Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-09-05
LABOR DAY.


 When the Congress of the United States in 1894 created the first Monday in September of each year legal holi' day, a note was struck which ras revcr' bcratcd with increasing resonance throughout the land as each succeeding year passes into the vista of time. Labor had received it's tribute of honor, and hcnceforth day was set apart upon which the forces of labor might gather in union and happiness.
 The day has come to he regarded as foremost among the great holidays of the year. and in great cities, at least, is celebrated in regal fashion. In our own city of Prescott, yesterdays celc' bration will long be remembered for the brilliant success with which it was attended. the happiness apparent on the faces of our citizens and many visitors. and the general feeling of good fellowship everywhere in evidence. This is matter for the sinccrest con. graduation, as the various committees having charge of the celebration work ed uneeasingly in order to make the event s memorable one, and it is gen. eplly conceded that their etforts met with signal and complete success.
 Nowhere in the civilized world does labor command the same measure of re. spect as Is accorded to it in America. The greatest figures in our history have risen from the common ranks: the ranks of labor. from Washington and Lincoln down to our own Theodore Roosevelt. and the democratic spirit of our people humblest among us if found worthy.
 Self-respect is the foundation and corner. stone of true worth in the hu. man character. and if the creation of self.respect in the minds and hearts of the workers were the only good accom- plishcd by the celebration of the day. that good would he great indeed. For what worker could take part in the lab or procession and not feel himself more manly better in every way. and more willing than ever before to fulfil mans part among men! The power of united purpose. the strength of unit cd effort. the potency of the union of numbers to accomplish good for all where the effort of a single individual would he worthless. come home to the worker with irresistible force. and i, seems to ms. must he creative of self respect in the ranks of labor. both in. dividuallv and collectively.
 Labor is becoming more and more ac quaintcd with the competitive exigen -ies of modern times. and as n consc quence. ruinous strikes are becoming of eonciliation on the part both of em ployer and employe is more in evidence now than in any time in the past Arbitration'' is the watchword o tb. times. in either national or domes tie affairs. and the public has litfl. sympathy for the side which rashly pro vokes n dispute. All these facts ar proof of the onward and upward marcl of civilization.
 Sane men in the present day do no dream of the creation of modcr, Utopia for the workers where ii vii he all play and m work. Su,h q trans formation H it ever does 'ake place vii, 'e far away .b ,he remote fl, turs ,hai ii nay be loft mt of r,ns''' erstion. The workers themselves po. sess he power he'' - "o" to elo vsts the standard Of comfort, an | en joy n large measure of mundane hap piness. It lies entirely with the force of labor to recognize their reeponsihiii ties in this matter, The grandes