New-York tribune., 1906-08-17
SPEAKER STATES ISSUES.
EuIogizes the DingIey Lao and
Replies to GOmpers.

DanviHe. ILL.,. Aug. 16--When Speaker Cannon
appeared before his district convention here to-
day he received a splendid welcome. When the
applause had subsided so that he could be healG
he spoke as follows:
congratulate you on the prosperous condition
! Of the country under RepUohcan adnllnlSlTaj.on-
The Republican party has followed the teachings
in the parable Of the wise servant. who returned
tipied tenfold Clothed with responsibility for
administration OF the government or eighty nlll-on
beneft those who intrusted the talent TO care.
We have succeeded IN making two places 9, s,asS
where one grew feebly before under the Democrat
since the election of William Mckinley as Presi-
dent the business OF the country has doubled ana
come better than ever before our history; aye.
o o9sT sartb iR1n in aBy e time since q history Began This is
under the policies OF the Republican party as
President Attribute this condition 70 what cause
ccopAdenSe in men or measures, the fact remains
that it exists. and that there has never been re-
corded anywhere such industrial development and
such a wave OF prosperity as has swept over the
United States In the last decade r,,,,,.,- ..,,ep
law there has been greater development in all
forms OF industry than has ever been Feacned u0er
any other revenue law since the government was
organized. The schedules OF that law are not sa-
SI i s1 S VSaSbi1e1on down 20 the Drssent dime
~ 0arJoj, ~ y1roSIerify have besn undar Drofec-
ton, and the periods OF adversely have been under
This remarkable prosperity under the Dinslsy
law has for class. but Tor all rhe
people. 1t has touched the artisan. the 1aTrisrs
the manufacturer and the common lanor o. S SnS
/ measure my words when / say that ths prOdUc-
ton from all kinds OF business enterprise has
the country in its distress turned to william Mo-
Kiney the champion 4f proteeG9n: eS Ine 9 tSa1G
industries has doubled; the total wages paid for
the farmers have lifted their 7nortsages and aTs
enjoying the embaTrassments OF surplus n ths
savings banks; and labore[S have ceased @ hgns
for Jobs and have become the hunted By the 1ooss
there is more work than workers IN this country
to-day. Capital is cheaper than ever betOre. and
ese aSHGg IN fae She World Re a' At
The sun Of prosperity is shining on every part
lantio to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes 20
Win WIT 'Gi' an the u world and our inusnco for psscs
4sn Sh5heG Or be shs small TU Gep@as @ %
Continent is felt throughout the world
certificate for continued employment, and the Re-
publican party as servant Of the people. STANDS
PROGRESS UNDER PROTECTION
We have no census figures as 70 business coudI-
tions in 1SsS. but we have them for 1SSO. 800 and
lS and 70 sgpPenen5 9ees these We have the oes
unparalleled business distress and lack OF conf
tom We have also the ofciai statement Of sam
uel GomPerS. as president OF the American Fed
workingmen were without work in 1895 and fse5
Nccorinr 10 the census Of 1850 tbers was =
0759 capital invested in manufacturing industries
official figures, there in 1elS SS122 6O7 go so
inves ted The average number OF wage earners N
lS9o given by the census. was 4.25l535 (and Mr.
GOmpers said three million without work in
1894 and 1881. In 1893 the number 6492IIS.
including those in the hand trades The total
wages paid in issl amounted 20 Sl,S9 esS and
1875 S266l. tess. The total value OF the output
Of our manufactures in 1890 was 9S7eS7SSfs, aud
in 1915 SliS12 SIS 5, not including that from the
hand trades
Taking the testimony Of President Cleveland
and Samuel CiOmUers as 10 The GeplOrabe conditiCu
1884 1895 and ISS 10 viii be readily that cne
industrial development Of the country. both as
affecting labor and capital has been the rate OK
luo pcr in the ten years
The Republican party has always followed the
maxim. PLANT the factory hy the farm. that
taere may be the closest possible exchange be-
tween the two great bodies Of producers One or
the old complaints here IN the West was that the
the continuation OF a settled policy Of protection
hos gradually extended the Industrial development
10 me West and the South, bringing agriculture
and manufacture closer together. The stats
tics ~ manufactures compiled by the United States
CeDsus Office last year show more clearly than
fectIve policy. The prosperity that has come %
She country under the Dingley law has not been
sectional except that 70 has produced
greater extension OF manufacturing IN the Cen
trail Western and Southern states. This new
census shows. first that there has been a larger
featuring plants in the last five years than there
has been in the product OF these industries Tha
actual increase Of capital was SlTO0O0O0Q or AZ
per cent greater than the capital invested IN f90l
The actual Increase In output S.s34 0o0Go0 or
about 80 per cent over that OF 1900 Capital has
grown confident Of its investments and has turned
back into the plant a larseE share o. Il, earnings