Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
MONDAY is LABOR DAY
Members OF Labor Unions Pre-
pare to Observe Labor Day
Here.

mere.
Monday being Labor Day members
Of the several labor unions in this city
have declared their intention to OBJ
serve it this year by laying off from
work, and many of the manufacturing
concerns and factories in the city will
close down for at least part of the day,
out of respect for the principles for
which it stands.
1t has been the custom since the
day was organized as holiday, for the
governor to set aside the particular
day which should be observed in tri-
butte to labor and the laboring man.
Recognizing the fact that the real
bone and sinew of any community is
the labor and laboring men of which
it is composed, and discerning further
that alone by the amount of employ
ment offered and by the number of
citizens who possess employment can
the real strength of any community
be judged, labor and its followers are
come to be held in deeper respect than
before this fact was more plainly
perceived: indeed. labor is now held
in respect such that special day is
set aside for cessation of work, to be
spent in the bettering of the lahOrlng
people, and out of respect for the
acknowledged power Of this country.
The governor has this year for the
first time in many years, been away
from office SO that he could not issue
the proclamation setting aside Labor
Day. Lieut.. Gov. Davidson, acting
as. governor, has attended to the
matter, however, in the following
proclamation:
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
By authority of law, 1, James o. Davidson,
acting governor of the state of Wisconsin, here
by designate
MONDAY, SEPT. NEXT, AS LABOR DAY.
That labor may be accorded the honor due it
and its great Importance in the commonwealth
be recognized and in celebration of the pros
porous condition of our Country, 1t is recon-
mended that Wisconsin establishments employ
ing wOrkmen be closed upon that day, and that
employers and employees cooperate, one with
the other, in worthy observance of labor's holi-
day.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the great seal of the state of
Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the capitol in
the city of Madison this 25th day of August,
1905
10. DAVIDSON, Acting Governor,
By the Acting Governor,
F. NJ. MINOR, Assistant Secretary of State
Feeling that it is right and proper
to observe this day set aside in honor
of the working man. members of all
unions in the city, together with
other working men, have decided to
lay off work on that day. The
Carpenters and Electrical Workers.
unions were the first to plan on
observing the:day, and they have been
seconded IN their desire by almost
all the other workmen in the city,
who find it possible to get away from
the work they are engaged in for at
least part of the day. Some of the
managers of manufacturing concerns
have also expressed their intention of
closing down for part of the day.
Due to their decision to celebrate
the occasion having been arrived at
so late, there will not be any regular
exercises such as the members of the
unions would like to have arranged.
Next year the werkmen plan on max
ing preparations for observing the day
in proper style, and for having ex-
ercises proper and fitting for the
occasion. They wish, however, that
all workmen who can get away from
their work without injury or damage
to themselves and their employers,
would try and help observe the day
according to the plans suggested by
the Carpenters and Electrical
Workers unions,