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Show DAY FULL OF MEANING Celebration of Labor's Holiday Comes as a Recognition by a Grateful Nation Na-tion to the Man Who Hsve Made It Great. THE first Monday in September, generally known as Labor Day, marka another milestone In tho roadway of what baa become on of tbe most important phases of our national life. To countless numbers the day has no other meaning than one of rest, recreation and pleasure; but to those to whom the credit must be given of having tbls one day In the year dedicated dedi-cated to tbe causo of labor a greater significance Is attached to It. To the tollers it means more than the marching of mighty hosts of workers and the piaudlts of admiring friends. To them it Is a commemoration commemora-tion of deeds executed both In the past and present in tbe Interest ol humanity; to tbem It la a just and proper recognition of the dignity and honor of labor by a grateful nation, tribute to those who have made this the greatest nation under the sun. Out greater far than the exhibitioa of the nation's acknowledgment ol labor's worth is the benefits that tb m day was Intended to bring to those to whom tbe day was dedicated, for no person can witness the celebration of such a day without having a mora exalted Idea of American citizenship and more Intense feeling of patriotism and love of country, and in a country such as ours with such a heterogeneous heterogene-ous population the Instilling of the sentiments means the very llf of the nation Itself. Labor doe not want anything bat equity and Justice. It shall not bs satisfied unUl it receive the same, and from th four quarter of this great country on this on day there should resound in trumpet tone th demand tbat labor's right shall be preserved in accordance, with th liberties lib-erties guaranteed by th magnificent declaration upon which our national structure stands, that man's Inalleav abl right la to secure life, liberty aa adulg la ta psrwutt f happiness. |