The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-22
State Society of Labor Prepares
for Semicentennial.
Hold Monster Labor Day Cele-
bratiOn Sep. 1t, 1911.
PLANS ARE UNDER WAY
Meeting Held in Rooms Of the
Society.
will Have Building to Exhibit
HandiWOrk.

The State Society Of Labor is the
first organization of any kind to ask
the setting aside Of a special day dur
ing the proposed semicentennial expo
sition of 1911. The special semicen-
tenniaI committee OF the society met
on Monday afternoon at Labor Com
missioner Johnson's Office at the state
house. and issued a request that the
first Monday in September, 1911, be
set aside as a Kansas state Labor day.
to the end that it may be celebrated
by a monster state celebration under
the auspices of the State Society of
labor and Industry, by the whole Ia
boring people Of the state.
Just to show that its interest in the
great exposition comes from the bot
tom of its heart. the society recon-
lxnends to its members that they should
take an active participation in the eel
Eelraaion by the cooperation Of our
aaboriag people, and by liberal dona-
lions to the purchase of stock in the
ssemfcentenniaI association. It is ego
ling to take good iron dollars to run
khe big semicentennial. and the labor
ing people are coming right to the
ffore in a declaration that they wish
to do their share of the digging up
hibits as will be representative of the
kprogress and status of labor within
Ef1e state is the slogan Of the COM
igrittee and what 1t wishes to do at the
semicentennial.
I'VE Will either have a Labor build
ing Of our own or space in the va
Eried Industries building" said Mr..
johnson today. sThat is the sense
OF the special committee yesterday. It
will be our plan to exhibit pieces OF
- rH-f ct1r
the very acme of construction This
must of course be done in a small
way, and yet it viii be done to give a
very good idea of the progress, ad-
vancement and skill of Kansas labor
ers Take for instance carpenter work,
masonry work. cabinet work, iron
work, and similar trades. Suppose we
have an exhibit from all of them,
something from each one to show
what we are doing. That's our general
plan. We have asked for the setting
aside of the first Monday in September
as a special day for US. On that day
we wish to celebrate labor apprOpri-
ately. Naturally our plans are purely
tentative and embryonic at this time
We have nothing at all definitely made
up We are Just trying to get a gen
eral idea of the situation and put our
selves into line for things The State
Society of Labor will do its part to
make this great event a monster sue
right now and we shall stay right at
It. Our committee will meet again
early in November Of this year, at
which time we will have some further
plans to give out. During the summer
we shall all be at work on the matter
and get our arrangements into shape
as far as possible at this time. We
wish to make a final report before the
State Society of Labor which meets
in February of 1907. The committee
which met yesterday consists of James
Thomas, Topeka; C. F. M Deweese,
Leavenworth H. p. Miller, Topeka;
lPittsburg, and myself All were pres
ent at the meeting yesterday after
noon. We were appointed by the
State Society of Labor at its meeting
here last February with Instructions
TO go right ahead and make such plans
ias we could at this time. The State
iEociety of Labor is greatly in SYM
ipathy with the semicentennial move
lment and is doing everything in its
power to make it a great success"
The society is now represented on
the executive committee of the semi
centennial by W. L. A Johnson. its
kthe temporary committee, gave out his
name with the remaining list on Sat
lurdey. The committee yesterday in
dOrsed Mr.. Johnson's appointment
and expressed itself especially pleased
over the matter.
If the same spirit Of good will per-
fvades every organization concerning
the semicentennial as it does the State
Society Of Labor. the great event of
s1911 will be a worldwide astonishing
success