The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-05
SENATOR JOHN 7. MORGAN
SPEAKS TO LAB0RING MEN
CONTINUED from Fifth Page,


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Those dear to you, whose happiness is the
incentive to your toll. are here TO ENJOY
one day of happy respite with you.
"If l would liken them to apples OF goid,
set in pictures of silver, on this festal La
Dor Day, l would not overdo the picture,
or convert the grand metaphor OF the past
into a saTdonic comment on the surround
ing facts
This splendid young city, already lifts
to its proud crest and challenges the world
to friendly competition. Turn your eyes
whittier you will, In Birmngham-thae
spot on the earth's surface where the great
structures of civilization and industr
have their surest and most permanent
foundation-and you will see the toll OF
the laoorers, skilled and unSkiled re-
vealed in beauty and strength.
There is nothing in sight in this young
city, already great in its development or
out of sight, in the deep recesses of the
mines, that does not bear witness to the
nobility of labor.
The Hum of Industry
The subdued ring of the miners pick,
in the far and lonely depths of the earth,
is here translated into the clamorous music
of the triumphant blast of the great en-
gines on the surface. The coal there is
lifted to the light of the sun, gives back
to its celestial origin the light and the
ages ago, when our Father-the Master
Workman of all the creations, was build
ing the earth
I'm its concentrated energy is hidden the
strength that makes Alabama the reposi-
tory of the greatest commercial and man.
ufacturing power in the world.
when the coal reaches the hand of la
bor its power is developed by his skill,
and it becomes In its turn a new creator
of the practical elements of human civili-
cation.
Food for Man and Beast
"In the interests of bread for man ANA
food for beasts the coal in the hands of
labor attacks these great mountains of
iron and they melt All tools for agrcul-
ture and for mechanism, all machines for
transporta ton; all implements for every
art; all raiment and shelter; all chemis-
try and surgery; and the mysterious cords
over which ay unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night Showeth knowledge
all things indeed, that relate to what is
useful and practical in all labors are born
of the travail Of coal and iron in the true
alembic of the metal producer-the iron
furnace. Labor in the use of these ele-
ments, is the producer of everything that
we class among the temporal blessings of
mankind.
The Law of Necessity
"All the vast and indescribable produce
tions of labor, In all their infinite variety
in all the ages and all the innumera BILE
progeny of labor, are born of the law of
necessity
1.-The law of necessity is of divine origin.
1t is neither heard or recognized by any
of Gods creation, except by man, who was
made a living soul and in that immortal
gift is endowed with capacity to UNDER
stand its requirements, and obey them In
the sweat of thy brow thou shall eat thy
daily bread is the divine law of labor,
and the divine promise of fathers daily
bounty. The beasts, the birds and the
fishes live upon the bounty of God, while
necessity compels man to live by labor.
All Work Through Necessity
mo man has ever worked except under
some necessity that is a law unto him. If
that which is gained by labor could be
gained without 1t, no work would be done
and all the wonderful beautiful, and pow
erful machinery of the minds and bodies
of the myraids of the human race since
Adam, would have been waste material
1t would have gone to the scrap-heap, or
the dump, without even decorating the
junk shop. 1t would have persisted out
side the quarters of the Garden of Eden
and would have rotted without decent
burial. This law of necessity presses upon
us through all our wants, which are so
numerous and varied; each want breed
ing a multitude of other and greater wants,
that no single human being can supply
himself by his unaided efforts, with all
he needs and must have.
cooperative Labor
$50 cooperative labor is part of the law
of necessity 1t is cooperative labor whose
organiza ton and progress we are celebrat-
ing today and 1t is this phase of labor
about which will say few words on this
Alabama holiday. There is no labor that
is not cooperative. The law that pre-
scribes this holiday approves and sane
lions this cooperative labor something
worthy of public esteem. The financial
classes, the learned professions, the educa-
tors, the capitalists, the merchants and
all who live by opportunity rather than
ri n-!-.