The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03
LABOR DAY / PROCLAMATION

| since the uay or the DlVlne edlct: By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn thy bread," man has by his la Dor been earning emancipation and progressing to plane of higher free dom-physical and spiritual. AL though imposed for the breaking of a command, the mandate like all those issuing from such a source, was des- ignated as blessing and not as pun ishment. Work, that of the hand and mind. has been the one most potent force in the worlds progress. No where has labor made such onward strides as in these United States; no4 where has it's achievements been so notable and nowhere has the saying been more fully demonstrated that Labor is King" Labor has strug- gled and fought it's way to that free dom which comprehends and includes commensurate return for it's services, avoice in the body polite and the ben efits enjoyed by one and all under our | system of free government. In recog- milton of the dignity of the toiler and his enviable record the State of Ari- zona has decreed that the first Mon day. in September of each year shall be set aside as holiday on which oc- casion due honor shall be accorded labor. With this custom, decreed by legislative enactment as the express sion of the will of the people of the state l am in thorough accord.
 The nucleus of organized society is the individual. No system that abridges the rights of the individual or prevents the exercise of his initia- tive or industry can survive or become an enduring part of oui economic sys- tenn. No plan that releases the indi- vidual from his obligations to his fel- lowmen, decrees that employment shall be restricted to the chosen few and predicates the right to live and earn under restricted conditions, can in its very nature survive. Organiza- tion to secure men their full rights, better relations with their employers, improved working conditions and ade- quate compensation for their labor is justitiable and proper. Organization that protects them in irresponsible or unlawful acts in dereliction of duty or that suppresses ambition and initia- tive, is fundamentally wrong. The worker must realize that there are cer- tain obligations resting and devolving upon him, among them being: Im- provement in quality and quantity of productions; reduction through his ef- forts and cooperation of the cost of production, higher efficiency and loy- alty to and confidence in his employer. The employer also has his duties, ob- legations and responsibilities. He should realize that before misunder- standing is wiped out and an effective and cordial basis of relationship eff fected, the demands of labor, incud- ing increase of wages, steady work and proper working conditions, must be considered in fair and impartial way, and if reasonable, be granted. Too often the employer is arbitrary in his methods of dealing with his men, refusing them the right of pre- senting their grievances, and thus ere ating feeling of dissatisfaction and diScontent which leads to decreased production and often more serious trouble.
 Glass domination cannot thrive in this country. Inherently it carries the deadly machinery for its own destruc- tion. There is no more dangerous force operating in this country today than the class-minded man, whether he is laboIer, capitalist or farmer the one who demands privilege for his class at the expense of the Ameri- can people. IL is a tribute not found- ed on right or justice and can not be exacted. Americanism cannot live this nation as conceived by our fore fathers in liberty, equality and justice cannot endure handicapped and re- tarded by the shackles of class control. Such control strikes at the very foun- dations of our republic and threatens it's very existence. 1 hold with AbTa- ham Lincoln that laboY precedes cap ital and has first claim to our consid- eration. The true friend of capital is he who insists that t shall be the ser want and not the master of the nation. There can be no real prosperity, in which labor, capital and the public do not share. And there can be no real or lasting prosperity with our destin- ies and fortunes under class domina- tion.
 Now, therefore, l, Thomas E. Camp bell, governor of the state of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, and recognizing the value of labor and it's achievements, do herewith designate and set aside, Mon- day, September 6, 1920, as labor Day, a legal holiday. And I further rec Ommend and suggest that fitting and | exercises be held to com the occasion at which the people of this state may be made cog nizant of the manner in which the toil- CTS have aided in the development of this commonwealth and contributed to it's greatness.
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the capital, this Fist day of August, 1920.
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
 Governor. Attest:-