Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-02
THOUSANDS JOIN IN
CELEBRATING LABOR DAY

Simon Bloom, Hon. N. ]. CAN'T Jr.,
representing the Young Mems Pro-
gressive League; Hon Greed Caldwell
Rev. Carroll D. Wood, of the First
Baptist church. and others.
| Mayor Simon Bloom made the
| welcome address On behalf of the
citizens of Pine Bluff. His speech
I though short, rang with true and
sincere feeling of appreciation of the
! laboring man and his friendship for
them. He said he was a friend and
would always be friend of organic
ed lobor. Mayor Bloom is a. Labor
Day baby" Few are aware of the
fact that on yesterday Pine Bluffs
chief executive celebrated the fifty
second anniversary of his birth. He
I wishes and congratulations from his
laboring friends and others. Mayor
Bloom jokingly told Governor Hays
that he thought for while yesterday
that the celebration here was in
honor of his birthday, but that later
he learned that it was a tribute to
I Labor.
r. J. Wilson presided and made a
brief welcome address on behalf of
the Central Trades Council, after Rev.
Wood offered prayer. Mr.. Wilson
then introduced State Labor Com
| missioner Clary, who spoke for
twenty minutes. In his speech Mr..
Clary reviewed the labor conditions
of Arkansas, his recent action in
closing several coal mines in the
northwestern part of the state ana
what the state labor department ex-
pected to do in the future to benefit
labor and better the conditions of the
laboring man. He outlined what la
Dor legislation would be asked for
at the coming session of the Arkansas
general assembly and paid tribute
to the laboring man in every line of
, work. He said that his heart and
soul was with the man who tolls and
that it was his intention to enforce
the laws, enacted for the laboring
| man, to the letter. Child labor, he
said, would be limited and the hours
of labor shortened where they are
now excessive.
Governor Hays was given fine
ovation when he was introduced by
Mayor Bloom. The Mayor paid the
chief executive fine tribute and de-
clared that he was lone of the COM
mon people and would give every
man, woman and child in Arkansas
fair and impartial hearing and
cordial greeting at the state capitol"
The Governor in part said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:
Il wish to express my profound
gratitude to the committee for the
invitation to be present on this oc-
casion, and take part in your Labor
Day celebration.
81 also wish to take advantage of
this occasion to express to you the
gratitude of frateful heart for the
honor which you, together with the
other people of my native state, have
so generously conferred upon me. I
feel that will not live long enough
to fully show my appreciation. I
trust, however. that l may render
faithful service unto you.
Il am proud of the opportunity af-
forded me to visit you beautiful city,
bordered on one side by the waters
of the Arkansas, and surrounded by
the richest and most fertile lands in
the world. In your city we see every
evidence of thrift, industry and pro-
gress, from the time we enter the
gates until we pass out. You have
one of the very best cities in the
state, and, in fact, in the south. You
have a splendid citizenship, hospita-
BILE, generous and progressive. and
what may be said of you and your
city may truthfully be said of many
other cities in Arkansas, and OF the
entire citizenship of our great COM
| monwealth.
my friends, permit me to say to
you that we have a great state-one
of many possibilities state almost
in her infancy. when we realize her
many undeveloped resources, and
with all this, when we look out over
her broad acres, we can well afford
to sing her praises, and claim that
Arkansas is the home of great fields
of cotton and corn; of every kind OF
fruit and vegetable; we can we'll al
ford to say that she is the home OF
honest and patriotic men, and OF