The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-16
.lAB0RS GREAT ANNUAL HOLIDAY.
PROSPERITY HAS INCREASED.
President Roosevelt Talks on Good
Citizenship and Relations Be
tween Capital and Labor.

The annual celebration of Labor
was generally observed throughout the
country September 9TH. The features
of the day were monster parades and
addresses by orators OF note. The
most noteworthy affair of the day per-
haps from a national standpoint was
at Syracuse. n. Y. where President
Roosevelt was the principal speaker.
II is estimated that in the principal
cities the total of the men in line in
the various parades was 2S7.413, as
follows: Chicago, 100000; st Louis,
$4,000; New Orleans, 25000; San
Francisco. 23,3SS; Cleveland, $4,000;
Baltimore, $4,000; Boston, 1873. East
st. Louis, $4,000; Louisville, $4,000;
Philadelphia, 14,5O0; Pittsburg, 1880;
New York, 12500: Bridgeport, 10000;
Milwaukee, 10000; Cincinnati. 10000;
Karsas City. 1892; st. Paul, 1900;
Lincoln. 1000; Columbus, 1000; De-
troit, $500; Worcester, 5000: Spring
field, 5000; Ottumwa, 5000; Streator.
5000; Des Moines. 400; Denver,
$500; Memphis, 3,000 Lacrosse, $500;
Lowell. $500; Salt Lake City, 20O0;
Lynn, 1900; Sioux City, 1900; Osh-
kosh, 1000; Fall River, 500. At Syr-
acuse. New York. President Roosevelt
was accorded a magnificent reception,
fully 100000 persons from all sections
of the State were present. The theme
of his address was. The Enemy of the
Wageworker Is Violence" Mr. Roose-
welt in his speech said in part: In
speaking on Labor day 1t is natural to
keep especially in mind the two bodies
who compose the majority of our peo-
pie, and upon whose welfare depends
the welfare of the entire state. If
circumstances are such that thrift,
energy. industry, and forethought en-
able the farmer, the tiller of the soil
on one hand. to keep themselves, their
wives, and their children in reasona-
Bile comfort, then the State Is we'll of
and we can be assured that the other
classes in the community will like
wise prosper On the other hand. If
there is in the long run a lack of
prosperity among the two classes
named. then all other prosperity is
sure to be more seeming than real.
il is all-essential to the continuance of
our healthy National life that we
should recognize this community Of in
terest among our people. The welfare
of each of us is dependent fundament-
ally upon the welfare of all of us,
and therefore in public life that man is
the best representative of each of us
who seeks to do good to each by doing
good to all, in other words, whose en-
deavor 1t is, not to represent any
special class and promote merely that
class's selfish interests, but to repre-
sent all true and honest men of all Sec
tions and all classes and to work for
their interests by working for our com.
mon country. We can keep our gov
ernment on sane and healthy basis,
we can make and keep our social sys-
TEN what it should be, only on condi-
ton of Judging each man, not as a
member of a class. but on his worth
as a man. Men sincerely interested
In the due protection of property, and
men sincerely interested in seeing that
the just rights of labor are guaranteed,
should alike remember not only that
in the long run neither the capitalist
nor the wage-worker can be helped in
healthy fashion save by helping the
other; but also that to require either
side to obey the law and do its full
duty toward the community is en-
phatically to that sides real interest"