Show 11 1 1 il 1 1 1 11 1 I 1 a I 1 I 1 Y I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 4 1 I I 1 4 i I 1 t I 1 1 I 1 I 1 F 0 Y 4 i A 1 9 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 A I 1 n tr I 1 I 1 P i IN E X r ill I 1 i i 1 1 i P y jv k l I 1 kj 1 1 I 1 e 1 I 1 1 it I Z 11 1 4 p I 1 i 1 T r I 1 I 1 4 1 1 I 1 5 1 F 1 1 11 41 I 1 t 14 I 1 t p k I 1 m I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 0 11 I 1 il I 1 I 1 I 1 i 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 g I 1 4 0 0 1 1 I 1 A V 11 I 1 01 I 1 w ac 1 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 11 s 1 I 1 I 1 1 7 I 1 1 I 1 R 1 1 I az ili AY A 1 I 1 1 F 1 11 na 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 t t I 1 I 1 6 1 11 V i J if I 1 VA 1 I I 1 w 1 I X I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 I 1 I 1 t Z I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 4 1 I 1 I 1 neww by ELMO SCOTT WATSON la Is the spirit of bahor 4 day there may ay be as many answers I 1 to that question as 03 there are answerers but from several of them though phrased in daffe different terms it may be pos ible eghte to arrive at some statement which will come near expressing the meaning not only to labor but to nil all other divisions of human society of ahw day of days for the working man labor day was first suggested in the new york city central labor union onion in may mai 1883 1882 it was decided dedd ed vo tn observe the am first anday in september of 0 wit that ye year ir a as n festival day I 1 with a parade speechmaking speech to making n a and h d alc 10 labor labb held hela th that whereat ere were ere 0 other holidays representing presed g the religious ou s civil and spirit there was none which chic stood tor for the industrial of spirit accordingly this first drat celebration was held and it was a big success la in 1884 the american federation of labor officially proclaimed proclaim id the first monday in september aa lawr day all wage viage barners earners irrespective or of sex gel calling or nationality were urged to observe it until it should he be as uncommon I 1 for a man to work on labor day as it would woul aw fee for him to 6 toll on tu tWI fourth Firth of july state legislatures were urged 6 to 4 make the day a legal holiday holida Y k and 32 ol of abet them eventually ud did enact laws effect effi ct con gress made it if a legal holl holiday dayla in 1894 tor for the thi district of f columbia and the territories aud although a number of fixates arites have no labor day law the federal act hiis has been accepted by all of them aud and this holiday la Is generally observed throughout the united states perhaps one of ef the first interprets eions of the spirit of labor day was that uttered by the late samuel gont gom athe pe rathe s grand old man alan of american ameris labor bor inthe first labor day editorial which he wrote after con greis gresa had made it a legal holiday the editorial which appeared in the american tor for september ISK 1894 follows in the cycle of time we arm are again on the dawn of our most moat important import ant nation national si holiday Labor day most important por tant since ince it for or ats fint arst time in the history of th boril devotes a day to the th recognition of the tb fact that tb the must mint hereafter bera be regarded As aa the Impo important factor in the economy of lift in this tata day when so 0 o many look upon tb the dark side lda of the the labor movement and Prod predict let worse th lincol in tore store tor for the laborer it Is la Is not to direct attention to tho the fact act that the life of the human family to one vast struggle tru effle and that though the pro ARM la is not act an swift att ai swe we as well as out our Imp impatient bi brother others and liter of tabor labor would uke atto be yet the fact that faour in conr acan seatha lee the rights of 01 labor defined the vantage round 6 11 obtained and obtaining a clearer insight into the existing wr rr 0 ism ogi the more perception do and deter determination n to achieve lan bor rights the deyear has baa witnessed movelda mo eve velra ra ioma om ot of them defeats defea tB but though defeated in immediate ob tt awakened A now new conscience to in the Aro american arlean people and win will contribute more toabe to abe thorough organization organisation odthe of the wage worker sOt of our country than hundreds bundred hun dreda of meet 1 inga biro pooch or vamp pamphlet beets Tho great teat I 1 conquering armies in the history of the tha world have had bad their reverses and the labor movement cannot expect to be an exception to that rule etch defeat acts an ai a trenchant warning to the boilers toilers of america that error must be avoided that intelligence must prevail and that no n sit use can come to them unless it Is through their own efforts effort and their own organization and by their per persistency 1 manifested pessimism results in indifference letharay let harey and impotency and this in turn simply permits the corporations and trusts and 7 the entire capitalist class to fllch from the totter toiler rights which have been en dearly bought the organizations of labor must mast be thorh thor h mo inputs and above all must be permanent those thom organize tion which arise like a flash in the pan only ro coto to show how arduous to the struggle before the toller toiler to in order to over overcome om the antagonism of at tb the 14 atoun wealth w L alth of our oar country tr y a 4 today n more or ai than over ever the tollo how essentially they are brown upon thear own resources that t they hey have few it if any uy outside a their own awo ranks who with them in their efforts tor for the emancipation of mankind Toi boilers toilers To llera lers organize org anise let us carry on the good work and ig a few wore more revo of the earth upon its if axis wo we shall have a better world worl d better mankind waiting will not accomplish 1 it deterring deferring till another time lime will not secure it nw la is the timer time for the workers of america to come to the standard eta dard of their unions and to organ ise las as thoroughly colP completely lOteY and compactly cornor comor as an to Is possible let each worker work or bear in mind the words of longfellow I 1 in the worlds broad gold field of battle in the bivouac of life be not like 4 dumb driven cattle I 1 be a hero bero in the I 1 written at a time when american can labor had not yet von th the a many vleo which have characterized ita progress during the past 40 year fein of american economic history that editorial Is a striking reflection of the spirit of labor day 1894 when the greatest concern was for or the rights of labor since that time the compact organization of american labor for I 1 which mr uttered hla his plea has brought about amazing changes in some soma foreign countries revolution has failed to accomplish for labor what a process af pf of evolution has ban accomplished for it in the united states today the american work worker er ts Is the most prosperous of fit any in III the world and he Is the envy of wage earners camera everywhere and labor day 1927 finds him still eull standing steadfastly tor for the rights of labor bit bat he hein in also conscious ot of the maitles it atles of labor as well that sense of responsibility was voiced recently by one of its lead leaders eps john P frey president of the ohio state federation of labor when he said A portion of at our obligation our duty to the great gr e at movement which we represent Is to deal with employers with whom we have friendly y relations in such ouch a manner that we will not only retain their full confidence but by biet example lead other employers to realize that not only as AN a mitter matter of ju justice stice but irs aaa a matter of individual advantage to themselves it nto Is to their interest i to establish friendly borki me relations with w ith trade union ors aniza dionn of their employees it if our trade anlon movement la Is to fulfill which exists its policies it the s 4 tor for its methods method sAto its attitude must be such mato ato win wh and retain the ton dence and rood good dillof will of the maJo majority ilir of at employers trade union members me m bers trade tirade union discipline and the militant spirit are essential to our welfare but a trade union movement d dol 1 1 0 1 I 1 y ma I 1 4 1 1 4 4 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 iw I 1 I 1 I 1 10 J 4 I 1 I 1 if A I 1 I 1 1 A 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 1 I 1 14 pa 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 pono pending inic a upon its militant alone for III lt success 1 doomed t to 0 tell fall af ra r A such utterances 1 as these arolvi deace k alli afa a Ooin penT rg I 1 ago aeo thit that intelligence must awall lipi baa been thien heeded byj by american 1 I tabor BB a part of the american laboring rW min mans prosperity today to in due a to the fact that he ha has brought to his haskia toek an intelligent con caption of both its rights ind and its obligations ligat ions for that reason rodias ta fa stati statue ae the thinker 4 ls bisot bot an inappropriate symbol of the ambr astr lean ican workingman working man a roan min of bealin As as well as braam brawn 1 rev charlies doekle on an eminent 1 sociologist and student of labor problems once wrote I 1 i whip when the lat chapter ofine ot story has box beair wr arun Un atwill it will be bt aaA that the tb chief glory of oc labor hm has not ben been la in watt its if loader leaders or mou men c tor for themselves thenn elvee nor for their Kene ratton but in what they secured tor for those thoc who follo followed this fact should hould make we us more fene cono rons roas in ID our estimate of the value bof of the ser services vicen of those who are today their hearts bearta and lives given to many a cause which seems erne to ranks make but little pr the normal man be he be rich or poor educated through books booke or through experience be he black or white yellow or rod red no matter what hla ble circumstance 40 long as hes bee a man who in doing a mans man job inthe in the world 14 helping the other tallo fellow la In alway a way which Is rarely appreciated the poorest ne need ediest leit man in the world who Is go doing hla his boa beat Is rendering rend erinc areal a real service to the rich eit it man la in the world he to Is making a contribution to the worlds work which more mere wages ages do not repay even aven the dell despised mat wb egand a word of english but bt who Is his share to the common comman good by shoTe Unc dirt in a con cam camp campia pIm Is ranking a debtor of the man who will laterrade later ride over that railroad track in hla bin comfortable idu dullman p toads smooth becaas that italian made ft a good food job offal shoveling out but everywhere in human life in the lowliest places in shop and factory OT the street and on at tha voad everywhere weft men and women I 1 and even von ilithe little children are bringing their contributions to the great erett treasure house houie to which we all come and fregly freely draw some same more some losel less and he be who draws most becomes the great est debtor to all mau mankind kIndL heres the point then lets talk less lass about helping and let lets think more about exchange of service tor for I 1 read these words again the man man who la is doing a WAWA mans job in 14 the world who la Is doing his hia blaking a contribution to the world work I 1 I 1 contributing his ble chare to the tb common good they leid lead inevitably to tb one ph phrase Z J ame I 1 e dignity oC labor phrase nim been given a eligh iii different wording by bi thornton oakley oakler writing la the american I 1 I 1 I 1 U on THE DIVINITY OP OF TOIL toller toiler toller toiler of the mine waving plutos inmost shrine brine delving dark in depths of at ont earth th As some am god cod of mystle birth wresting from deep hidden pyres ayres food tor for mans aws fires toller toiler toller toiler dost thou see xu in thy aby toll tall divinity toller toiler toller toiler of the mill mii matter to thy will wil rearing towers crowned with fam alami bessemer of titan frame by thy fierce all potent fires area forging mans maled proud doud cloud fabj spires I 1 toller toiler toller toiler dost doit thou sen bea in thy toll divinity T toller toiler toller toiler of the rail MIL plotting crew and spanning vale with thy entinne headlong roar nations shore to shore binding close in mea mah hof ot stool steel 1 man with man tor for common weal toiler toller toiler doit thou see in aby thy toll divinity T I 1 I 1 toller toiler toller toiler of the abi sea cleaving black immensity with thy hulls bulls ma majestic lestic vast waymand wave way sand and typhoons blast north south east and west man upon his hie ceaseless quest toller toiler toller toiler dost thou see in thy ohp t toll oll divinity T thou then that through the years heaed swift night flight ill jedby led by soaring visions light conquering earth sky and main Bull dest tolls enduring tons fane ever desire to the pure celest celestial lal fire are thou 0 toller tallon thou shall see men 1 k anby in thy toll divinity and add Z this ig Is the ibe spirit of labor do day the odthe of the man who works that in HIS job there is thi the dignity of bi labor the divinity of toll toli I 1 I 1 |