The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-05
Gives Words of Commend a ton
and Advice to Calumet&
[ Hecla Miners at Their
Picnic This Morning
SPEAKS OF UNITED MICHIGAN"
State is One Great commonweaI aIth
With No Dividing Line-PeopIe
f-
Back of Governor in Fight for
Honest Administration.

Governor Chase s. Osborn was ia,
guest of honor at the picnic which /.
being held by the g. x III. miners a
the e, x III. park today. He arrived
in Calumet, this morning from Han.
cock, I'm time to appear In the parade
and Immediately following IL gave tn,
address of the day at the park.
Governor Osborn was given great
ovation whom he appeared on the
stand to address the miners and their
families and the others present. He
was cheered again and again, both
when he appeared and when intIoduc-
ed by Chairman of the Day A. Il. Pc
termann. His address was a talk with
his auditors on the value of living and
working i'm neighborly love for each
other and all the world and of doing
the best that is In one tu accomplis
what Is right and good.
Governor Osborn. In his opening re-
marks at the park. speaking briefly on
the great copper mining industry said
But the children and the men and the
community and of the state and ma
tion. Without them. he said, the
great mines of this district would be
valueless.s They create a demand for
the production of the mines, they work
the mines. they are the men who op-
crate, who finance and who do the
humblest labor I'm the mines, a labor
and work for all the world. We mus
not forget that while the mines them
selves are great among the states as
sets that the children, men and wom-
EN- are greater
ell spoke I'm a general way on the
fine civilization In which the people of
the Christian world live and said that
I'VE must carry to all the world this
civilization. for the Christian people
are I'm contest with the people OF other
civilizations who comprise omre than
threeIquarters of the people of the
globe, and more than a billion people
know nothing of our fine civilization"
Michigan a Great State.
Governor Osborn made n point of
the fact that the state is now unit
ed commonwealth and that the old line
of rivalry and antagonism between the
people OF the peninsulas has been
eradlcated. "for we understand each
other now better than we did before
and are all working for a great state.
for her good and for the good OF the
entire nation. Charity begin IA
home" he continued, land we must
work first for the good Of our commu-
nifty. our state and our nation and then
work I'm loving Christianity for the
peace an dgood OF the entire world.
The man who does not love and treat
his wife we'll and his baby is not
much of n man and the man who does
not work for the good Of his fellow
man and for his community. state and
country and for the eNHr-living God
who sent us the lowly Nazarene to
set US this beautiful example has some
thing lacking"
The governor also spoke OF the agi-
tation for tonnage tax, saying that
it was agltated through he lower PEN
insula for political purposes but that
now there seems to be general un-.
derstandng that the imposition or
tonnage tax would have worked an In
Justice on the mines and industries OF
the northern peninsula.
The governor stated that he feels
that. In his endeavor to give the whole
state and all the people an honest ana
fair administration. he has all of the
people behind him, "and j want all OF
you people, feel that all of you people,
Republicans. Democrats. Socialists ana
whatever else YOU may be are with me
I'm every honest effort to do what ls
right for the good of our state. l
thank Won for being with me- ne sa'o.
In conclusion, the governor stated
that he hooked for fairness at all times
between the employer and the empioye
and felt that such n stae of affairs ex-
lists here, "and I want you people TO
be fair with each otner. If difiicuities
arise go to each other and talk ana
argue Il out like men," he continued
In his closing remarks he jwelt upon
the beautiful purpose and object OF
the annual charity outing of the MIN
ers and said he hoped that such aiairs
would be continued each year.
Mr.. Petermann. in introducing Gov
ernor Osborn paid him tribute as
"man who came from the ranks OF the
men who work. man whom Mich-
gan cannot well spare but whom the
nation needs"
Mr.. Petermann also spoke or the
great object OF the charity picnic ana
the good that Is done with the pro-
ceeds of the affair I'm the community.
Rev. Daniel ID. Stalker also paid
high tribute TO the guest of honor,
the governor. and to the men of the
community. the heads of he mining
companies and he men who work In