The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-15


Senator Turner struck . snag in his
spssch at Fairhaven. ana his argument
that there has been no real prosperity
In this state has been effectively turned
against himself In the course Of his
speech. he said II guarantee that there
II not man within the sound Of nv
voics whose wages have been increased
In per cent. during the past two years"
OF course. this was an Intentionally dis
honest comparison TO invite. for everyone
knows tina, Mckinley prosperity has been
with this section Of the country for con-
siderably more than two years. II SEN
ator Turner, Intended To 10 the fair thing.
he would have invited comparison with
conditions which prevailed Immediately
prior TO the last national election. and
before the present Republican policies
were IN effective operation. He knew the
country was abundansiy prosperous two
ysars ago. and he thought the blur was
safe that the conditions In whatcom
county had not improved materially since
that time.
lie was In the wrong community for
that argument. however. and the Fair
haven Herald promptly accepted the i'm
piled challenge II shows by the sta
tistics. that the wages In the various In
dussries around rockingham bay have in
creased considerably over liza per cent.
even during the past two years. Wages
for cemrncn laborers on the railroads
are from tlTs TO q a day. an Increase OF
nearly % per cent Far moro men are
also employed The average wages paid
In the big logging camps Is $40 a day.
as compared with AIS IN isas. The lead
ing mills have increased wages % per
cent. TINS Lake whstcom Logging Com
nsny paid out for wages In September
iSs ssss; In the same month. 1889 G.iTs;
aud In September. this year. aes. This
shows how the industries Of whsscom
county have psospsred during the pas,
two years An Increase OF more than
100 per cent per annum in the total
amount Of wages paid GA, by this one
coacesn. large a. Il Il. tho Herald asserts
II tess than the average gala In tho
ameun, Of wages aaid Nv the vsrioua In
sasttiss on nellingham bay.
The Herald says further:
The per cent 81 gain ia wages since
1896. the time that Il should be taken 10
show the difference between Republican
and Democratic ttues. can IN naay eases
be represented only BY the symbol Of In
iini,v. Ger Il has heen an increase from
Rera Every working nsn who has lived
IN rairhavsa faar yeyfe knows that IN
its there were lass Than $50 men sm-
pioScA IN Industries ga She water front.
about hiatt what Rnc institution
Puget Sound Saw Mn a ShiaKle Com.
psay@ new employs Perhaps IN no other
city on the Sound has shese hS-a a more
marked advance m Industrial conditions
than On Aelltrghana BAY eince capital
commenced 10 seek isves,mea, when the
nenAce 81 Frvanism was alsqcllca Is ths
election ~ Mckinley On a platform er
sound naneY ARD business STABILITY saur
years age Senator TWfmer Fuopksyea
with tss bnS1 saw wneu Ne tauc he'd upon
ths Frsspesi'y issue here
the snests - senator Turner 10 show
that WAGES arr no better and times no
better than they were pvlor to tAe e'ee-
tier % MCKINLEY shOala pevvr ~ made
ts any s,aHgtss,arlus eenmun,sr IN this
state la fact 4 ls ssustnil where he
caaia ans an sudieaer IS aceeps snch ar.
grzaerss. opssssr 90 sorun 90 THE state IN
situations, ne home Tor detective yoata
az she s,eslSccon asylum. Tor example.
with hard times regaliSss Increase.
vita goas times they decrease. Accord
in~iy the Pep0,ist vote Re likely 70 Se
se, down considerably IN the state o.
KANSAS this yeaE The decrease IN bond
sc aest es all tho eoaa9sss OF kansas with
Sen exceptions during tha hast three years
knssaxss . million dollars year. In the
tnres years ninety-nvs counties decreased
ttheir Blended debt 6y over three million
S6c,lArs. ana the ten counties increasing
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