The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-11-04

"But foreign trade cannot be won
by people which consents to put
itself into the leading strings Of sec
ond childhood. 1t cannot become the
heritage of manufacturers who must
be paid bounty, In order that they
may mulct their own countrymen. 1t
is not to be won by selling at home at
prohibitive prices, which check con-
sumption and thus lessen production,
merely that products made by the
same workmen in the same factories
may be sold, with freight paid thous-
ands of miles away, for fifth.
quarter or a third less.
1--WE are approaching the parting
of the ways. Either we want, as we
certainly need. foreign trade in ar
ticles honestly made by honest and
steady and lucrative employment, and
honestly sold in all markets. or we
may look forward to a time not re-
mote, when only fraction of our ex-
listing machinery and powers of pro-
duction can be utilized, and when idle
ness and Generalization must, of ne
cessity, come as the effect of our own
short sighted people.
"In due time, our farmers, who now
furnish so large a proportion of our
exports, will reach the limit of pro-
ductive power, or when population
will consume what the country can
grow What, then, will become of our
HaIn iuo hoI Of troI xnrha
will 1t matter how prudent our in
vestors may be? When other peoples
have takn advantage of great econo-
mic opportunity, how shall we, wear
ing industrial handouts, meet our re-
sponsibilities to our own people?
"The world does not furnish a par
allel for the skill of our workmen.
The inventive genius of our people
is unparalleled. 1t has so developed
labor saving machinery as to cheap
en- the cost of production. What we
need to do is to cultivate foreign
markets for manufactured products,
thus enabling our mills to run their
full capacity, thereby securing steady
employment for our workmen. That
policy was suggested in that last and
great speech of President Mckinley,
which has troubled the Stand Pat
ters' ever since.
"Its development requires that i'm
ported raw materials required by our
manufacturers shall be obtained on the
most favorable terms. and it demands
that we shall cultivate agreeable rela-
tions with all foreign countries"
| In closing Judge Parker referred to
the situation in this state saying that
the Democratic candidates would be
elected because they deserved to be
elected. He said:
"The state will be carried. I believe,
for the state and the national ticket
because there will be added to the
strength of the Democratic hosts
thousands Of Republicans who realize
that the time has come for a change
of measures and of men--a change
that will set our faces once toward
the policies of government which our
fathers marked out"
At the conclusion of his address,
Judge Parker retired to the rear of the
platform and listened to brief speech
by Representative Benjamin Shively,
of Indiana. At 10 o'clock he left the
building accompanied by several
friends and dined at the Manhattan
club near by. His daughter, Mrs. Hall,
Miss Schoomaker, sister of Mrs. Park
er and Frederick, his brother, occupied
ha eta ha
ing.
Isador Straus, the chairman of the
meeting, called it to order at O'Clock
and delivered an address attacking the
foreign and domestic politics of the
administration, particularly condemn
ing the present high tariff He said
that 1t was good sign when former
President Cleveland entered the list,
the next Democratic president This
utterance was cheered for over five
minutes.
In the midst of the cheering, Mr..
Straus introduced Hoke Smith. secre-
tary of the interior under Grover
Cleveland.
Mr.. Smith congratulated the party
upon the harmony prevailing among
its leaders. There have been divi-
sions," he said. upon questions of
currency, but the advocates of the gold
standard have grown in number until
now it is favored by the overwhelm-
ing majority of our party. No man
could have been nominated at st.
Louis who opposed the gold standard.
The position of the Democratic party
will not be revoked. Men change
from silver to gold but not from gold
to silver"
Cleveland's and Bryan's support Of
the candidate and the platform, Mr..
Smith said. were indications giving
great encouragement.
The former secretary of the interior
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