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Show Labor Day Beginiiiig Terenro V. I'owderly, thiiiatn who wan larK.'ly limtriuiietital In lrgnnlclnK thf Kiilislit of l.iiii.ir n,.v,r forty yearn iiko. tell the WrwhliKton cor-reaimiidfiit cor-reaimiidfiit n( thf llnioklyi (aBl" ' the Mrnt Labor day. in tbrrr wan a narado ot lu.DitD ji,r men 11. New York city, and onu o( n, offlclala aid lo another on the nvlcwlng land: "Well, Jark, thin It jljr dor. all rlKht. lan't It?" Th isimrk at-trarird at-trarird attfiitlon and a hi'rvatlon lotting a!d (h flrat MooUf S"" omlur for a ilhratloa ol labor' 'roir waa Uurodiicd tho Now .1 York Irulidatiire. While It waa pond- Ing Oreaon punned a tuw ratnblUhlng tho holiday, tho llrat atato In the 1 " ii Ion tn do thla. Now York waa the K'conil Later atatfii to the number of thirty-three pimmd alinllur lawa, and In ISM the. day waa rivognlzcd by the national government and la now olmervfd wherever It haa Jurla-dlrtlnn. Jurla-dlrtlnn. Thu language of the government govern-ment resolution wna to Iho etTm;t that on that day employer! and employe ahnuld get together to dlai'uiia tbelr general welfare. That reault baa not been gaerally obaarrwulH aa yet. bat pe rtaapa we iiball wnrk up to II e veotu-ally. veotu-ally. i |
