The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-01

order that they may elect their ow1,
c0untrymeG We hre approaching tho
parting Of tho ways. Either we want.
as we certainly need a foreignrtradc III
articles honestly made by honest and In
Gjlst rtous workmenS as the result OF.
honestly sold in all markets or wesmay
look forward to a time, not remote, when
only a fraction -four existing machinery
and powers of production can be utilized
and when idleness and Decentralization
muat, of necessity, come NJ the effect&of
our own short-sighted policy. 81
Run Mills Wide Open.
In due time our farmers, who now
furnish so large a. proportion of our ex-
ports, will either reach the limit Of pro-
5ductive power, or our own population VIII
consume what the country can grow.
What. then, will become of our delusive
balance OF trade? Where, then, will our
artisans find remunerative employment?
What, then, will 1t matter how prudent
our investors may be? When other peo-
pie have taken advantage Of great
economic opportunities, how shall we
weoring Industrial handouts, meet our
responsibilities to our own people?
@ What we need to do Is to cultivate for
cign markct4 for manufactured products.
thus enabling our mills to run to their
full capacity, thereby securing steady ems
was suggested iii that last and great
was suggested In thu tlast and great
speech or President Mckinley which has
troubled the stand pa liter over since.
L Its development requires hat imported
raw materials required by our manufnc-
turers shall be obtained on the most ia
vorablc terms, and ut demands that we
shall cultivate agreeable relations With
all foreign countries.
At the conclusion of Judge Parlscr's
speech he was given a prolonged ovation.
When lie loft the hal! for the Hotel So
vile mary people also departed, put
thousands remained to hear tie other
speakers. who were Benjamin F.,Shiva-t
~. Of Indiana, and Attorney General Cum
neen. of New York. e
Don't Change That Way.
& i Hoke Smith.Hin his speech, said that
the. Democratic party is now united ana
advocates OF the gold s:anuard are in
majority. mo man could have boon
nominated at st, Louis who opposed The
gold standard" he declared. Tho POSI-
tlon Of the Democratic party will not be
revoked. Men change from silver to gold,
but not from gold to silver. "
a3@ With an enthusiastic reference to judge
Parkers chances of SUCCESS. Mr.. Smith
passed 10 q remuneration OF the HepuDll-
can party. asserting that fearful COM
parsons of policies or&candidates 1t Cell
back upon tho threadbare claim that.
business prosperity ceases with Demo.
cratic administrations"
p Requoting Secretary Shaw's al!egeu
excerpt IN the annual message OF Presi-t
dent Buchann, Mr.. Smith denied thar
anything to the alleged quota ton appears
In tho message In question.
Not Fairly Quoted.
The quotation from the Buchanan mes.
SAGA was;
"Our industries have suspended" Mr..
Smith then declared that the Republ!-I
cans ignore The prosperity under Mr..
Cleveland's first administration direct
Ing attention to the panic Of 1888 which
occurred in his second administration and
which Mr.. Smith said was produced By
the Sherman silver purchasing act.
=, THE present administration, the speat-
Ter asserted. Substitutes the will OF the
President for the law Of tho land, and
when convicted they pleaded In excuse
that some one else was guilty"
He said It's reckless eStravagance"