The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-07
Several Hundred in Delegation from
keoIeuk at tho Celebration
Held There Yester.
day.
SERVICES ON SUNDAY
The Rev. j. e. Cummings and George
w. Potts of Fort Madison Were
the Speakers
Hero,

iday and Labor Sunday in fitting
fashion. The Labor Sunday services
lwere held in the Second Presbyterian
church with the Rev. ]. E. Cummings
and George w. Potts of Fort Madi-
son, as the speakers. The Commun-
lity band played the program OF
music, and there was a good sized
crowd out for the services. The
meeting was planned at the invita-
ton of the Rev. Mr.. Cummings who
was assisted by committee from
the Trades and Labor assembly.
"a laboring man well paid is an
asset to his community" MT Potts
said in his talk. He is not patron
of the cheap mail order houses. A
Ilaborer poorly paid becomes a charge
ION the community. The members OF
these labor organizations are progress
sive American citizens in every sense
of the word. They have no more use
for the purely contented man than
they have for the unreasonabiy dis
contented man. They believe in law
land order, and they know the only
way to promote good government,
lgood citizenship and the enforcement
lof law and order Is by guaranteeing
our population and fair days pay for
a fair days work with decent service
conditions that will insure a fair
standard of living"
Both Mr.. Potts and the Rev. Mr..
Cummings spoke Of the relation OF
labor to the church
The official celebration of the day
occurred at Burlington yesterday
with a delegation of several hundred
from Keokuk in attendance. The
y,,,yyitv hand load tho
Lineup and there were several hun
Idred labor men and their families
who attended the celebration. Albert
IKiefer of Keokuk, was one of the
three judges for the parade
Biggest In Years.
The Burlington Gazette says of the
parade and celebration yesterday:
With more than two thousand
workers in line, and thousands Of
spectators lining either side Of the
lime Of march, the longest parade
burlington has ever witnessed and
lone of the best organized as well,
headed through the main streets Of
1.-THE city as three bands and a drum
corps furnished music. They passed
over flag bedecked streets and there
was no doubt of it's being Labor
day" as the marchers were those
representing practically all Of the
Labor organizations of the city and
community, joined with delegations
of workers from Keokuk and Fort
Madison.
It was a mammoth demonstration
the start of a one-day celebration
which surpassed any other previous
Labor day event and long before ten
O'Clock, when the parade swung into
action. the downtown streets were
crowded with marchers and eager
spectators.
2.o57 in Line of March.
There were exactly two thousand
and fifty-seven workers in line as the
parade passed The Gazette office on
the start of its tour over the down
town section Of the city and it took
nearly an hour for the marchers to
pass a given point--easily the longest
parade in the history of the city. In
addition there were number OF
floats, featured by that Of the men
employed at the Murray Iron works,
when actual work was turned out as
the parade moved forward, and that
iof the West Burlington car men
where a box car was shown with
livestock in it-and BUNS stealing
a ride
The Farmers union also was well
represented with a truck showing
fruits and vegetables and other farm
. products.
Weather Man Was Kind.
Clear. sunshiny weather greeted
lthe workers this morning, a mark of
cooperation on the part of the
weather man demonstrating unqueS-
Itionably his sympathy with them in
the celebration and his aid was appre-
ciated. A sigh of relief escaped the
members OF the general committee
when they arose yesterday as it was
certain that only bad weather could
mar a celebration OF such magnitude
and made up so carefully.
II was a general holiday with bust
ness generally suspended and given
over entirely to organized labor ana
THE celebration was all, yet more,
than expected. Not a hitch was
noticeable in the entire arran cement
and the streets of the city through
out the day resembled carnival time,
as various booths and attractions
made a strong bid for patronage and
nearly all Of them received their
share.
Thousands of Visitors.
Special trains brought in several
thousand from Fort Madison and
Keokuk for the Tri-City Labor day
celebration. Each person wore blue
and white ribbon indicating the city
from which he or she came. After
the arrival several selections by the
band from Keokuk were played in
front of the Union station and then
the march through the business dis