The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-03

This - labor das--eet apart as a
feliday for those who ton and IN every
nook p corner of THIS bread land
81 y buins observed with more or less
o~stentntion and enthusiasm BY The
great army % men and women who
form ihe f~enndatioE gtone upon ~hieh
the prosperity and destiny OF this
great nation rest. dust as Men'criAi
day, Fourth Of July and other daya
rre observed a some PATRIOTS
ot other form Of significance is at
,achcd thereto. ~ T. labor day set
apart ~ n day when the entire nasior.
the rich and the poor. the high and
the low. pay homaee to the great army
OF toIlsrs.
Labor has not always been 80 ION
cred. There was a time. even within
the range Of memory " many people
nov living. when the man and WOMAN
Who tolled with their hands were on-
siuered no better than aiavcs, Their
eelf-appoinied masters hcrded iherr
like cattle. paid them as iittic e.
pcssiblc. compelled them to work in
factories and other places reekinz with
nth. poorly lighted and ventilated.
wnh little or no protection in case
Of fire. an entire absence OF labor
saving machinery and other devices
&C. tighten their tasks and for wuges
which we're entirely Inadequate % p-o-
vide the necessities OF life. Labor
has not yet reached the high pinnacle
toward which Il IL striving ana to
which u is 80 justly entitled. But
Il has made wonderful strides thanks
10 ORGANIZATION and t~iroiess efforts
on the Part Of its leaders. and today
a has reason 10 feliciiate itself over
the rapid progress that has been MADE
In the way OF lettering the conditions
Of the great army OF workers OF Am
erica. which spirit, my the way, has
spread TO foreign countries. Our
workers have extended their hands
slIVNH Nv r@9E W. ntAt ~ ENAANtiN
n country under the sur where az
least some improvement has not been
made In the conditions NJ those who
earn their living by the sweat OF their
Arrows. The fight has been a hard one
IN the United States and a complete
victory has not been won. But the
leaders are not downhearted. They
are not weary In well doing. The
fight will be continued. slowly but
surely. until labor is accorded proper
recognition in this country as well as
throughout the civilized world.
4 brief scanning OF the results
wrought through organization shows
that Ia thirty-eight states, the District
cf Columbia. Alaska and three OF our
insuiar possessions eight-hour laws arc
effective as applicable to certain class
es Of work. as, for instance. public
works. mines. rolling mills. smelters.
WORK done for the state. municipalities
townships. school districts. In addi-
tion TO this. the eight-hour day *
generally recognized in the case OF
carpenters. painters. bricklayers. Stone
masons. plumbers, electricians and
other africans employed on private
work. printers. sterotypers, litho-
graphers. pressmen. etc. not forget
ting the great army OF men benefit
cd By he supreme court u tine United
States UNFOLDING the constitutionality
~ the Adamson law establishing an
o,eht-hour day for men employed Ia
operating trains, which decision came
after the most spectacular fight ever
waged hy the workingmen on nc
side and the powerful corporations On
the other.
Labor has not yet came into is own.
but b g. making progress. We shall
continue 20 have strikes and lls-
agreentents. but they win be few aud
far between. Corporations and othe-
large employers 81 men and women
are becoming more humane-more In
cilned TO give their employees a larger
proportion Of the results OF their
earnings. Employers are learning
mat heaithful, sanitary SURROUNDINGS
are conducive To better work. more
of It and happy contented people and
trey are gradually improving .hcir
plants 30 a. TO make them AZ nearly
models ~ perfectiru as possible Here
and there IN certain localities a grasp
Ing, greedy employer win be founG
who sessSs 10 eyade the law AZ FOR in
sane. the man Who filed an iniDng-
ton suit In South Carolina 20 p%re'eui