The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-07

OF tnelr Brow.
"oh: hosts of Labor, speed you on!,
The new age comes. Proclaim the
. dawn.
No cause In all the ages gone :
Holds more Of hope for man
ITO lift the throng and spread the
: -: light, ~ .-.....
To crush the wrong and teach the
: . right, = !.
For. this. the toiling ranks unite
In world d-wide brotherhood"
The toilers Join themselves to raise
To nobler hopes and fairer ways.
Then comes tho dawn ,of better days
TO all this glorious land
j., The morning Of! Labor Day dawned
most spropitiously tor the great events
|ot the. day ;skisss Of he most cheer
I'll and sncoufa ssins hue. ana . clear, e,
scaol sin1i IS atlnoapi,ilssef u,
contributed to mar our Labor Day.
celeDrations OF 1907 the greatest ever.
beheld IN the city. Thousands .of our.
citizens, young and Old with hearts
quickened to the: tread Of human
hosts, from every conceivable point
OF observation, and, with keenest en-
joyment, beheld the magnificent army
Of workers, marching with military
precision to the strains Of 'enliveninx
music, with Old, Glory proudly waiv-'
Ing at the head of every division. .
1t was q day long to be remem-
bered in Duluth: Flags and banners
floated from the housetops, windows
and on the street corners all along
the line ,$of march. The windows of
I every skyscraper building in the city
were tested to their utmost capacity
In accommodating persons desirious of
getting a better view Of the parade
than was possible amidst the dense
crowds on the .sidewalks. >
There never was a procession of
any kind in Duluth that compared
numerically with, this one. No less
than So labor organizations with an
aggregate membership Of nearly ten
thousand members were represented.
The Labor World lis proud of the
great event, and takes this casien
TO extend Its warmest congratulations
to the committees who so creditably
dtd their part in making possible so
glorious celebration.
AZ Fairmont Park,
:. The commodious labor pavtl,on a+
this park was filled. TO : cverdowinr
long before the hour for oratory had
arrived, but the utmost good order
prevailed, and Chairman Kelly
opened the exercises with remarks ap-
propriate to the occasion. He, said in
part: = "'',< -. 80 =,
Labor has advanced in Duluth In q
wonderful degree during the past
year, and the nation has not before
seen the progress It has made since
last we celebrated the day" said Mr..
Kelley. '~~An this Is a source. Of xrati-.
ncation and joy, to. MS We should be-
thankful tor the favorable turn in the
events Of the past II months. -. ;, : 49,. ! -
He then introduced william y. Hunt
whe made an Interesting address IN
which. he predicted that labor would
one day be recognized. as tn. supreme
power OF -materiaI development and
recompensed accordingly. J. ~ a.s4 3
| s. s. s.. Orator OF tths Day. ss
Hon. John II. Norton was nart, IN.
troduced ,4nd spoke sas follows
" Mr. NORT0N'ss ADDRESS. @
Memoers sof 0rgantxed Labor, Ladies
and Gentlemen: g 81 - .s'e
\, Il s.with great pleasure that I. have
tns privilege ofRbeing with you TO-DAY.
g participate in Your festivities ana
share your Joys. Il. was an @iunpressive
and Imposing sspe pectacle to see 5000
!a !!aaporinx men OF the greatest city in
the northwest. marching n peacafi,i
pursuits and keeping step with the
music OF property and progress -
NO yreat questionr offectin9 the wei
tarel of9 the people has Svsrf been settled
aDY rhapsody. or S. rhOd6montade. and
never wtll be. TheSA !. duostionsS that
efss to be settled. !. will Be settled (if &C
LID, ,Dy the sound sober sense OF the
people ~ O whole. md IN addressink
myself to you on this occasion Isshali
insanlkeS In mo- pansgyric and no jers-=
All I,sbsrers Ars Brothsrs. &
Lively 4, man and woman that tolls
With hand or brain . o. fellow worker
ana h1h interests In common with
ssysry other. ". The zasEss 9aet that one
does one Kind sofssS & ana another a
dtherent Kind OF labor Id. no Wi1os diff
As1erentia4es thsar intSrssts sof 4 rSslk klsrB