The labor world., 1921-09-10


Militant in its appeal for the pres
savior of the American standard Of Ii
servance of Labor Day. challenged tt
tion for the open shop and the old or
5000 Men in Line.
The parade consisting of 5000
union men in line and the picnic at
Fairmont Park were the features OF
the day. Five hundred striking union
men headed the line of march. They
supplied an unusual angle for a Labor
Day procession in Duluth.
Signs carried in the parade pro-
claimed allegiance to the city while it's
opponents were charged with seeking
war profits, sweat shop conditions and
low wages
Congressman Thomas D. Schall of
Minneapolis, who is totally blind, de-
livered the principal address of the
day at Fairmont park. Only men who
can keep a. clear head, an honest
heart and an ear keen to the voice
of humanity, he asserted, can solve
the distressing problems for the peo-
pie today. He stressed the huge num-
Der of strikes today as an example of
commercial tyranny that has been
steadily and aggressively increasing.
Helen Keller in Parade.
The presence of Helen Keller, for
merly blind. deaf and dumb, who Is
now appearing at the Orpheum, was
one Of the features of the mornings
parade
w. L. Carss. former congressman
from the Eighth district, lent the key
note to the Fairmont meeting by his
eloquent appeal for the laborer's right
to enjoy a happy home, which he de-
clared was threatened by the in
siduous fight of the open shoppers to
dictate the fortunes of the working
men.
w. E. Towne. chairman of the print
ing trades strike committee. spoke
briefly on the printers strike. The
pressure of the Citizens Alliance, he
asserted, and not the will Of the en-
ploying printers Of Duluth, was re-
sponsible for the present strike.
Color in Procession.
Painters, in blue and white caps,
locomotive engineers dressed in over
alls. firemen in uniform and the Nor
manno chorus in blue coats and white
trousers supplied unusual bits of color
to the mornings parade.
In the afternoon the sport program
began at 1 o'clock, followed by the
speeches and a concert by the Nor
mamma chorus in blue coats and white
to last from $3.50 to o'clock. There
was a band concert from to p. n1.,
with dancing until midnight.
]. E. Jensen was general chairman
of the Labor Day committee and Ell
ling Munkeby was marshal Of the pa
rade. Heading the procession was an
automobile including the mayor and
city commissioners.
Schall's Speech.
I'm 1851 there We're 400 strikes in
volving a few thousand men: in 1920
there were 5000 strikes involving
100000 men," Congressman schall
declared. What is the cause? For
80 years commercial tyranny has
steadily. aggressively increased. A
few minds control far removed from
the laborers. whom they never see. in
whom they have no more interest than
In A ton Of iron.
Today the employer is no longer at
one end Of the bench, with the en-
ploye at the other. so that he is in
close touch with his men. mixes with
them socially, understands their needs
and is able to prevent strikes.
To-day capital represents plain
money force; labor, human interest
Capital said labor is a commodity
Capita1 being massed, human hearts
had to mass. Extremes beget their
opposite. Evil force creates it's an
tagonist. From the expressions of the
laboring class, labor unions evolved.
combined to secure working condi-
tions and force capital to recognize
its human element: that labor is not
a commodity but live, human, inrelli-
gent, with red blood in it's veins, a
spark of God in its breast. justly en-
titled to secure its due by collective
bargaining.
Toadying Courts.
"Toadying courts declared unions
In restraint Of trade, but through the
= unions political strength, congress ex-
empted labor from the antitrust acts.
and lately refused an anti-strike bill,
a permanent. stronghold captured on
the hill Of progress. We don't deny
the dollar its fair earning, but we op-
pose in forcing humans by combina-
tions of dollars for less than living
wage. in misery and squalor.
Labor rates is share of profits,
with enough compensation that the
twilight of life may hold no fear Of
want; that tiny hands need not, be-
fore they have lost the dimples of
childhood. be nodded to industry's S
tools, that books, comfortable cloth
ing and public school days may not
be stinted for ignorance is a national
menace. Labor should not be worked
to the limit if the nation is to be
strong and vigorous. Eight hours
gives time to think, read, understand.
take part in state and national prob
lens.
"Our form of government is the best
in the world; it's pliable to the crys-
talized opinion of the public. II gov
ernment is not what it should be-, if
we are misrepresented in legislature
or congress-, it is because majority
Of us tolerate it. Each of us is cog
In the great machinery Of government,
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