Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-09-08


port of the able Labor day address
delivered by Judge E. X. Cheadle at
the celebration in Lewistown last
Monday morning:
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
men: In the first place l want to
congratulate the managers of the I'M
ions on the largest attendance, the
finest parade, and the most pleasur-
able surroundings that have ever at
tended the celebration of Labor day
in Lewistown within my recollection.
We can all of us remember times
when there was dscord and unpleas-
antness existing among our citizens
on account of differences that had
arisen over the labor question. l am
sure that everyone who is good cit
izen of this state and of this COM
munity is happy to think that those
conditions do not exist today, and
that all classes of citizens (if there be
any classes), have met here today in
harmony to celebrate one of our most
important holidays. Every nation and
state has certain holidays commem-
crative of important events or occa-
sons in its history. We have the
Fourth of July to celebrate the found
ing of our republic; We have memorial
day in reverence of the many thous-
ands who died to save their country;
we celebrate the birthdays of Wash
ington, of Lincoln and of other pa
triots whose names stand high in the
history of the United States: and
among the latest of these national
holidays (because it has become, III
effect, a national holiday, is Labor
day, the day which is given over tC
the celebration of toll, in honor OF
the men who labor on the farms, in
the shops and in the mines; in hon
or of the men who lay the founda
ton of our prosperity. There cou(
be no more appropriate occasion thar
this for the citizens of the country
or community like ours to celebrate
1t is true, as has been said by The
speaker preceding me, that all the
material wealth of any nation is tie
effect of labor applied to the resour
ces of nature. This. in the very ma
ture of things, must come first. AL
other classes of citizens. if we ma,
call them such. have their foundation
upon the ranks Of labor. 1t is true
that, in the history of the world la
Dor has seldom had it's just recos
milton. chiefly, think. from lack o
organization from lack of mutual as
E,rnV h.
come intelligent enough to see tina
their permanent prosperity depend
upon the organization of common ir
terests chickering's jealousy evil fee
ings of all kinds, the work of agita
tors and of unwise guides. frequent1
intervene to prevent the full effec
which should be derived from an ir
telligent organization of those VIII
toll. And among those who toll | d
not mean to include only those VIII
labor with their hands, but also me
who labor with their brains. In fac
the man who labOrs only with hi
hands, is scarcely to be found VIII
OF you can conceive of any man, e'
en- IN the humbleSt manual Occup;
ton. who does nor have to use hi
brains as well as his hands? Their
really can be no distinction betwee
different kinds of useful labor.
the ranks of useful labor | place a
those men and women who contribut
any valuable service to societ
whether it be done by hand or brai
or, as is commonly the case, by bot
united. Can you conceive of a m
chanic who does not have to use h
brain. just as the carpenters or IL
mason's tools are the instruments
ms hands. We cannot draw any hal
and fast line between different kin,
OF labor; the only line we can |;
down Is the line which separates Il
men, on the one hand. who rend
useful service of some kind to societ
whether it be in the mine. in the fiel
in the work shop. at the desk, or
the professional mans office. and. {
the other hand, those who render I
useful service of any kind to societ
but are merely parasites on tho
who do labor. There, think. is Il
real line of distinction, and all tho
on the right of that line have rigt
and it should be their pleasure.
participate in the exercises of tn
day. There is no such thing as pu,
ly manual labor. because a man ca
not work unless he thinks; the mi,
must direct the hand even in Il
simplest form of toll. And take
that all men who labor at some us
full occupation of any of the kin
that I have enumerated have an
terest in the welfare of their fellow
1t is impossible for any one of us
segregate and set apart his interes
from those of the people by whom
is surrounded and with whom he live
All in the Same Boat.
I cannot admit for a minute tn
my real interest is in any degr
different from that of any honest ma
no matter whether he tolls with Il
hammer, with the pillow, in the mil
or elsewhere. There is a big wo
which describes this condition; it
called solidarity" and the best de
milton I ever saw of that is. "beil
all together in the same boat No
my friends | think that that is Il
condition of all of us people who pr
tend TO earn our living honestly
some kind of service We are all
the same boat and when We reco
nize that fact we will all get alol
better than we have sometimes in Il
past. Your interest cannot suffer We
long without my interest sufferin
and mine cannot suffer permanent
without yours also suffering perm
nently. What we need today-the tro