay our own wages TO
our own workingmen. and we have discov-
cred that just TO the extent that we have
our work done In Europe. TO that extent
we deprive the American workingman or
the wages that are his by right.
1--WE must return to that policy which
protects our own workingmen. and make
no apology 20 any man anywhere for hav-
ing through all my public life stood for the
protection OF tho American workingman
and American industries.
81 want a tariff high enough 20 protect
our industries against foreign Industries
which compete with ours; tariff that viii
bring cheer and happiness to every Amer
lean homel High enough to raise enough
money for this government TO pay as IL
goes
''rhcn, when we work al day for our en-
ployers and night comes. we want TO be
paid I'm dollars that won't change in value
before morning. We ought TO go homo
FEELING that we can hold that money as
long as we want 10 without fear or Its
depreclating In value. This Is the kind or
money we have now, whether gold. silver
or paper. every dollar worth loo cents and
| every one good In every market place or
| the world"
j. S. Tustin, OF ST. Louis, spoke in be-
half of the Railroad Mems Sound Money
| club of Missouri, i'm whose delegati1l
there was a considerable sprinxling Of
southern Illinois voters. In response
Maj. Mckinley said in part;
when was in Missouri In 1894 the motto
1 saw everywhere paraded was: stand up
| for Missouri tremendous applause and
| waving OF nags.l The motto this year. re-
gardlcs9 or section or party IS: stand up
| for the United States. lApplausel when
we from our respective states stand up for
1 The recrcatod we are standing for tho
highest and best interests or our respective
states and the highest welfare OF all tho
| people.
NO matter 20 what party you have
| belonged In the past. this Is no year for
tho voice Of tho partisan. The voice or
| he partisan Is hushcd In tho chorus OF
| patriotism that sounds from one end OF our
| country TO the other.
ct Is a voice appealing for country. for
! the country's honor, for tho countrys
| prosperity. and nobody knows so well as
| the railroad men or tho United States when
| this country Is prosperous and when de-
| pressed. You cannot have traffic on your
| great railroad systems II there is no conf
| acnce tn the business world You cannot
| get anybody 20 invest money I'm making
products II he has not confidence that ne
| can sell his products at profit IL he can
| rot be induced TO make those products then
| there "a little for you Go haul. IChcerng.1
| When there arc no products for you 20 haul
.hls train and that "a abandoned. the crews
| are laid or and their wages stopped. When
trains are stopped employees are dropped.
| Am l not right? tVociferous shouts OF:
| You are; you arcvl
what we want is restoration OF public
rnd private confidence. You can never set
that by dehantly declaring that this "a n
nation OF regulators, and that we propose
10 pay our debts with 52-oent dollars
| tremendous applause
Missouri IS the third state in tho union
IN the value OF her agricultural products
| Missouri farmers want n good home mar
iset and good foreign market and when
| Missouri has a coed home market, you have
all you can do 20 transport her products to
the fields OF consumption IN the east or
across the sea. When Missoul had, with
| tho other states OF the union, reciprocity
| that opened up tho foreign market TO tho
| agricultural products or the United States
| you were busy transporting those products
20 tho soaboard. and In returning you
brought back the manufactured products
OF the east, and so you had n haul both
ways. and you had fare both ways. Tire
mendous applausel
II send by you my message to Missouri:
| This ~ not n campaign of sectionaiism.
bur campaign OF patriotism 1 say TO
Missouri Your interest Is our common In
tercst; no longer Is there a north. n south.
| On n al hit plDrlpllQ m "A for
ever " Tremendous choers.l
Hundreds OF employees of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company arrievcd on
n special train over the Fort Wayne,
and were joined here by the Toledo 81
Hooking Valley railroad employees. the
Toledo g. Ann Arbor railroad employees
and railroad men employed on different
roads entering Tifiin and Mansfield.
The delegations were introduced by II.
NJ. Burgess, foreman of the Pennsylva-
MIA freighthouse at Toledo, and listened
TO the following speech:
81 rejoice that the railway men OF tho
country believe in n sound. honest, unde-
prcciating dollar; that when they have
performed their service for the railways
they want 10 receive dollars that arc good
when they are received and good for all
time. This IS tho kind OF money we have
to-day Every kind or dollar r. just as
good as any other dollar. ana there Is no
better money anywhere In tho world.
What you want. in common with your
fellow citizens everywhere, 81 employment
You all want your railroads 20 be busy;
when they are, men are busy. and when
men arc busy they receive wages which
bring comfort and happiness 20 their
homes. When tho railroad business OF tho
country is dun then labor is unemployed.
and when trains are taken Off the roads
great numbers OF railroad mon are taken
what we want I'm the United States
no matter what our politics has been IN
the past. Is more business activity.
I'VE want all our spndlea humming, all
our mines and all our factories busy, and
when they are busy and products are be-
ing made, you have employment I'm haul
ing those products from ono end OF the
country to the other. We want I'm short.