The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-03
 .Ksl. HEARST AS ORATOR New Yorker Speaks at
 Jamestown. LABOR DAY CELEBRATION Exercises Attended by Thousands
 of Fair Visitors. sIr. Hearst Praises Labor Unions and Laboring Men and Gives Them
 Many Words of Encour-
 agement.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 2.-william Ran. | dolph Hearst of New York, and Samuel Gompers. President of the American
 Federation of Labor, were the princi- | pal speakers at today's great labor day | celebration at the Jamestown Exposi- ton. The weather was clear and thou 1 sands of people from all parts of tide. water Virginia, together with several thousands here for the opening of tho | Grand Aerie of Eagles tomorrow, at-
 tended. The exercises occurred in the
 reviewing stand on the Lee parade l ground.
 Mir. Hearst arrived this morning | from San Francisco. accompanied by l Mrs. Hearst, Max F. Ihmsen, President of the Hearst Independence League: and Charles A. Walsh, former Demo- | cratic National Committeeman from
 Iowa. He was met by large delega- tions from the laboring and business
 organizations of this section of vir- I ginia, and was given a notable well come. Mir. and Mrs. Hearst were sub- seuuent1y joined by Mir, and Mrs.
 Gompers, the entire party proceeding
 In special car to the exposition grounds.
 Following an address of welcome by
 President Harry St. George Tucker of 
 was introduced and was given an ova- ton.
 The speech of President Gompers concluded the exerclses of the day which were followed by parade and review of the exposition.
 The exposition grounds were inspect ed and Mir. Hearst ana Gompers were given a public reception in the rotunda
 of the auditorium on the grounds. an irnmAnsa crowd attending. In part Mr. Hearst said in his speech
 today:
 Labor day should rank with the Fourth of July as characteristic
 American holiday. The Fourth of July commentaries the means by which we gained our independence as a nation and labor day coInmemorates the means by which we have made our nation the
 most powerful. the most progressive, l the most prosperous of any in the | world. In this country labor Is uni-
 varsal and is universally honored and appreciated In this country there ia no working class but every man worthy of the name Is working man. In this l country the mechanics work. the farm CTS work, the clerks work and even the
 milIionaires work, We have no aris- tocracy save that of intelligence and
 industry and the proudest title of our most successful millionaire is Captain Of Industry
 q have no patience with the preju- dices which exist between alleged classes when the classes themselves do not really exist. There is no reason for conflict between employer and ems ploye, between capitalist and wage
 earner. Captal Is but the accumuia- tion of wealth which employed and em- pioyer create together Wages are but the division of profits. Both employed fn fhAfT
 of the profits and as long as the dtvis-
 ion is just and equitable there Is no occasion for conflict. If the division Is
 not just. 1t can always be made so by
 arbitration, and there Is stiH no occa>
 sion for conflict. A condition of class
 hatred such as has developed in Colo
 rado is a curse to this country. There should be no prejudice entertained by
 the capitalist toward the laborer, and
 there should be no prejudice by the la- borer toward the capitalist.
 There should be an appreciation of the essential part which each plays In
 the creation of wealth. The man who digs the precious metal from the earth is worth his wage. The man who tells him to find the gold deserves his profit too. The great financial promoters. or. ganizations, executives of America, are worthy of recognition and reward They work as hard aE any or us, and their work is absolutely necessary to the full production of the riches out or wh oh are paid here In America the highest wages in the world. Let them have a liberal share of that wealth as long as that Is the incentive which stimulates them to useful activity. Let them have wealth as long as 1t is hon estly acquired through enterprises that benefit the whole community The riches they amass and call their own Ns. axrf Tyn araV VHn luxury upon themselves, but are put | into new industrial channels to produce | more wealth and give employment to | more men ]
 And now, my friends. in the creation | of wealth and the equitable distribu- ton of wealth, not only Is cooperation | necessary but organization Is neces- sary. Labor unions are valuable not | only to their own members but to the | whole community Farmers unions | are valuable, not only to their own | members but to the whole community. | And, honest, law-abiding organizations | ' of capital are valuable not only to their | own stockholders, but to the whole | community.
 'sThe effectiveness of combinations of | cap tai is seen in their enormous power | for good and their menace lies in the | misuse of that enormous power for evil | There Is no greater danger to our form | of government to our popular rights and our public morals than the corrupt l usa of the great power of corporate | wealth. You hear much today of how | powerful public service corporations | tempted a wretched human being with | great wealth and brought a once re- | spected man to ruin and disgrace.
 "While 1t is the fashion to criticize | San Francisco just now. I venture to assert that the only difference between | san francisco and some other cities Is that San Francisco Is punishinE her | corruptionists. ,,---
 ,.,bo has stolen oflce or dealt in public | property who would fare like schmitz if there were more honest and fearless district attorneys like the union labor | man Langdon.
 Let us recognize and reward the | good which honest corporations &C., l complish, but let us with equal justice condemn and punish the evil which | corruption in corporations spread. Let | us govern our corporations as we do |