Arizona republican., 1921-09-02
SEPTEMBER [ |S
 NAMED LABOR DAY
 BY GOV. CAMPBELL

A proclamation setting aside Mon day, September 5, as Labor Day was | issued Wednesday from the office of | governor Campbell. The proclama- ton Is as follows:
 The provisions of law for annual | observance of Labor Day as a legal holiday Is one the wisdom of which | becomes apparent more and more as the years go by. Not only is it emil nently appropriate that there be set | apart one day dedicated to labor and | It's achievements, but it must be ap- parent to all thoughtful citizens that 1 serious consideration and study | should be given to the problems which are constantly demanding so- l luton in the interest of those who toll. With this in mind, it is evil dent that Labor Day assumes an as- pect distinct from the ordinary holi- day. In addition to being a day upon which homage is paid to labor. both manual and mental, it should and can become an occasion and op portunity for the serious study by all our citizens of the great questions arising out of the relations between the employee and the employer. Too frequently our holidays lose their original meaning through our distaste for serious mental effort and the ease with which we allow our etlNeS IO D6 ulNeTleu lIlO lf16 pdlDS of amusement and recreation. The day dedicated to labor could be spent in no better fashion than in an effort on the part of all who labor. either as employed or employing, to pro- mote a better understanding of the questions which insistently demand solution, and to endeavor to attain that mutual understanding and confi- tdence which is pre- requisite of per- manent and lasting harmony.
 It must be borne in mind that no progress can be made toward the at tainment of that mutual understand ing so necessary to industrial peace, unless the problem is approached by the road of fair -mindedness and jus tice. The class conscious man. be he laborer, capitalist or farmer. the man who arbitrarily demands special privileges for himself and his class. must abandon this view point before he attempts to approach the problem. Neither the employee who is deter mined to give as little effort as pos sible in return for his wage, nor the employer who IS keen to take advan- tage of the necessities of the worker, can hope for sympathetic considera- tion at the bar of public opinion-the great American people.
 Labor comes first in the scheme of things, for it was by labor that capi- tai was first created This accumu- lation of labor throughout the cen turies, which we call capital. must itself be employed, or 1t becomes a menace to society. Through its use in the development and upbuilding of a state such as Arizona, blessed with untold natural resources, capital works beneficial miracles, providing employment for thousands and caus- ing communities to spring up where all was waste and desolation before. Tn SO doing it reproduces itself and it, with labor. is entitled to reward for the risk taken, the adventure dared
 The keynote of labor Is service and it is therefore in recognition of the inestimab1e debt which the world owes to labor that we pause for one day to honor all who work, to cele- brate labor's achievements, and 10 consider what we may do to hasten the consummation of that day, most devoutiy to be desired. when
 No one shall work for money and
 No one shall work for fame. but
 Each in the joy of the working shall seek to render real service to his fellowmen.
 Now. Therefore, I, Thomas E. Campbell, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, and recognizing the value of Labor and its achieve ments. do herewith designate and set aside. Monday, September 5. 1921, as Labor Day, a legal holiday. And l further recommend and suggest that fitting and appropriate exercises De held to commemorate the occasion at which the people of this state may Jxive due recognition to the great part played by labor in the develop ment of this commonwealth and ser ious consideration accorded to the great problem of bringing apout better understanding between these two factors so essential and vital to material and moral advancement
 In Witness Whereof, I have here : unto set my hand and caused tne Great Seal of the State to be affixed
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital. tnis 2sth day of August. 1921.
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
 Governor. Attest: ERNEST R. HALL.
 of State