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.t , .t'OLU t , \IE 1 FALLS CITY . 3D 1904. , ' 'lBER . , . 39
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\ ' : , UNCLE , JOE GANNON' .
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I . \ . Speaks to a Crowded House at The
I Gehling Thursday Night : : "
So . . What He Said.
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f Speaker Joseph Cannon of Illi-
. . nois and -Ion. James E. Watson
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of Indiana arrived in' Falls City ,
Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
. The party was met at the depot
by Geo. Holland and C. F.Reavis
. , ' " 1 Speaker Cannon , 1\11' , Watson , E.
J. Burkctt and C. F. Reavis took
T .in extend d ride into the country
" much to the delight of the visitors -
ors who were charmed as well as
astounded at the wonderful coun-
try which met their view.
r When the orators stepped on
, thc stage at the Gchling' Friday
I c\'cning' .rhcy found a magnifi-
cent audience which not only
filled every portion of ( he house
but had about one hundred and
fifty men crowded on the stage
as well Speaker Cannon was
introduced by C. -F. Rcavis and
" ' , ' _ spoke in part as follows.
, 'Mr. Chairman and Fellow citi-
, , ' , _ 't.- " Itcn-J com to take council with
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'T the good people of this commun-
ity touching the proper policies
for the Republic for thc coming
four ycars. The Master said , almost -
, - . - most two thousand 'year ago :
.
I.yc shall know them by their
fruits. Do men g'ether grapes of
. "thorns or figs of thistles ? " The
. human race , through all its his-
" " . tory has walked in the present
and prophesied as to the future
" in the light of experience. Dreamers -
: ers may dream , and prophets may
prophecy from the standpoint of
romance and sentimentalism , but
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practical men who move the
A , world , who make the hearthstbtlC ;
P : who promote the civilization ,
. walk : in the light of their best
judgemcnt and formed by experi-
euce and taking counsel with the
people. I know of no way to tell
whether I can trust man , policy
, . . or party , except by hc character
P , . of the man , the fruits of the
rf policy and the record of the pariy. .
. From that statidpiint I shall talk
A to you , and if J mention the past
it is not , o boast , but merely to
hold up the light to illuminate
our paths as we walk in the pres-
en t. .
ent.In
In this campaign while there
, arc many issues that our friends ,
. - the enemy hint at , there is but
\ .
" ' t one great issue between the two
, parties , and that is that protect-
ion , first obtained by a majority
. . . of the people under Abrham Lincoln -
coIn , and continued practically
. \ for forty-four 'carsis the proper
- . policy sti11. Our friends the
o enemy say that protection is
. . robbery and unconstitutional.
. 'rime " Republican Party stands
. for protection. What is it ? In
brief , the Republican Party from
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its foundation under the leadership -
ship of Lincoln to the present
time stood for that policy ; why ?
Because we believed that God had
so disturbed natural riches upon
this continent , and in our bound-
arics. that Wi could diversifYing
our industries , live substantially
by exchanging our products
amongst each other. And wc
had another reason , wicIerdeeper
and stronger than that. \Ve had
a Republic which the people
were and arc , thank Godcompet-
cnt to govern themselvcs.
Sovereignty rests in them , and
one individual , however humble ,
is as great as any other however
strong. In other countries substantially -
stantially this is not thc condit-
ion. One man or two men may
govern , but" the Sovereign must
first be patriotic , he must be wise
intelligent and he must perform
his function properly if the
country iR worth anything.
Sovereignty resides among our
pcople. \Ve speak at the ballot
box. \Ve had thc patriotism , and
it was necessary that we should
have the inte11igence.
As I say thc Republican party
stands for protection , a cardinal
doctrine I want to argue from
the standpoint of what protection -
ion has accomplished , that it is
a good policy , that it is wise to
continue it.
Now I will go back a little.
When we came into power under
Lincoln wc needed l money. Our
Government threatened , half
our people had stepped out and
taken everything with them.
Our treasury was empty , wc need-
cd money , and under the lead of
our party and its representatives
we wrote upon the statute books
a taxing law called a t riff.Ve
said that the people elsewhere
shall not come in and enjoy our
markets with their products made
by cheap labor without bearing ,
in a measure , our burdens with-
out paying a tax for that privilege -
lege that was equal to the diffcr-
erlce between the wage of labor
there and. what ought- to be the
wage of labor here. The , law
went upon the statute book , and
thc money we needed began to
come in , . _ '
Now I want to call attention to
another fact. Time confederate
states drafted a constitution , into
which they placed a clause stating -
ing that their congress should
not , at any time " have the power
to enact a law that would act as
a protection to American indus-
try. The south did not want it ,
under their system of labor , and
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they ' so arranged their ' constitution -
tion 'as to absolut IYtpre\'ci1t it at
any time. 'l'his fact should not
be lost sight of.
Before that time our nation was
fifth or sixth amotgst those of
the earth in mal1ufactun's , 'and
at the time Lincoln ] was elected
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we were however first in agricul-
culture. 'Ne then manufactured
eighteen hundred million dollars
worth of products all told. It
was considered large then.Ve
fought the war , press reed the
Union and Hag , ' eating up and
shooting away as the cost of that
struggle seven thousand mill ons.
of dollars : worth of property It
ha > all been substantially paid.
Tothty , or I will say in the year
11)00 , the time of our last census ,
we are what in manufactures in
the world ? First , and still first
in agriculture. Did the policy of
the Southern brethren prevail ?
No. ' Did time policy of the repub-
lican party prevail ; yes , and under -
der it absolutely we have reached
this stage. The platform of the
Democracy in 1S60 said that pro-
tee liun was uncon stitu tion a1. In
1892 Mr Cleveland was elected
upon such a declaration In I S %
and in )00 the democratic plat-
form said the same , and this year
in their platform just adopted
they say that protection is rob-
bery. .
Now the manufactured product
of this nation in the --"ear 11)00
was enormity of that without fig-
uring , but the amount is more
than seven times as great as the
value of the product when the
tariff law was first enacted in
1860. Our industries grew and
grew and grew until the number
of mouths to be fed who were engaged -
gaged in and directly connected
with cur great industrial progress
was enormons. That is the great
markct.
Our manufactured product now
is' greater than'tltat of Great
Britan , Germany and France com-
bined , and almost as great as all
the rest of the world. Think of
it. The manfactured product of
our eighty millions of f people
nearly as great as all the other
fifteen hundred millions ofjnhab-
itants of the rest of the earth.
In 1882 we were at a high tide
of prosperity , and our democratic -
ic friends nominated Grover Clev-
eland upon a platform and by
pledges that everything was too
hig-h. "Ghc us power , and we
will see that the prices of prod-
ucts shall be less , " . they said.
They went to the workers of our
large centers of population and
said : IIYes , you are fairly well
employed and receive a fairly
good wage , but , my gracious , see
what you have to pity the farmer
for flour and meat ; see what 3ou
have to pay the grocer , see what
you have to pay for clothing , for
everything. " Then the ' \ventto \
the farmer and said : IIYes you
are getting a pretty fair price for
your produce , but there ! is a tar-
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iff of fifty per cent on all you
wear and all that you uFe , and if
YOU win give tis power we will
change it , , so , the products of
foreign labor cats : : ; colic in which
will enable you'tci'buy all things
for f less. Protection is robbery ;
and it is unconstitutional" Berm-
jamin IIarrision , : ' was : ; turned
down the gretit'leader of the
republican partics. . I have never
been able to understand why it
was done. It is true , we had
been in power for a long time ,
and the young mcn growing up
could 1npt remember to a majority
saidVe will . " ' '
: try it. The dcm-
ocrats came into full Bower l . con-
trolling both house and senate.
' \V ell , but sOllle one says , 'Can-
non it was eighteen months after
Cleveland ] was elected before any
change was made in our tariff. "
'rrue , but , we discount , things in
the United States. , 'It was seen
that there WitH going to be a" _ ,
change of Ijolicy , .fnd the farmer
who is enG third of our people
said : "L ok here , 'we will go
slow ' \Ve will , gel along \"ith
less clothing , \\'e : : will abandon
any building ; we will , get along
with the old , wagon and the old
plows , for there is to be a change
of policy and every one is begin-
mug to e"uitcertain : about the
outcome : " Tlic'ntb'iuent that the
farmer contracted lmi ! ? , purchasing
power bj' twenty-five per cent or
more , the production of the balance .
ilnce of'our people depending up
that market was affected just that
much. Time manufacturer said :
" 'l' te farmer is not' buying , )
and others are not buying.
There hasDeen a change of pol-
icy and we must look out 'Ve
cannot manufacture for our fu-
, tore market , so we will manufacture -
cture only ] on orders. The banks
. .
do not want to loan or carry mc ,
and I will have to place my men
on half tiine. " 'rhcn the laborer
was forced to curtail his pu.rcha&-
ing-and the result was the miserable -
erable history of that period.
The democra kept the pledge ]
that things would be chcaper.
Under Cleveland we barely
kept house. There is such a
thing as having barely enough to
get along with , barely enough
clothing , barely etfough fuel to
keep from suffering. Ii you want
to be efficient , if you want to bc
capable , you must have enough
bread and meat to satisfy the demands -
mands of the body and thc mind.
Now , I said we discounted
things in this cOll11 ry. McKinley
was elected. It was six months
after his election before the tar-
iff was again changed , but it
was known that such a measure
would be enacted if the l : epub1i-
cans kept their promises. So the
manufacturer said it himself
that he would clean up tJte shop
a little , and prepare for hetteI
things. Time farmer began to
put out t lOre corn , more wheat
more oats , more of other grains ,
( Continued eli last page , )
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