The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-09-02


with the country's laws. All the cour-
age and enthusiasm Of youth, all the
energies of the strong, all the pat
riotism of the pure and all the wis
dom Of the wise can here find a foe
man worthy of attack. "
The common people of the western
world have a work to do, a duty TO
discharge To be citizen of this na-
tion, to have been born upon freedoms
soil, to have inherited the inalienable
, rights purchased with the blood Of
Americas sires and SONS, imposes a
responsibility that can not be disre~
!! garded. We, j,v;hso stand free from
established royalty and the blight
ing curse of imperial rule, are the
hope of those who long for liberty,
This country is the inspirations of .lll
those who today defy the powers that
be and assault the tottering tyrannies
of the older wrld. #
From the dungeons Of Barcelona,
where the tortures of the inquisition
have heen revived, from the prisons of
Italy, where lang,lish the brave de-
tenders Of equal rights, from the scat
folds of Russia, where manly protest
is throttied, from lonely Siberia where
exiles perish, from its prison mines
where agony welcomes death, from
every king-clrsed and army ridden
nation of Europe where the champions
of humanity are struggling against
tyramny's engulfing flood, the people
turn their hopeful eyes toward the
west, to the only goddess that holds
aioft the sacred torch of Iberty's un-
qUenchable flame. E:t Il.
The American people will never be-
tray their trust. They will not prove
false to their traditions. They will
not be traitors to their past. The
achievements to come shall dwarf
those THAT have gone. The chattle e
slavery of the past has vanished and
the wage slavery of the present must
follow. The republic must be abso-
lutely ree-free from special priv;
ileges. free from enforced !idleness,
free from the fear of want, free from
the Imperialism that would blight and
curse and fetter the, manhood of oul
times. & ~ s.. - .3z$s sls.s
The common sense of the common
people is the hope of this world. The
united effort of the common people
is the dyIlamo of civilization. All We
have of tangible wealth is the product
of toll. The continent was a wilder
ness. Labor barred it's brawny arm
and the miracle of civilization was
wrought. The forests disapp peared
and from the soil sprang The food that
feeds the world. The ,earth was
pierced and gave up the treasures O1
the fire king to. fiji The world with
light and life. Cities were built, pal.
aces reared and cottages were scat.
tered throughout the land. Canals
were cut, iron hig ghways laid and the
very winds were tlistanced .h
steam and steel Hardship and poy-
erty gave way to comfort and wealth,
Ali we have, and are. and hope Il
DE of the sbIsiiin and abraWn 0f those
Wko toll. si55
This sterling merit that bui the
past insures the future. Imperialism
that would make gold master and gold
it's slave, will fail as monarchy has
failed. It may for a time triumph
threaten and retard the forward move.
Elent Of: the common people. But
though It fill the land and sea with
forts and fleets it cannot silence the
ringing voice of the rights of man
The poison of imperialism will run its
course and die its death; and long after
it's hollow mockery is forgot, the
flag it sought to disgrace shall wave
above a commonwealth where man is
master and gold his slave. Vi
The above il the: Labor Day speech
wkich will be delivered at Kalamazoo,
Mich, by Mr.. Z w. Rogers, one of the
cid A. r. U. leaders, on Labor Day, Mon
day, Sept. 4. Through the very kind couc-
tesy of Mr.. Rogers. We are able to give
our readers his most excellent address in
advance.-Ed. s q Il