Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03


Iati0n IL Needed.
The third annual banquet OF the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers Of
the United States, which took place
Thursday night Mt the Waldorf-Astori
Hotel In New York, was one of the larg-
est and most elaborate affairs of the kind
ever given In the city. One thousand
guests were seated at the tables.
Warner Miller called the gathering to
order. He said there was nothing polit-
ical In the organization. The chief end
Of the organization, he declared, was to
extend the commerce of the United States
abroad. Mr.. Miller introduced Theodore
G. Search, president Of the association,
who spoke briefly.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed when
President Mckinley was introduced. Men
stood in their seats, women In the boxes
waved their handkerchiefs and the up
roar drowned the speakers voice.
President Mckinley spoke slowly and
was plainly heard in every portion of the
hall. He said In part:
National policies can encourage industry
and commerce, but 1t remains for the people
to project and carry them on. IL these poll.
cles stimulate Industrial development and
energy the people can be safely trusted to do
the rest. The Government. however, Is re-
stricted In Its power to promote industry. II
can aid commerce, but not create'it. Much
profitable trade Is still unenjoyed by our
people because Of their present insufficient
facilities for reaching desirable markets.
Much OF Ii Is lost because Of a lack OF infor-
nation and an Ignorance Of the conditions
and needs Of other nations.
There Is another duty resting upon the
national Governmental coin money and
regulate the value thereof. This duty re-
quires that our Government shall regulate
the value OF Its money by the highest stand
ard OF commercial honesty and national hon
or. The money Of the United States Is and
must forever be unquestioned and unassail-
able. Nothing should ever tempt us-noth-
Ing ever will tempt us-to scale down the
sacred debt Of the nation through legal
technically. Whatever may be the lam
guage Of the contract, the United States will
discharge all Its obligations in the currency
recognized as the best throughout the civ
ilized world at the times of payment. Nor
Will we ever consent that the wages OF labor
or Its frugal savings shall be scaled down by
permitting payment In dollars OF less value
than the dollars accepted as the best In
every enlightened nation of the earth. I'm
der existing conditions our citizens cannot
be excused IL they do not redouble their ef-
forts to secure such financial legislation as
Will place their honorable intentions beyond
dispute.
have no fear for the future Of our be-
loved country. While 1 discern In its pres
ent condition the necessity that always ex-
lists for the faithful devotion of Its citizens,
the history OF Its past Is assurance to me
that this will be as 1t always has been
through every struggle and emergency, still
onward and upward. 1t has never suffered
from any trial or been unequal to any test.
Founded upon right principles we have
nothing to fear from the vicissitudes which
may lie across our pathway. The nation
founded by the fathers upon principles OF
virtue, education. freedom and human
rights; nodded by the great discussions
which established its sovereignty. tried in
the crucible Of civil war. its integrity con-
firmed by the results Of a reconstruction.
with a union stronger and better than ever
before, stands to-day not upon shifting
sands, but upon immovable foundations.