ty
of producing beet sugar in the northern states, the great obstacle
being the cost of the factory and machinery which, to secure
profitable results, could not be erected for less than $200,000,
but I predicted that this industry would be established and sugar
sufficient for our wants would be produced in our own country. I
referred to the great advance made in the methods of farming, during
the past forty years, with the aid of new inventions of agricultural
implements and new modes of transportation, and the wonderful
progress that had been made in other fields of invention and
discovery, and in conclusion said:

"And so in mental culture, in the knowledge of chemistry, in granges
and fairs, in books, magazines and pamphlets devoted to agriculture,
the farmer of to-day has the means of information which lifts his
occupation to the dignity of a science. The good order of society
now rests upon the intelligence and conservatism of the farmers of
the United States, for to them all classes must look for safety
against the dogmas and doctrines that threaten the social fabric,
and sacred rights of persons and property, and I believe the trust
will not be in vain."

I spoke nearly every day during the month of October, in different
parts of the State of Ohio. I do not recall a town of importance
that I did not visit, nor a congressional district in which I did
not speak. Governor Foraker was even more active than I was. His
speeches were received with great applause, and his manners and
conduct made him popular. The only danger he encountered was in
the active movement of the Prohibition party. This party ran a
separate ticket, the votes of which, it was feared, would mainly
come from the Republican party. In a speech I made at Oberlin, on
the 4th of November, I made an appeal to our Prohibition friends
to support the Republican ticket. I said:

"There are but two great parties in this country, one or the other
of which is to be put in power. You have a perfect right to vote
for the smaller Prohibition party, and thus throw away your vote,
but you know very well that either a Republican or a Democratic
legislature will be elected, and that there will not be a single
Prohibition candidate elected. Will it not be better to choose
between these two parties and give your assistance to the one that
has done the most for the success of your principles? We think
the Republican party is still entitled, as in the pa