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f M'KINLEY ON WOOL FrceWool Means Ruin to tho Great Industry, The Wilson Bill and What Dono Tho Remedy. It Major Mi Kinl. y n.l, ( ti, f.,,,,,,.,.,, hd Vinnl nl'nHin nl tihlo on S, i, ii, i 1 lili, in follow: Uldli'll mill li, lilli'lm II, My l 'i II i'.v I'll! reus: I count n very Mr,i ,. , r',vt,. Dili vl.il from my r,-l!,,v -ii c,,mh,,i f,ir tin- ,,in of ih.. ,n in, i of llnul n niy. I u,,n, ,,ivi. , , ii find In have had Willi y,Mi Hint v, in'iiililc clli.iii nn, I mitt, mii;iii .luliii A. Iliiii liiini, Wllo.e III, "age ,f rllrrr llll, I rng'j,llu linll llll, I Jfimil Will J,i hive hl'nllghl III,' (lll'lil it ilii 1 ) i,g thai yu will miry link l.i ,ltll my lal wWi'i nn, my carinal prayer llnl ImiK ,tv, In enjoy lli, liU life Iiimv lli,' r, i, i i nn, i, (r HlV.II In h in ,y try iinti everywhere. Cf , Ihlll , , ll,' li, K a, Hulling rmiil It'llei'la I kllllll lifl' III Vt ll ,l gl' I III ft ip,Mr:iuiliy mi ulv n mi, Hi,., mm mluilnilily Improved ilm-.. r -1 k i t ( 1. limn your ilil,iit:ulli, , f, ,i,v rlteti In Ihi- nilglulct trial, ,,f diir country ' In "ry. nml I needed nn jiMir.iin., f i i,u liiin Unit lie Mnii.U ii.in nn ,. m nlin iiil III Hi,, past. f,,r hi. iiiiiniry mill li miiniryiiii'ii, f.ir li iiimt t k Ii,,ii,,i mid fur Hi" r jr;t y uf Hi,. (,ip c .rnu n,,i.iti-1 ll l capcciiiiiy gni'ifylng In nn- In ri1 Ci'lU' II I tail frnlll Ml InallV l,f llll' fllllll'TH and ... (imirri i,f H.irrlMiii cniiti'V J'li'Ti In Miirr.lv n cuiucv In iln- iii Willi li l hi ca. -lilliilly agricultural IK Junta. V.,11 lenc n,i l.i Tfct' towns. Vim lime Imi few f. i. l. ii l, . nml )uiir H imi ,.iii,in Hin iiIiii,ii cm liNlwIy rural. Vmir omiily li.n I,, hi; l- n ii, ,;.-, na mi., cf Hi J.T..1I ngrw iiliiiril . -.'il.iiia nf tin. nin nml -iv.illy ili v,,'.-, l.i that lirniii'li (if Ultf 'iilliiri' known na ii,iii raising Hint , I i;r,,iii; There U probably nn pur Lull of llii' iviiimy uf Hi,' Mini' nri'4 ili.il Ilia ll.-il l, , an ln.iliv ,.1,, ','11 It Inlirx, mul f ir luiiiiv , ;ii'h hi Iim.i iiU imi ih lni.l pr ill nl, I,' linliiairy uf your fanners II I'rr.li. Iiml ,i 1110 lluriir lll. ii i in: , K'ni, i n ii. vi', iiiivv n film. 'ill i l.iiii 'lit. r .'in, I ( i I l i ii -. iilul rri. a uf "I nii.' H"l "i 'Hi.' I.ia: Mil )rnra hale li.-. n i.irsuf cr. il tr.nl, lint only l.i III,' ii,l gt '"era nf yuitr county llllt I.I III,' I'll .IV tulllllrV. lull ll.lM' M'.'ll Julir fl.a'ka l!-.ll"M ,11' mul Jil.lf e. c, itiliilnl-li ill i.iln,- ;u iiii rkii'iil Hun priii tn IV.rJ yuii u,,iii,l u , Imi.' Ii. l;,'V,., iv ii ixiwilili'. r, liii'inlii r In si in linvi' i.' l,v, r. ,l nn ii i'lr, aa in ( ;,,!.. tn I ii- nx Ik'liililial fannerx t.f I lull-li futility. Ill whl.h I iiii.l, ii, K.k in prnllii what wmiM Iiiimm n If it,, i., free n., In lli,. I ii, liil hiitlin Tlll'lc Wl'I'C few 111. II III III. II Smit nilill, ma- wlin blliveil my ptvillr t un lin n. What (In yuii llilnk uf H now fiirilicia uf II.iitIwiii imiiiiIV? H'rlin ul lllllik ll la r!i..il."l III Is'. 1 1 lull li.ul, HivutiHiij! to vmir liniiiiura ilpl,ivi'il lu'tu Imlnv, I.VI,.Mi.'l lnvi uf nn ftiiTimo viiliii- nf ."i ht lu ail 111 l.V.Ni y.lll lull- lull 1CIIIKI hllia p, ul lll only H .Vi iar In-nil. In Iv.i) ymi re ii'lvcil fiuin ililny in thirty lo o iiib per p.niii,l fur your v.ml: In IN Ml, fur tin nun' cnnli' nf wmil, rnun fntirtifti tn six tia ll (Villa pi-r iHlllllil, Tllla I'lliirillnUM lima to a Kri'iil liulnxtry U truly ukIiiiiIhIiIiii;. Illil itiIIk fur wl'lulla iMiialiliTilllull nml (irninpl rcilH ily, If nlii' (till ! fdllllil. ml tin' mily ri'tni'ily wr Imve In tliv I'tillrJ Sinti I liy tin Imllul, nml If It Ih pni- lot Inn ymi u iitif. you kimw wlnit parly rurrlr llto Iniim r nf prntivllon. (hn tllllalllNlle I'lli-crllltf I I'rlnr In tin1 ciiiirttiu'iil nf the Wllwin l.irllT In vv yuii Inn) i-iijuyi'il, nlmriNt with Olll ItltiTllllilloll, ft'iltn ill,' lM'i;lntlltlK nf lliu cnv.Tinih'iil li" iff "it .Votir product tu pniin't viii from 1 1 ciiiiH'titlnti nf the i linii, r l.in,lii mul ilic i'Iii'iimt lnlxir uf iitlur iiiiiiurli-4. I ly ilinl nri your priullli't :ta Inilili' frn- Itllil opened lip to the iiiiri HM'li lei! (iiiiiH tliun nf llll Hn wmil of Hie world. W hat iinKr ilmt nri inure linli fi iirIIiIc In, Ural, Unit It wn wlmllv imni'1'iyu.iify. nml, mhiukI, t Iiii t ll una hIiikIhii; nut nlli' (if tin KrelltcMt In (luMlrlen uf lite I'uiililiy fur liiimeitliitc (niTltliv. Iiiivliit; iilher liuliiHtrlcH litivltii: tin greater claim lixni t lie foiixldrrutlun uf lint Koveritnieiit pnii'tliiilly tiulmriniil (Crle of "Tliiil't rUht.") lllll llrllix oil ly Mr. lrrl,ill. No rlnaa nf our cltlr.eiH linve unffered no miieh fiuin the tnrllT nn Hie wool prmviTH of lite fulled SlaleH, nml llnm were more iliKervlntr tin- (.vihtoux ireiit- liietit than lliev. Si i ItifXi'tiNihlo wiih liiin net ilinl ilie pfe.aldi'iil, who furnrt'il n re (litrllon or lite tariff llll fllnliK lite Hue nml lii'lleveil In free raw uinlerliil. wax llliwlllllin In H'll the hill, nml Used tllene cliiirai'li'tiHilii ivoi'iIn iik'hIiihI It: "It may well (axi-lua our woniler that Iii'iiiocmni lire wlllliti! lo tlepiirt from Ihln (free raw iniilerlal iliHlt'liiel, the most drinoenillc of nil tariff prlni'lpli'M, nml that the in cunslsli'tlt nliallldily uf Kllrll n propoxed (lipnrtiire xlmuld lie i'iniliaxl.eil liy the miKi.'1'Nllon that Hie xvihiI of the fannerx he put nil lite free llxt nml the prnlee tliin of liiillT laxailon he placed nround lie Iron ore and conl of corpontilonx mid rnpilnllxtx." Hill Ihlx did not ll vect the fatal hluw. Ixt-x iii'i;aiiij'il than other Induxlrlex In ilie counlr.v, you were un flhle lo Hiriire the reconllloil to which you were Juxlly entitled mid your prod net wax imulc ilie vli'lhu of free tiailt1. (I 'rlex nf "Thal'H rlxlil.") In all lite ycirx In which the Itepuhll ran puny- wax In power, you know that ll ptve prolecilnii to wool, ami In tho act of J.h'.io Kavo to this Indiislry Increased pro tivllou. 'J'hal law, iho law of In'.H), nave to every (iKi'lciilliinil product of this coini try, every farmer'x piodiicl of thin conn try, the ln'st prolecllon ever had. lively prolccllun Mini could le 1,'lven to thciii apilnxt outside compeiinti and lo pre nerve Ihe home market wax always cheer fully and KclHToiisly iiceorded hy the He pul'iliran parly. Klreat applause mid ciiex or '"I'lml'H rlulil") The' plalfiinn of the Nnllonal Itepuhll can parly, ou which we Miami llilx year, iniich to'my (,'rallllcniion, xIiikIcx out (he wool liuluxiry add mnkcx or It xpeclal inenllon n Witllled 10 full prolecllon in der our revenue lawn. (Ix)iid upplanse mid (Tien of "Hood, jrixid.") Thlx la the laiiKiiiiKn of Hin nnllonal platform: "To till our prmlurlit-to thoxe of tlm mine mid Uold, an well us those of the shop and rnelory In lump. wool, Hie prniluet of Hi" (fical liuliialty nf n.,, m,,Mln', ll i 11 a lii III,. nni,., ,,.H ,,f -, mill, U'i inonilw ih,. in, iiin,i,, pi',,,,.,.. Hon" AiilMi.e.) And ulinl l!i,. II,. I'lllilli III pill'ty pintulHi It a In Ih,, lillli'l "f lierfiiriiilni;. H'rlea nf "Tluil'y pIl'IiI "i ll ilom nn I Ii, :il. i' ii'iiin.i'H In Ih' lu,.,. i ll H.i.ix ii Inn in, in, a mul in, him wlut II ,i.l a, illr.'iit i h, ,.fuis I If clo lied Willi I'uuiT In nil In in, I,,., ,,r ii,,. ovi'i iinii'iil ll "III itUe lo liiin linliisiiy fair nml ,,. I'lolnlinll Hill, ml ;,,. , HI, f'Ml. II I') , ''in, in v fellmv elili tia, iilmi we Main, Wlli'lln i' ii,. ii,ii,.,. iv, ,u ,,' imy ,,,, r t).'li,'illliii,i -, ,. I ii, l uil we .11 ,lll la In IIIVH'lle ,,' ,li',i I,,,,,,,, m.iil,,., I,, ,,. "Wll A nn rlr.ui I .li i, I nn ra. iiliiiii ;ip I'l'i'i- i Ii l Hie I I maiKi'l In Hi,. Wul iil. ' ii '. U ,n ,,,, in,,, ,,. ,,. and iipun , v, ry pi Inelple ,,f Ju-ilre mul I"".' M l', lolita In iih mul liulmily el i' "run' Ua (A,,.iii.. nn.l ei'lra f "'IIiiiI'h HiIn,", I'i'ii.itiIuii ih,, fniui T hna Ii.'hi nvufiii.i'd frum . t . J n liltitf uf lliu K.ii i'i i,ii.,,i un:ll iiuiv, WimiI I i.il u.l rf lii,,irla.r, llolVlllL' ill,. lllllHII'l.'IIU'li nf Vnlir 111. Aa iliiatr I, la Hilly IK'I O'lll'V III MIV ll, ,1 III IVl'' III llll' III. IV Merc TlKI.IKii! ll'.ail Kr.IW.TM i I II l ,1 Sl lti'a TmilKHI I i,l,. S wlin 1 1,1, f ,, upmi,,,, w, , f U,K, I '.. ll . '(., .. ... . i line were pi'uiiitiiy un, "a in.iiiy niuie win, were niviieiai "f xmall Iha Ka nf M., ,, ,i Ihe I'nll. il i Nla.'ex. TIiIh IndiMry eiiii,,y,', U l,,-, ,11'iae Him iiuinil II,.. llrH-kx,. II laeailinal- I'I. Ill li'llat .'.I M I.I N M I llllh.lela. repri-HI'll I inc Willi llio-u. who Wel'e li'H llili lit llK,n Miein. m arly pruple, Ther.. w, re Jtm.KKi faiina, nvi iaulni: Iiii) aenx each, devilled in thin Inditxliy. an, I Ihe moiin laliimw f,L.,,i,M ami . ma plalnx uf Hie ureal HYi, ,, , ,,. n,p,., l nili-r klmla or f.iriiilna, have Imn uill:.nl In tliix treat lndit'iry nml made valtlahle. I . 'very uue of I hex.' farina, iinii prlnlti); ,i, r, a him) . I'.'iniii. mm acrm In all -have iit xciloualy Injured I'.V plllrlli Wiml upon the fi . Ill one nf Hi,. urU'i lit urn I nain-rx nf III" Wexl. I have wen Ihe al ll, mem tlt.it III tlr,i;,,ti, l lnl,, Waah neiuii. Iilalui nml "rali-ni Molil.inil. lllele U'Ki, i: Till Till lie, p. iiii, rli Mi r,, worth III IS'.rJ - 4-l.imii, mi, I wliiih In jv.ul wen' worth only iI,7(iihmi. In is'.ij we hn, I J7.- L'T.I .VV! -li.-. (. In the nil,', SliI. x valued il f I .. i. i. , sic, h :;s,. .".is.iaHi valued ill SulYumimo. Tlii. i,,:i,l llii,rlx nf , in paxl in si;j, titnl.r Ihe lli'iitililliiin ii',iii'ei,v inrirr huv, were I little iilaive T.H" ' K nml In 1sl. Illlilir Ihe WIImiii l.ir.tr law, the linput'la 1 nill'd tu iiii, re thin f,i,iKai.iai. K'llea f "llurr.ili f,,r M. Kinl, v mul Hi,. liepuhlli'iiii party.") Ilia M iir.UIn MHM llrrnllril, Hi April 'J, isss, In pc-wiuim; n. tn. in, t iv r,,'iii In ii,,.ialtn,ii to the Mills inrirr l,.n iii ih,- .s.nimi.ii nous.' of i:, i,. wnt.illv. a, I Kt:,; ',, ,, Ir,.,, liat la 11 ll. Ill II V .1 .lllll lllkill 11 ,','.., I ririil ural tin. nai, and mil fall with t, 'iridic a.lnliy ,i,, ., iiillll,,,, i,,, ,, he holla, holds lITl.l d,'a l,,','ea. It will lealmy Invest,-, I ennui, un.'t:c eaiah. llaheil values, wr.'xi rnun Hia k mast, rs Ih. lr lit, :lin,' I'.irnliifs. Iiaiikrnnl Hmii- anmls uf nur h,si ,in, in,,,, liulusiii.iiia rnrinirs ami drive thein lulu other hraili lu-s nf atrli'lllHlle illremli ..v..,'. Mwdeil. ifflm uf "That'll wh.il il Ins lulie.") k a ililuils mi, I lii,l, r,.i:l,l.. hluw al Hie eiillr.. iiirrlcultllfil llll, Teals or ihe oiiiniry.' u'rlcx uf "You rlclii.") an' AleXilllder llailllllntl. III Ills relmrt llltnll nianufaetiirex. uunle In fonirrexx u ynirx ai:u. wild: "Thlx Idea or an cxlen- xlve il, un, tnaikii for the aurnliis Dro- luec or Ihe Mtil I lx , .f the rs IniiKitliiinv It lx. nf all ihliiL'x, lh.it wlil.h must cf- fn tually oinducix In u floiirUhliiir male of ntftii iiltuii'." Iliiiniax Jefferxun naid: "Kxnerleiuv litis lauuht inc thai niniiufticturerx nrc us iiecexxnry in our lnde'mleuci. ax to our comfort. The dntlix we lav on nil aril- lex of foreign maiinfacliire which nru (leiiiY reiiilrex ux in iki.iIiIIsIi al huine, wiiii ine imtrloiic delerui nal on of et. ry good clilKcti to use tin forek'n article which can lx niiule at home, xis-uri' ux against a n-laps,' Imn rorelun ileH'nd,'iicy. .iy invii men lx that we xlioiild encouniL'e home in. umdi, 'Hiivx to the extenl of our own couxiinipllou." (Applause.i Hutun Markrl Alwaya ihn llr.1. I have sill, I that the homo market la the liext market. Yon known thai from cx- perlenia', ami the homo market lx made Im'Uit h.v liicrenxini: our faclorlcx ami kIv lui: I'lnpluyment to Idle Wiukinumeu. Mill-til checrlii)!.) I'm every Idle inaii In the country tu work nml your onnxumerx will lie liicrcaxvd lapplauxe and crlex of l Imi h rlh; i-and when your consimi- crx are Increased, then your market lx Im proved nml the heller the price vou re- (S'lvc for your product. H'rlex of "(.'mid, V!ianl."l You reiueinlxT that In lS'.ll' It was re peatedly stated that free- wool would In- reuse the price or wool tn Ihe American ool grower (it voice, "Thai's the text He that wax ever told" and ureal luiiKliierl-liut then yon heard them tell It. llteiiewed laimhtcr and cries nt' Yix, we did.") There may have Invii xoine farmers who thought that was true. (A voice, "Well, they know heller now," ami Krcat laughter.) There are none who think xo now. ilteneivcd lauhler nml ap plause.) It wax xald that If tve opened up thlx country to Ihe free use of the ikiI or Ihe world, Ihe fannerx would he heiiellted. It wax dune, iiml wllh what hciiellt you know hctler than I can tell yoit. Now Ihey tell you that free silver (luiiKliterl-lH Ihe panacea for nil your Ills - (renewed latiKhlerl-and you have that same money In clrculallon now Hint you had four years iiko, hut ihe wool kiow erx haven't got as much of It ax they had then . H'rlex of "That'x rlKlit.") Ax free wool deirradcd your liuluxiry, so free sil ver will dcurado your money. (Applause nml crlex or "Thai's rljrlit." I You have already Invii llceccd hy loss of your tlockx, nml you dmiH pmposi' lo he lleeced. rnrlhcr hy loss on jour money, (limit chcciliiK.) .Must rrulci-t American l-abiir. We have opened up our mills to the wool of the world, and holh the wool and the wnnleii mill have milTercd. The American fanner lias seen his wool dis placed hy Ihe forelKii clip. The Ameri can woolen manufacturer has seen his (,'oods disappear from the American mar ket tn jjlvo place to the fnrel):n market. The American runner has thus lost direct ly In the price of his wool nml almost ax severely hy the Mow dealt to the home market for a Rood product, thronch the diminished cunsimifrx result Ins frnu) Idle mills. The American farmer will not tamely Nihmlt to this Injustice and wroiiK. (A voice: "We don't Intend to In Ilurrixon county.") The American work .. I llt., . II i,U " IJIiYAN 'Smotiikk ItiKmnii In tin1 wiaihn mill will In, Hu nan tly repel that , clal.'illnn whnw effii-t In to ilrfcrmlc his l.ihor. i Aiil.nic and crlin of "lie will on the .'lid of Nnvem Int.") My fellow clilzetia. I am clad m re ceive you nml wi leutne you here ,n my In, me, nml It will alTnrd un' aim-, re pleas ure to xhake hamlx with each one of you iNTxiiiially If yutt deairo Inc to do mi. HJrcat upplauae.) THE MECHANIC AND THE TARIFF Wlmt T)ir Yrara nf -nfurnr lli Holm t or Him. rr.uii 1KSD to is;i the five million or nmie perxunx I'ticap-d In nianuraclur Ink' and ti haiihal puiKtilix In the I'lllled Slatl'H Were lillKV lllld prnhpel' "tlx. Purine tlmxe twelve j-imi-h tic I'ltli'X nf tl.e I'lilled Slale'x piuhed ahead nt a marvi'luiix rate. The Inillil 1 1 r trndex Were eKpeelnlly pMsperolls. ('iirpi'iiterx, lirlrklayerx, phixtereix. hlnlie maxiilix and paltlterx were Well elnpluyed lit (.'noil WUCeX. .Mlltllltli'i'lll lilllldlliKM went up In iill the laru'C i'l. lex, and minimis nf Kiirplux fnn.lx were put Into perniniietit xirtietnrex of all mirtx. Skilled lalior wax In creat de uiiind. There wax no lack of currency I wltli which tu prusei iite thexo i nter 1 prlx'. The wiikcx paid were the hii;li jfxt known, ttinl they werr paid ill cold, In inutiey ax coiul n. told, i The xjitiie may lie Mild of miiuufa.'' InrlliB. While Kciienil oliservntlon nml the Huurex caxlly ohtaliiahlc I'i iiidivnl lllll clllex xhow the proxperlty nf the jhlllldliiK trndex. we have the ullleial vnxux relnrn of miinufacliirc.i. Merc ar- the llcurex: 1 i tsso. twin i Capital $J,7si.7i,il stKl il,l.ti.:iii-.7XS No. rii,,l,,r,',l. .. '.'."oo.TaJ 4.4TH.XXI Total wnKea t.'(..iiij.r.2 2.171. T.Vi.lM Val. uf ,i,l,i,'l S.ai'.l. 1IH.4..S v.o.VI.'nt.ir.aJ In Hpltc or an alleged appreciating currency, over H per cent, morp capi tal wax Invexled In nilllx ami factories land workHhnpx In 1S!H) than In 1S.su. .Nearly Ml per cent, more persons were given employment. Fur each hundred persons employed In l.sSO we Iiml nil additional M persmix In ISJMI; and for tench hundred dollars thus Invested In 1 1S.S0 we Iiml an additional seventy dol ' lars In ISlHi, or un Increase of aeventy per cent. i There was mi lack of money with which to do thlx cnoruioiixly Increased volume of liuslness. How ahout wanes? Waises Increased not only actually, j with tho Increase of the numher em j ployed, lint at a still creator rate rolu ,tlvely. While the numher employed did not double, the wiikcs paid more than (1, milled, the Incrense beinR 131 per I cent. In short, every mail, womnn and j child thus enticed went home each Saturday itlulit wllh more nctunl ttton j ey (Rood sound money) in his jmy en velope, In IS'.K) than In ls.su, and what was true in ISIH) was likewise true down to the year IS'.iJ. I We therefoiv had money ettoueji, I work ciioiikIi, and il lislni; wiikc. Defeated on nil sides hy the treinen ; dous nrrny of facts on tills point, the j free silver advocates are now trying to chance their hattle ground. They j declare that the workliiRinan Is getting less and less of the prollt of labor and ui, iiiii iii . uiuuiiin i urn nn nix siinre, and that the manufacturer Is getting more nml more. This nssertlon Is ab solutely false. The reverse Is true. The average nniiual wage per hum! paid In 1NN0 was about $KH) more thuu the average paid In INTO, while the aver age In ISIH) was $S,'! more than b: lssn. Including mechanics, there were add ed to tills class of bread-winners 2,.r00, 000 between ISSt) and 1SII0, or L-,0,000 for each year. In munul'acturlng alone over $;i.(kK,(MK),(HKi nf new capital was Invested, or $:1ih,000.ihk annuallv. And yet the claim Is advanced that the country was suffering from a contrac tion of the currency. This is not true, but If It were, It would merely prove jthat coniidence and hope are after all of more vnlue as aids to progress than currency. I hen people were ready to Invest; I llnw lliev lmlil liiieL- Tli.m ii..i.r...i..ii-.i era were receiving full money for their work, and their consuming power was almost double what it Is now. It Is claimed by those who nre capable of making estimates, that In the value of our ninntifiicturltig product hud reached $10,000,000,000. Had the McKlnley law reiunlned In force, and had there been no financial disturb ance, the close of the present year, IN! Ml, should have seen tlds amount $1'J,0(K1,(K)0,(KK). Instead of that, care ful estimates by reliable authorities bring out the startling fact that the thk Kid ! It Will Dkive prixluctx of our fueturlcs did not exceed :,,iiu.(aKi.(Hai in iwi.v-a falling off of nearly one. half. Slme nearly '.) per cent, of thlx ninuitiit represeins the earuliiirx of lalmr, It will he seen how xerliitisly the maxsex of our peuple ha; e i n iiliectcit liy three years of re form." Kverjr frK trade prediction and promise failed of fulllllment. The maikets of the world, which were ' he ours, hav taken two or three hun dred mllll, mis l.-xx nf our prodtii '.x tha'i they did In IMiJ. There lx simply noih lug In thlx free trade experiment l ilt ttoiilile fur our prodiiierx and fur our wiukliigineli. It has been truly said that every blow at any product nf la bur. whether It be coal, W hlc'i gives employment to the miner, or steel rails, which keep piiilillets at work, or wool, which tnlils to the inenme of the fann er, or cloth, which gives work to the tailor, is n direct blow to labor and the laborer. I.onk to-day over the whole bro.1,1 Held of Aiiieiliiiu Industry, and what do we Iiml? A diminished priluclinn, falling piicex. Increased foreign impor tations, and. as a result, lalxir In dis tress, out of work and Marvin?. Look where you may. It Is the same. The textile Industries of ew England, the Iron and steel districts of the Middle Statex. the mines of the Northwest, and the lumber camps along t'.i" Ca nadian border all give evidence of great distress. The cry Is Iterated and reiterated: Open the mills and the factories, start the furnaces, cat the lumber, dig the ore! lilve us employ ment! It is work and wages, nn: the Intricacies of the inmiev oii.Miinn which Interest these victims of llir-e years of "reform.' -Had the mime rate of Increase In the number employed kept up. we should now be giving work to a million or more additional Imndx. Instead of having that utiinber out of a Job. BRYAN FOR FREE RIOT. Attorney (ienenil Harmon Is right. The Issue of superlative iuiHrinncc in this caiupalgn Is that of social order. Ihe maintenance nf constitutional law. the protection of society against umli violence. All other Issues are of minor consequence so long as tills one re mains titKh-cided. The laillT question and the coinage question are merely incidental. Our government can sur vive the disasters of a mistaken tinaii clal Micy. of a mlstaketi tariff policy. Hut It could not long survive a wron Interpretation of the constitution and the law as regards the preservation of pence and the protection of society against mohoemey. The issue Is clearly drawn. Mr. rtryan stands upon a platform which In effect denounces the action of Pres ident Cleveland in using the federal power to suppress the insurrection of IS'.M. In his letter or acceptance Mr. I nryan particularly emphasizes his in dorsement of the anarchist plank or the Chicago platform, it Is or small i consequence that .Mr. Hryan veils his real sentiments In .smooth phrases fa voring "tho enforcement of law ami the preservation of the public peace." ine monstrous theory which he at tempts to defend, if carried to its log ical sequences, would rob the federal government of the power to enforce Its own laws: ami this would be tania mount to destroying the federal gov ernment. Slated in a few words, the question directly in Issue Is this: Has the na tional government a right, when lim ing Is in progress In any part of the I'lllted States, nml where both stale and I'nited Slates are being violated and private and stale properly, as welt as rcdernl property, ix being destroyed, to use its power and au thority to restore order, unless called upon to do so by the authorities of the state In which such rioting is in pro gross? Must the national government remain passive, unless Invited by the state government, through its repre sentatives, to aid In the restoration of order? Tho Chicago platform evades or seeks to evade this Issue h.v denounc ing "arbitrary Interference bv federal authorities In local nffalrs." '.Mr. Hry an nlso fails to meet the issue squareiy when In his letter of acceptance he de clares that tho United States "Is not authorized to Interfere in the domestic affairs of any state except upon the application of the executive when the legislature cannot be couvened." He plainly Indicates, however, Iu the, con text of his letter, that If he was presi dent, and nn emergency should arise like that of July, 18W, he would refuse .1 a. Evervbodt Oct ok the Camp." rum tlnrhmaH 'Jtmn-Star. to use the federal Kiwcr to quell the Insurrection and restore tranquility. The whole tenor of the Chicago plat form ami of .Mr, Hrynn's letter leads Irresistibly lo the citiiltision that in case the coiulii Inns of July. s!4. were repeated, if he were president. In would regard the disturbance as a purely Iim'hI affair ami would, there fore, refuse to Intervene. The fuin'omeiiial error o .Mr. I'.ry tin's position ix iu regarding such nn insurrection as that of ls'.n as a "lo cal" affair. In no sense wax It such. It wax part of a vast conspiracy, which extended over a dozen or more states. The disturbance was merely central Ized at Chlcntio and smne other points It wax a conspiracy, not against state authi'i-liy, but against the authority of the 1'niled States. The moli violence which ensued was in violation of both stale and l ulled Slates laws: but il wax more directly in violation of the latter. Iiccausc its larger results were the di'leiition of I'lllted Statex mail? and the stoppage of Interstate com merce. The violation of these laws ol the I'lilled Stales was the cause that brought the federal authority into ac tion, and backed that authority U by federal bayonets. The contention of .Mr. Hryan and ol the unstable platform upon which he stands is untenable, illogical and ab surd. It is also iu the last degree dan gorons. If that o the correct Inter , relation of the constitution, our fed eral aiirhoriiy is but a myth and out national government is but an empty name. Of what use is it to pass I nit ed States laws If the executive otlliii of the I'lilled States are uot clothed with Kiwer to enforce those laws? The action of President Cleveland In the grave crisis of IS'.M established and detined a principle which will eti dure which must endure, if this gov ernment is to stand nml constitutional liberty Is to be maintained. It eslali lishcx the principle that every foot of the soil of the Culled States is subject to the authority of the government of the I'nited Slates: that no hurt ion of the national territory is ttsi sacred for the exercise of federal power to en force the national laws; that the enact ment of Culled Stales laws neeessar-, ily implies the m.xsessiou of illllhorily and iwer by the naiional government to compel obedience to those laws, to use force if necessary for that pur-1 pose, and to punish violations of those! laws. Propositions so plain as these should hardly seem to require the emphasis! oi an otiject lessnu. 'ihey appear to be axiomatic. The fact tliat a consid erable number of persons Mr. Brvan among thcin-deiiy the truth of these; propositions makes tho danger and! menace of the situation. There wax no 'arbitrary Intcrfer-! enee." nor any Interference whatever! ...l.i. i ... i . . i mm mcai miaii's ny iTesnlent Cleve land in 1M14. In no sense was the fed eral authority brought Into conflict wiih state authority. The sovereignty I of the state of Illinois was In no inan- tier violated nor even menaced hv the prosldcut's action iu sending troops to Chicago. Troops were scut there be- cause I tilted Slates laws were violat ed, I'nited Stales properly was being destroyed, and lite authority of the 1'nlted Slates courts was set at de fiance. National sovereignty and state sovereignty can .coexist, each within its sphere. The sphere of the one does not necessarily clash witli that of the oilier. The same territory is subject to both federal ami state authority, and each sovereignty is clot lied witU power to compel obedience to its laws. This question, as Major McKlnley lias said in one of his speeches, is of the lirst Importance. Social order and Ihe supremacy of law must be assured; till else can wait. This intllter gains additional Innuirt. mice from the practical certainty that the election of Bryan would precipitate labor disturbances In all sections of the country. The misguided men who will vole for free coinage under the mistaken idea that their condition would be improved by the adoption of that Kilicy would sieislily lind out l heir error if Hryan were elected. l' inning their wages reduced, instead of increased, they would inaugurate strikes on every hand in tfle vain hope that they might thus save themselves from the consequences of their own folly. Thus we would be speedily con fronted with a crisis similar to that of 1S!M, but much more serious. With Mr. Hryan in the presidential chair, pledged to a lxilley of non-interference with mob law, what would he the har vest but revolution? This nation could witustumj free trade aud free coinage, but not free riot. Lo Angeles 'limes. WHY WEAUK HAPPY. The l!ciiibl'.cai,x were desirous of fighting ;his pri'Sint camt'iilgn nut liopn the tariff Issue. Tiny lu-lb-v.-il that upon that single Lasiie alntie they could carry the cniiniry w nil ae. It. wax In f, nr nf thai unanswerable Ix- , mic hut the Ki'miHTttcy swung so itnaii ! iiii'iiisiy Iu some xcctluiis for the ninnc? issue. Tin- n:teuiil to crowd the tarllf I ii'actis-idti to uue jilc ,y i! if 1, adifs bi I rt.e Chicago convemlnii and the ready compliance v.ilh that desire nn Hie part nf a majority uf tint ci,iiv, iiI,iii wax lint j brought almut by any conviction Hint un j Hunted silver was the cuinur yx. pniiiici ii I bill by a d, -sir" Iu force to :he frn nt n? , the battle .1 new I-.IIC Th.' tariff isxr.e 'mils; be siraugl"d to death. There wax . hope only In the i It. nice of diverting n 1 -, lie opinion ft'otll Hie shui'lniiiiillgx (if tl, present adiiiitilsir.itiuii. ; What has la i n Ihe rcsui;? The Itc piihliciti party ha r'fu-,ul lo give up In f. 'lllll In protect Inn. Ii m Iks prutection to day ax faithfully ax It tier did. On Ihe other hand, the Hi'iii'sr.iiic convention has driven nuue I)emo( ratic votes away from the party h.v lis stand on the ,nan cial ixaiie :ti.-i ii it has ulti acted by bury ' ing lie' tariff issue. The Kepublieiiti party has done Just what the Ift'iiiorratlc p.iny forced it to do. It has mot the money Issue xquan ly and il has an swered It to the consternation of the Detn '(ST.icy. I ailing lleiiuH-ralx all over i the nation have descried-to Ihe Iteptibll ! can colinnns. Iiisiutegrnliou has set In 'In New York state. Muniflcaliuu Ix tho ; complaint In Illinois, and gangrene socnis 1 to have affecied the pany in Ohio and 1 putrefaction Ix the result In Indiana. In j short, a stirgiml dperation to cut away ! the alx.-cxx of auarchy and repudiation Is absolutely rim-xaary, and even that : six-mx now to be too Lue to be of any ' benefit. The Itepiiblican party has not been ; frightened into deserting the tariff policy that lux mad" ii so xueci'xsful nationally. ; The credit !s due to Major McKiuley , more than to any other single iierson. Iu addition, it lias mei the linancl.il Issiib very squarely nml discomfited the ene my. Ilrooklyn Times. DOLLAR WHEAT AND WHEN WE HAD IT. In this country the prosperity of the , farmer depends upon th,; pr.sicrity cf , tho other imhistrial eli-nietiis of our pop ulation. When our industrial classes, ara employed at American wagi's tlieir con i stimp:inn of farm products is on a lib eral scale and Hey are laith able and willing to pay g.xid linn's f,,r all the nec-esxitii-s and many of the luxuries of life. I'nder such coiulitionx there is a good market fur everything the farmer has for sale. When the reverse is true, and the work iugmeii are idie or on shirt time and cut wages, they are furced to praclice econo my and Ihe farmer htsvs.sarilv ,es art of his market and in the k'a'ii. r competi tion fur th" lialamv must lower his prices. There is no partisanship iu say ing that dining he pas: twenty years the iKTiisIx of commercial activity and general pr.Kperity have bvn coincident with Hepiibliiiiu administration of the govern nt. The general policies of the Democracy Imvo always Ixeu considered by business interests as inimical to the : commercial welfare of the country, and whether that fix-ling ix corrivt or not, th IhtIikIs of Di'iiux-ratic ascciideney bav hocu marked by k"cn business depres sion. A large part of this feeling is no doubt due lo the hostility lo the protec tive tariff principles of ih. Kepublicau whicll always dominates Ihe opKsltlon. Hut in addition, there Is always appre hension of radical legislation hostile to established business Interests. Thlx fear of Iennxracy has always r stricied our manufacturing enterprise whenever tliat arty wax in power, and iu that way has grievously affected our fanning Interests, I: is a matter of rec ord that farm prices rule lower, under Pemocratic administrations, and this fact is due to the disturbance of general busi ness whenever I hat party wins. If any one has not noted these facts, of Is inclined to dispute their accuracy, let him examine the following table of farm prices of whim. The figures are from the annual resirt of the Secretary of Agriculture and show the average farm price of wheat as reported by fjnners themselves on IVeember 1st of each year, nrranged into four-year periods, liogin uing with the election of t.'etiernl Craut In 1S72. The currency prices from 1S72 to is 7 a have boon reduced to the gold basis: Trice of Wheat. .$0.!h;i lS7li-7!) 'Hn lSSO-S'S J)S4 1.SN4-S7 i itsx; lSSS-Pl so-, lK-'-!3 541 Notice that under Grunt. Hayes aud Arthur the farm price of wheat averaged very nearly $1.00. Then follows four years of Democracy, with the running Cleveland free trade message, the Mills bill and commercial distrust of the future, aud the average price of wheat for the period dropped nearly ISO cenis a bushel. ilie Harrison administration, which fol lowed, brought forth the McKiuley tariff law. opened old mills aud built new ones, aud of the prosperity which followed thu farmer had his share, ihe average farm price of wheat advancing to SJ.." cents. The past four years need no introduction. The situation of the country speaks for Itself. The Wilson law and the business stagnation which followed it, the repeal of the reciprocity treaties and the distrust of the future which the silver agitation has aroused have smitten the farmer with a heavy hand. The price of wheat has again declined nearly 30 cents and alt other products have kept It company. The Democratic platform this year is more radical, more reactionary than ever and Its threats alone have beeu enough to paralyze all interests, the farmer suf fering as much as any one else. The panic which would certainly follow Mr. lh-yan's election would involve all in terests and those financially weakest would suffer Ihe most. Instead of dollar wheat, or even 50-cent wheat, the only market for a time would be the market under the sheriff's hammer. The deficit for August is so large that it startles. However, the time will come after McKiuley's election, when each mouth will show surplus. This will occur when the Republicans re vise the tariff protection hues. It is well that Mr. Bryan Is such a talker. The more thoughtful people hear of him, the more gladly they wilj vote for McKlnley.