Show HONESTY V A I HIS THEME I McKinley is of the Opinion That His Party Holds the Copyright ALL OTHERS IMITATIONS Same Old Story Told to the Visiting Vis-iting Delegations I I Tickled Almost to Death to Learn That a Fev Democrats Hac Decided De-cided to Vote tIle Republican Ticket This Year and Advises I His Fellow Patriots Punt Xot One oC T7iera Should ESCJIJIC Day ol WoolPulling I CANTON 0 Sept 25 Major McKinley I McKin-ley made four speeches today I The first one was shortly after i S I oclock and from that time till 230 he was busy receiving his callers Every visitor insisted upon shaking hanJs with the candidate Tomorrow there are seventeen delegations delega-tions expected They will bring in the aggregate more than 20000 visitors to Canton One railway company has arranged ar-ranged for fourteen special trains Major McKinley has found it necessary neces-sary to make his speeches shorter 1 of his speeches on Saturday except one will be brief Today he made his longest long-est speech to a delegation from Seneca county Ohio I WAS A WOOL SPEECH and was largely addressed to the wool producing states George E Stroth of Tiffin was the spokesman for the Seneca county dele gationv His address was strong and his remarks in presenting Major McKinley Mc-Kinley with a handsomely framed steel enj avinf of the late General William H Gibson were particularly eloquent The picture was presanted on behalf of the wife of General Gibson In response re-sponse to Mr Stroths address Major McKinley said My fellow citizens and Ladies and Gentlemen I have been very much moved by the generous message which has been presented to me by your spotees man in your behalf I 1 reciprocate the kind words he has uttered and the generous gen-erous terms in which he has dour d-our assurances of good will and support sup-port You could not have brought tome to-me a gift dearer or MORE TO BE CHERISHED and longer to be cherished than the lonber my old friend your friend the friend of every soldIer the friend of the whole country General William H Gibson Cheers r coun I am glad to congratulate your ty upon being now in the column of Republican counties Applause And I would not have you forget that the only way it has become a Republican county is because the Democrats loving their county and wanting prosperity have joined the Republican ranks great laughter and applause and you must keep them with you and continue to recruit re-cruit from their ranks to your own Applause This year is an especia1 good one for that sort of recruiting service Men of all parties this year as in te CONTEST OF THE CIVIL WAR when the nation was threatened with dismemberment are standing together to-gether for public honor and yuD ic honesty hon-esty for good currency good credit and the national good faith Applause natonal year when those who Land pposed to us indulge in glittering promises They offer a remedy which they say will cure ail our ills We might wi their services and take their remedies if we had not been doctored doc-tored by them before Great laughter and Free apjlausO trade and free silver are the false friends of labor Applause and cries of Thats right They lure with promises of cheap commodities and cheap money The partial trial of free trade ha proved that the cheap commodities com-modities promised are dear to labor and at the cost of labor and cheap money will be equally dear to them and a sac riflce to thalr highest and best interests inter-ests Cries of Thats right We can Cres not but remember the promises that were made to the people in 1S92 of THE UNIVERSAL BENEFICENCE which was to follow the inauguration of a tarifffor revenue only policy and with what prodigal bounty it was to benefit labor increase the purchasing power of wages and decrease the price of everything it bought and increase the price of everything i made Applause They did not pan out Tey recall an utterance by the Hon William 1 Springer spoken in the House of Representatives April 4 1892 when he was advocating free wool There may be some wool growers in this audience Cries of Yes This is what he said Pass this bill and thousands thou-sands of feet heretofore bare and thousands thou-sands of limbs heretofore naked or covered cov-ered with rags will be clothed in yait able garments and the condition of all the people will be improved Laughter It will give employment to 50000 more operatives in woolen mills I will iu crease the demand for wool and prices will increase and with increased demand de-mand for labor wages will increase j Those who favor its pascage may be assured that they have done something i to promote the general weal something I to scatter plenty throughout this smil ing land Well the free wool bill was passed Have any of you realized the promises then made Cries of No no Wool was made free and every man in this country knows how poorly the performances per-formances tallied with the promises then made Instead of adding 50000 laborers to the pay rolls of the woolen mills i has taken off more than that I number The price of wool has fallen and with what effect upon the manu I I I facturer I will show hereafter On I the wools of Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan igan New York New England Connecticut I Con-necticut and Missouri twentyfour varieties va-rieties washed and unwashed the average av-erage price in April 1890 was 303 I cents per pound In April 1896 174 1 per pound n decline of more than 42 per cent The wool of Texas California Califor-nia Oregon Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado Mexico Georgia and 1 o Jt 1i the south twentysix varieties scoured Price in April 1890 491 cents per pound in April 1S36 271 osnts per pound a decline of 442 per cent Other wools ten varieties scoured In April 1890 459 cents per pound in 1S96 2S5 cents per pound a Decline of 38 percent per-cent SO GREAT A DECLINE cannot be found in any other commodity commo-dity Ohio wool has dropped from 29 oants in 1S92 to 18 cehts per pound in 1896 This will give you some idea of what free wool has done for the wool producers in the UrilCed States How has it affected the manufacturer I is wel known that th re is one customer custo-mer for the wool grower in the United States and that customer is the manufacturer man-ufacturer of the United States The American woolgrowe f has no foreign market woolgroweSlas compete in any other market l wtth the wools grown on cheap ianajland by cheaper labor of other countries7 This is his market mar-ket and when it is taken from him it entails loss and ruin to him In the first year of free wool 120000000 pounds of clothing wools came to our ports an increase ofi oger 300 per cent as compared with the largest quantity quan-tity received when I a duty was imposed im-posed and the total limports of all classes reached 250000000 pounds while 175000000 pounds were the largest importation im-portation ever mad nder dutiable wools Have these free imports of wool benefited the manufacturer Cries of lnefed The twp years in which the manufacturers have ENJOYED FREE WOOL have been the most disastrous in the history of American n wool manufactories manufactor-ies gi eater than the disaster which followed the close of the war in 1S12 or the panics cos 1853 and 1857 Applause I Ap-plause I is a wellknown fact tha since free wool it has not been possible I possi-ble to make woolen goods in the United Uni-ted States with any iconfidence that they would sell In thp market for what i cost to make them > The imports of woolen goods followingifree wool were simply enormous Thljy averaged five i millions a month in i illue so that at I the end of the first yeaV under the new law the total value of woolen gopds 1 imported had exceeSecl sixty millions foreign value In ISOS it is estimated that nearly onehalf of the woolens I which entered into consumption were of foreign make We have in this i country enough woolen machinery to I nuaiUifacture for all our wants but it I IS NOT ALL IN DEMAND under present conditions We must start all the machinery in the United i States my fellow citizens of Seneca county Applause While they are idle working people are looking for a I job foreign woolgrowers are sending their wool to the United States while American farmers are selling tfieir I flocks Applause and cries of Thats I right j I Contemplating these figures and this j condition what do you think of Mr Springers prediction Great laughter I laugh-ter Every word of his prophecy has proved false every promise has been i broken Applause and cries of Thats right I this is scattering plenty i oer a smiling land we pray God to spare us any more of i Great laughter laugh-ter and applause Those who promised prom-ised plenty and prosperity under free trade are now assuring us that they can only be secured tlfjough free silver sil-ver Laughter and < yyes of No How will free sliver fgop the importation importa-tion of foreign wool Cries of I wont How can free silver check i the appalling importations of woolen I goods from the old world Cries of I cannot do it How can free silver siv PRESERVE THE HOME MARKET to the wool producer and the woolen manufacturer Renewed cries of lit cannot do i My fellow citizens f is as delusive as free trade l will only further cripple every interest in the j I United States How canfree silver increase in-crease the demand for American labor and American products Answer me that Cries of I cannot do it Remember Re-member my fellow citizens that money does not make business I never did art it never will Business makes money Cries of Thats right Poor money never helped legitimate business in the history of mankind I has always al-ways hurt it I is destructive to every interest but that of the speculator specula-tor Applause what is true of wool is I TRUE OF OTHER INDUSTRIES All have been suffering if not to the same extent it is because the blow on CLher industries was not so severe We want in this country a sound government I govern-ment a sound tariff and sound money i i Great applause And we want to i take care of this goodly inheritance of ours and keen it what it has been fort for-t most part In all its glorious history the most prosperous beneath the sun with more happy and contented homes I than can be found in any other country coun-try in the world Applause j To a delegation from Marion Indiana Indi-ana which arrived at Canton shonly after 7 oclock this morning Major McKinley Mc-Kinley spoke in part as follows I congratulate you upon being first today Laughter No other delegation delega-tion has yet preceded you Renewed laughter You have in your city of Marion as I recall an Industry which manufactures glass that used to be in I the city of Canton Am I right about that Cries of Yes yes I is a I good industry Well now that fairly Illustrates my idea That used to be as I said a Canton industry We would very much have preferred to have had it remain here but it was reman taken away However it did not go lout of our own country Great applause ap-plause and cries of Good good It went into a neighboring state and therefore BENEFITS THE AMERICAN FAMILY FAM-ILY I American workmen still do the work We share in your good fortune and prosperity but we would have felt differently I dif-ferently if i had gone on the other side and out of the United States Cries of Yes we would In a word we want to do our manufacturing at home I great cheering and cries of Thats right major and if we cannot do it in Ohio we are willing to have you do I it in Indiana Renewed cheering I AVe want in this country good times good wages steady employment a good 11 home market and then we want to continue the good sound round hon I i esl dollars great cheering and loud I cries of Thats what we want with which to do our business and pay our labor Renewed cheering At 11 oclock 800 citizens of Mead ville and Crawford county Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania arrived Major McKinley was repeatedly cheered when he appeared on the porch Dr T L Flood was the spokesman In the Crawford county delegation were half the faculty and 100 of the students of Allegheny college Major McKinley was a student at this college col-lege and his greeting was ardent In response toDr Floods remarks Major McKinley aid 1 It gives me genuine pleasure to greet and welcome you here at my home I recall with sensations of pleasure and satisfaction the brief time I spent in old Allegheny college I is AMONG THE DEAREST MEMORIES of my life That old Institution only Continued on page 2 + li L |