The San Francisco call., 1906-09-04

At the conclusion of the Labor day
parade thousands crossed the bay to
participate in the events at Shell Mound
Park. At the park the San F'ranciscans
were Joined by $4,000 union men from
Alameda County At o'clock the lit
erary exercises were opened by Grand
Marshal P. H Mccarthy. who delivered
telling speech, in which he said:
1.-The purpose of our coming is to
compare notes, to give an account OF
our stewardship.
THE building trades have labored to
rebuild San Francisco and have done
much of the work that has brought
the city up from what it was after
the 18th of April to what it is today.
And we will not allow Calhoun or any
other man to pull 1t down.. We OF the
building trades have assisted the busi-
ness and professional men of San Fran
cisco in the work of rebuilding the city,
and we have shown ourselves strong.
1t is well that we are strong, for
the city needs an organization big
enough to unite. If necessarr,sw with the
business and professional men of San
Francisco to take the roads from those
who apparently own them, and operate
them ourselves. Farley and his fol-
lowers must be kept out of California
while we are enjoying ourselves
here Mayor Schmitz is engaged In San
Francisco with the work of ending
for all time the car strike. We may
before we leave these grounds hear
that the strike is ended. If we do 1t
will be due to the untiring efforts of
the best Mayor San Francisco ever had
the Hon. Eugene e. Schmitz."
TyEITMoE,s ABLE ADDRESS.
Mccarthy was followed by O. A.
Tveitmoe. Mr. Tveitmoe spoke at
length upon the broader ethics Of
trades unionism, demonstrating how
the labor organizations have been In
strumental In making better citizens;
that they were powerful agency
productive of thrift and sobriety. The
speaker urged strongly that the unions
could not give too much attention to
the educational work; the members
should be assisted in their pursuit OF
knowledge and laws enacted whereby
the union men would be obligated to do
their work we'll A good union man
would always do his work faithfully
to his employer and with credit to
himself and the organization OF which
he Is member.
WOULD BROADEN PROGRAMME.
Tveitmoe pointed out the necessity
of broadening the trade union pro-
gramme along the lines OF poitlcal
activity. He continued:
"The trade union movement mas ac-
complished much, but, though its
achievements be great, they are only
the beginning of what it can and must
do in the future.
The labor problem Is the worlds 8
problem. 1t began with the dawn OF
creation, and 1t Will go down only
with the last days sun.
"As we cast our eyes over the MS
tory of man we see the struggles OF
mankind. the migration. the surglns
waves of humanity, the sufferings, the
victories, the defeats. the BIRTH the
glory, the death of empires, from
where we are standing today upon the
beloved border line of Occidental CIV
ilization to when and where the cradle
of the Aryan race is rocked The same
problem which confronts us today agi-
tated the Athenian assembly and
stirred the Roman senate thousands OF
years ago.
Experience has ever been the same.
When the pressure on the foundation
becomes too heavy. the structure VIII
fall.
ut is true that the producers OF the
United States enjoy better condltlons
and have higher standard or living
than those of any other country on
earth; but 1t is also equally true that
these conditions can yet be vastly i'm
proved upon.
IF they are not made better or II
they become worse, the workingmen
of this nation have but themselves to
blame for ll.