The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06
CAPITAL AND LABOR
Sbeech Of ". R. Hearst at Ex.
position on Labor Day
Working Man Worthy of HIS Hire, the
Business Man of His PrOfit-COr-
porations Should be Governed as
Individual Citizens - Organizations
Beneficial.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 2.-Wlll1Am kan
dolph Hearst, of New York, and Sam
uel Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor were the principal
speakers at today's great labor day Gel
ebration at the jamestown exposi-
tion.
The weather was clear and thous-
ands of people from all parts of tide
water Virginia attended. The exer-
cises took place at the reviewing stand
nthe parade ground
Following the address of welcome by
President Tucker of the exposition.
MIR Hearst was introduced and given
an ovation.
Mr. Hearst said in part:
Mr friends: Labor Day should rank
with the fourth of July as a charac-
teristic American holiday The fourth
of July commentaries the metn's by
which We gained our independence
as a nation, and labor day commemOr-
ates the means by which we have made
our nation the most powerful, the
most progressive, the most pros perOus
of any IN the world.
Some nations have grown great by
cOnquering their weaker neighbors.
others have grown ricl by despOiling
dependent colonies, but this nation has
grown to be the greatest and richest
of all through the peaceful develop
ment Of its own resources; by the hon,
est labor Of it's citizens.
In this country labor is universal
and is universally appreciated. In this
country there is no working class but
every man worthy Of the name is a
working man.
In this country there is one class of
men that work with their hands while
another works with their brains. In
America all men work with their
brains, and when We say that American
laborers are the most efficient on earth
We do not mean that their hands are
different from other men, but that their
minds are clearer, quicker and, more
effective than those of other men.
In this country the mechanics work,
= the farmers work, the clerks work,
the business men work, the profession
al men work, and even the millionaires
work
We have no aristocracy save that of
intellect and industry, and the proud
est title Of our most successful Million
aire is 'Captain of Industry
In country where all men are work
ing men there should be greater COM
munity of interest, better mutual un-
derstanding and sympathy. 1t is in
behalf of this better understanding that
l speak today.
L have no patience with the preju-
dice which exist between the alleged
classes when the classes themselves do
not really exist
There is no reason for hostility be-
- talist and wage-earner.
~pital is but the accumulation of
wealth which employer and emp1oye
create together.
Wages are but the divisiOnr6f profits
Bot hemployer and employe are en-
titled to their share of the profits,
and as long as the division is just and
equable there is no occasion or con-
f1ict
If the division is not just, it can al
ways be made so by arbitration, and
there is still no occasion for con-
f1ict
Let us all regard one another as fell
low wOrkingmen and treat one anoth-
er with consideration and tolerance
Let us all labor harmOniOusly ito Gre
ate wealth in order that there may be
the greatest possible amount to be
jusly divided.
The working man is worthy of his
hire, the business man of his profit.
The man who digs the precious metal
for the earth is worthy of his wage.
\ The man who tells him where to find
the gold is worthy of his profit, too.
The great financial promoters organ
izers, executives of America, are werthy
of recognition and reward.
They work as hard as any of us,
and their work is absolutely necessary
TO the full production of the riches
d of which are paid here in America
the highest wages in the world.
Through many an anxious day and
many a wakeful night these men have
planned and prosecuted the great enter
prises which have developed the wealth
of the nation and have given employ
ment to millions of men. Let them
have a liberal share of that wealth
as long as that is the incentive which
o+s I0%1 nfJtl
Let them have wealth as long as it is
honestly acquired through enterprises
that benefit the whole community.