Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-09-04
PROCLAMATION OF LABOR DAY

Since the udy Oi tllS IiNliS SuiSe' "By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn thy bread" man has by his labor been earning emancipation and pro- gressing to plane of higher freedom physical and spiritual. Although inn posed for the breaking of command, the mandate, like all those issuing from such source, was designated as a blessing and not as punishment. Work, that of the hand and mind, has been the one most patent force in the world'se progress. Nowhere mas Labor made such onward strides as m these United States; nowhere has US achievements been so notable and no where has the saying been more fully demonstrated that Labor is King. Labor has struggled and fought It's way to that freedom which compre- hends and includes commensurate re- turn for it's services, voice Tn the bodv polite and the benefits enjoy ed by one and all under our system of free government. In recognition of the dignity of the toiler and his enviable record the State of Arizona has decreed that the first Monday Tn September of each year shall be set aside as holiday on which occasion due honor shall be accorded Labor. With this custom, decreed by leglsla- tive enactment as the expression or the will of the people of the State l am in thorough accord. H' ., The nucleus of organized society Is the individual. No system that abridges the rights of the individual ar prevents the exercise of his mitla' tive or industry can survive or become an enduring part of our economic sy- stem. No plan that releases the m diyidual from his obligations to hla fellow-men, decrees that employment shall he restricted to the chosen few and predicates the right to live and earn under restricted conditions, can in it's very nature survive. orgahi- zation to secure men their full rlgh1s' hotter relations with their employers improved working conditions and ade- mate compensation for their labor IS iustificable and proper. Organlza- tion that protects them in irrespoh. sible or unlawful acts in derehction oi duty or that suppresses ambition ana initiative, is fundamentally wrong The worker must realize that there are certain obligations resting ana ae- volvinp upon him, among them being: Improvement in quality and quantity of production; reduction through ms efforts and cooperation of the cost of production, higher efficiency ana loyalty to and confidence in hls em- plover. The employer also has ms duties, obligations and responsiDl'l- ties. He should realize that betoFe misunderstanding is wiped out ana an effective and cordial basis ot re- lationship effected, the demands ot Labor, including increase ot wages steady work and proper working con ditions, must be considered m ia'r 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 rlght of presenting their grievances, ana thus creating feeling of dissatlsfac- tion and discontent which leads to de- creased production and often more serious trouble.
 Class domination can not thrive ln the deadly machinery for it's own de- struction. There is no more danger ous force operating in this country to- day than the class-minded man, whether he is laborer, capitalist or farmer-the one who demands priv ilepe not founded on right or justice and cannot be enacted. Americanism cannot liye-this nation as conceivea by our forefathers in liberty, equality and iustice-cannot endure handicap ned and retarded by the shackles ot class control. Such control strikes at the very foundations of our kepupilc and threatens it's very existence. hold with Abraham Lincoln that Labor precedes capital and has first claim to our consideration. The true friend of capital is he who insists that it shall be the servant 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 lastlhg prosperity with our destinies and 1of- tues under class domination.
 NOW THEREFORE, l, THOMAS F., CAMPBELL, Governor ot the State of Arizona, by virtue or 'he authority vested in me by law ana recognizing the value of Labor ana its ts achievements, do hereby desighate and set aside, Monday, September D. 1920, as
 LABOR DAY
 q legal holiday And l further rec, ommend and suggest that fitting ana annropriate exercises be held to com memorate the occasion at which the people of this State may be made cog nizant of the manner in which the toilers have aided in the development of this commonwealth and contributed