Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-09-07
LABOR DAY EXCER-
ISES At CITY HALL
EVENTS AT NICKEUs PARK
TO BE ABANDONED
Speakers Gave Program in City Hall
Before Large Audience

Before Large Audience
The observation of Labor Day was
sadly marred Monday by the rain.
which fell the night before. rendering
the streets muddy and unfit for the
big parade which had been prepared
by the officers of the local lodge of
A. F. L. 1t was necessary to aban-
don the proposed celebration out
| doors, but the speaking program Of
the occasion was given in the city
hall, beginning at 3 o'clock. The
| prizes contributed by merchants for
| games, ETC., were returned and there
was naturally great disappointment
over the unfavorable weather, which
| interfered with much anticipated
pleasure by a large concourse of peo-
| pie. =.
The program at the city hall was
| opened by an invocation by Rev.
Simon, followed by an address of
welcome by Mayor Blewett. John
, Knauf was master Of ceremonies, in
PRODUCING the various speakers, and
keeping up a pleasant running fire
of comment during the program. In
opening the meeting, Mr.. Knauf re-
ferred to the interest of the Fedora
tion of Labor in the matter of edu-
cation and the donation of scholar
ship in the public schools which had
been taken advantage of by James,
town girl, Miss Hayden, who grad
uated with honors. The jamestown
lodge had set the example for other
lodges in the matter of encouraging
educational advantages for members
of the order.
F. B. Taylor. dean of jamestown
+, College, made a short and compre-
hensive address on Labor and Edu-
cation" Speaking as teacher and
instructor, he said his selection was
signifcant of the attitude of labor
to education. He referred to the
| original sources of wealth, nature
and man and that capital is second
! ary. Wealth is created by muscle
; and mind on one side, the same as
! sunshine and natural gifts on the
other. There are various grades and
qualities in the human mind. In
past years human service has been
treated the same as some natural
product and has been robbed as we'll
as the soil has been robbed. Men
! have human value and rights, but
,, they have been exploited and GRIM
inally wasted; men have been fore
ed to labor under most unfavorable
conditions and improvements have
come slowly, the result Of social.
political and religious changes. At
the beginning education and work
were considered the same thing, and
mental development came from ef-
forts to get living. There was no
plan for education or instruction and
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ers from the thinkers resulted in two
extremes, the abject slaves on one
hand and the recluses on the other.
OF these latter many are yet i'm
practical and are theorists and edu-
cation must be taught by laborers.
and vice versa. In the history of
progress the Industrial revolution be-
gan about 100 years ago by the great
inventors. AS the individual pro-
gressed, work became more complex.
The laboring men of today have un-
dertaken one of the biggest Jobs in
the history of the world, that of
selling of labor collectively instead of
individually. Labor organizations
are attempting and succeeding to
degree, in putting on the same basis
of organization, the laboring man
with the employer. The dignity and
grandeur Of the undertaking appeals
to humanity and touches the vital
interests of man as whole. There
will be strife and worry and dineren-
ces for a long time. The question
is, are the laboring men we'll equip
ped for the task and is not a higher
degree of educational power needed!
The speaker quoted the values placed
by James NJ. Dodge. an expert au-
thority on unskilled labor, to be at,
% years, an average max.
imum wage Of 5000 per week in
this country. The average wages
for the skilled labor with common
school education, SIS per week. Of
high school education $22 per week
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