The labor world., 1922-09-09
FRAZIER SCORES
CLASS RuLEIN
LABOR DAY talk
10000 Attend Annual Outing
Of Duluth Unions,
More than 10000 persons throngel

More than 10000 persons thronged
Fairmount park, the scene Of Du-
luth's greatest Labor day celebra-
ton. The celebration, which was un-
der the auspices Of the Duluth Trades
and Labor assembly, began early in
the day when hundreds of families
arrived with their picnic baskets for
a picnic dinner in the park.
Lynn J. Frazier, fo.mer governor
of North Dakota and nominee for
the United States senate in the ap-
preaching North Dakota elections,
| was the speaker Of the day. Mr.
Frazier, who declared that the coun-
try is slipping from the principles
ideals and traditions as embodied IN
the Constitution, strongly urged his
| hearers to make intelligent use Of
the ballot TO correct the existing
evils of the day. r..
Opposition Apparent.
While the interests of the farmer
, and the laborer appear on the sur
face to be opposed ' to one and an
other, 1.-The la5orer was never so
we'll paid. as when the farmer re-
ceived good prices for his grain"
the speaker declared.
without good prices, the buying
power of the farmer is lost and the
backbone of industry broken for the
farmer still is and always will be
the foundation of the economic
structure of this country" MIR. Fra
zier said. "Without good prices, the
farmer-is unable to buy the product
of your labor with the result that
industry is idle and unemployment
ensues ,
denomination by any one class is
bad. The ideal government is the
proportionate representation of all
classes. Failure on the part of the
people to use the ballot in times past
has resulted in class domination. No
American is worthy of the name who
fails in this all important duty of
citizenship, if it is only to register
vote of protest"
Great participation in the COOP
erative movements undertaken by
the labor unions, was urged by w.
l.. Carss, former congressman, who
was preceded by A. G.. Mcknight who
spoke on the progress and growth
Of st. Louis County Building and
Loan association which is sponsored
| by the Duluth Trades and Labor as
sembly.
Intervention Deplored.
Mr.. Carss traced the development
of the cooperative movement by
English labor which, he declared,
operates it's own coffee Plantations
in Brazil, tea plantations in CeylOn.
wheat ranches in western Canada
and fisheries in the north Atlantic.
The speaker deplored the tendency
on the part of labor unions to seek
the solution of their own problems
outside of their organization and in
this respect declared, "the federal
government can no more fix wage
scale for any body of workers than
it can fix the price on the foodstuffs
which they eat.'
Concluding with a plea for the
proper use Of the ballot Mr.. Carss
| declared: "In the ballot you have a
greater force than in the sword. In
the ballot. you have the instrument
which would have preserved all those
civilizations which are now nothing
more than a name. Men have braved
every danger, faced death on the
| battlefield and on the scaffold for
| the ballot. Use it."
Dancing Program.
A.myriad of lighted jack-o-lant-
eps, strung throughout the length
and breadth of the park, was a feae
| ture Of the celebration in the eve
ming. The dancing which started
shortly after noon. continued until
late hour.
The members of the committee in
| charge of the arrangements for the
celebration were: Nels Espeland, E.
]. Soltau. A. A. Piering, A. G. Catlin,
| Charles Esse, w. G.. Kitzman; Elmer
| Stonewall, Frank Warner, E. o.
| Adams, Sam Everson, A. Miltonburg,
E. A. Rickard, William Farley and
o, T. Tarun. - -.
White camels are about as rare as
black sheep. ID r.- ~ -..s..s