The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-10-14
GEORGE F. C0TTERILL
GREETED AT THE ARM0Ry
Speaks to Large Crowd on the Va
riOus Political 0ueStiOnS--Made
a Good Impression.

Tuesday evening the citizens of North
Yakima and surrounding country were
entertained at Armory hall by one of
the clearest and most logical speeches
ever heard in this town. George F.
Cotterill of Seattle, a candidate for
congress to represent the best interests
of the people of Washington, and incl
dentally running on the democratic
ticket, was the man who delivered this
address. 1t was not scurrilous denun-
citation of the principles, doctrines and
practices of any party or parties. 1t
was not replete with beautiful SMILES.
1t was plain heart to heart talk which
held the undivided attention of the
audience, while his position and the
position of the democratic party on the
great questions OF today, both state and
national, was outlined in concise English
Hon. f. b. Prebe, democratic candi-
date for county attorney, made the
opening speech in his characteristic
style consisting OF splendid delivery, and
defining the party's position in the past
to the present time in an eloquent man
ner, closing a short speech by intro
ducing the speaker OF the evening.
Mr.. Cotterill discussed the irrigation
proposition, and what it meant to the
people of this state. He said:
"The republicans would have you be-
lieve it was due to their efforts in con-
gress that the new irrigation law was
passed. As a matter of fact the monop-
oistic element or dominating element of
the republicans in congress were not in
favor of the law as passed, and had it
not been for the entire democratic vote
combined with the minority republican
vote, the law would have been defeated"
Mr.. Cotteriif is a civil engineer by
profession, and the people of this sec
ton could not do better in sending a
man to congress who has had practical
experience in dealing with problems
pertaining to irrigation and construction
of reservoirs for retaining arid dis
analyzing the continual prosperity cry
of the republican party, quoted few
facts from republican campaign text
book, showing that in 1890 1850 900
wage earners, which included all the
wage earners in their various capacities
in the United States earned per capita
just $445 per year, but under the growth
of the trusts in 1900, the wage earners
increased to $500, 900, while their yearly
income per capita had decreased to S43S
A more significant illustration can be
had when we consider the fact that the
wages men received in 1890 amounted to
20l4 per cent of the actual value of the
product, while in 1900 the wages re-
ceived are only l724 per cent of the
value of the product. In other words
all the wage earners in all the various
manufacturing institutions of the United
States could have received Is per cent
higher wages and still have only the
same proportion OF products as in 1900.
In the matter of railroad operators in
this country, in 1896 total Of SOC. 900
employees in the various capacities on
, all the railroads in the United States
earned an average wage of S567 per year.
In 1901, OH, 900 employees received on
an average $50 per year, which shows
that as between the depth of hard times
in 1896 and the full bloom OF trust pros.
perity in 1901, the average wages of
railroad operators increased only So per
year. During the same period, on the
other hand, the living expenses of the
workingmen increased 30 per cent, as
it a wonder, my friends, that 10000
miners in the anthracite coal region Of
Pennsylvania are today ON strike for
higher wages
Which side do you ally yourself WITH
Giving President Roosevelt all due
credit for the stand he has taken in this
trust matter, he finds his hands tied
down and overpowered by the dominant
forces in the republican party. They
refuse to permit him to carry out ideas
Of wise administration along these lines
for fear it would prove detrimental to
their best interests.
1 Mr.. Cotterill closed his address bv
promising, if elected, to serve his state,
not in a manner enhancing the welfare
of few chosen, but for al alike, the
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