The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-06
Labor Host Parade Streets of Fargo
and Moorhead to Celebrate Holiday

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But wish to speak OF ew things
which tend 10 show what a ~reat part
labor plays in modern civilization"
He then told of ~ me of the wonder
full achievements Of labor In the far
west where he has just been visiting
The great lines OF railroad. the great
bridges and the wonderful cities OF
substantial brick and stone which have
sprung up IN a few decades, all OF
the monuments TO the toiIer.
Mr.. Worst pulled out OF his pocket
a good-sized penknife and holding IL
up he stated that he held in his hand
! knife which was worth at retail
about $3.50 He showed that the raw
material in that knife was not worth
over cents and that all OF the rest OF
the value was added by labor. He
used another example Of the tree In
the forest--worth as it stood about SIS
I made into furniture this tree adj
vanced In value to from 800 TO $500.
I That was the production OF wealth.
Turning raw material BIZ labor into
the finished product, which would add
J 70 the comfort and convenience of
mankind.
Every producer OF wealth is en-
titled to all that is necessary for his
comfort and pleasure" sad Mr.. Worst.
4 have spent the past fourteen years
trying to train boys and girls to work
! with pleasure. III we can change
work from drudgery then life will be
joyful and happy for the working
man"
He told at length how more pleasure
could be secured from work by un-
Outstanding the things with which the
work was being done The farmer
could get pleasure from his toll when
he better understood what lie was do
ing, etc.
salution Of Problem.
In closing he gave an example Of
what he believed was the solution OF
the problem Of conflict between capt.
tai and labor. That was for the Ia
boring man to become a capitalist.
II one working man would save ONLY
Csc per day from the time he was is
Till the time he was So, with inter-
est compounded at per cent. he would
have $4,000. If the 100000 working
men Of America, who today are not
saving cent, would do this, II would
mean capital of more than $4,000 >
100000. Think what this would mean
II every one of the 10000, 900 work
men of the nation would 40 this. They
would be the capitalists of the coun-
try
Speech of r. e. Lstimer.
The third address OF the day was bv
4. e. Latimer OF the University of H.
linois formerly labor organizer.
!, Mr.. Latimer spoke at some length.
He gave a short resume OF the organ
lied labor movement from its begin
ming over a hundred years ago until to-
day.
He said that labor had won many vic
tories by the use Of its political powers.
, BY its economic powers IL had reduced
the hours Of work from sun rise TO sun
rise as was the custom or toilers 100
! years ago until eight and even seven
hours day were now the average day.
toll for great numbers OF laborers. had
, raised wages and gained many other
benefits.
But according to Mr.. Latlmer the con-
fiict between labor and capital has Just
( begun. The eastern capitalists, the
western mine owners. both have raised
tremendous funds with which to carry
) on warfare against organized labor. 9
said Mr.. Latimer.
They have already gained many vic.
tories they have declared that you
shall not use the boycott, and they
) are fast approaching the time when they
! will deny you the right 10 strike"
Mr. Latimer declared that the soIu-
ton OF the labor problem was a worIc
wide federation OF labor If the capi.
. talists shut down their mills in one
country It will do them no good 70.
they will find that they win have e
shut them down in every country.
Many For unionisn.
4 He declared that the time when this
. world wide federation would be per.
: fected was fast approaching and thar
[ the working men Of Fargo should
5 stand strong for a militant progress
! sive unionism.
eli was of the opinion that when the
: laboring man says there win be ne
, more war, that war will cease. He
4 gave several Illustrations OF this
: showing how the laboring men Of
4 Norway and Sweden had recentls
: stopped a war between those nations
! by declaring that they would not fight
! against each other The same thins
! happened between Germany anf
France In the Moroccan trouble.
MIR. O'conner,s Grafton.
o J. F. II. o'Conner or Grand Forks
!. the young irish orator OF North Da.
: kota, who won many honors durin,
: the past year at Yale, was the nex,