Arizona state miner., 1925-09-26
SPEECH OF SENATOR FRED r.
Golfer LABOR DAY AT RIVER
SIDE PARK, PHOENIX.
(Under Auspices of The Central La
Dor CounciI.)
Labors relation to government and
Natural Resources

Labors relation to government and
Natural Resources
The divineIy inspired Declaration
of independence, and formation of
our government gave birth to free
dom. That freedom gave the right
for labor to organize, and gave it
the inspiration to see the necessity
for it's organization, for the better
ment of humanity.
1t has been forty-fOur years ago
today since labor declared it's indie
pendence, and from that declaration.
and since that time it is gratifying
to note that this Nation and the
World has made one Of it's great
strides towards higher civilization.
Time forbids the enumeration of
the many accomplishments labor has
made through it's organization for the
betterment of it's conditions and hui
manity, whereby naturally followed
prosperity improvement of business,
better Nation and world.
The assets of a government are it's
people. Any government that gives
labor or it's common people first con
slderatiOn is without exception
strong and prosperous government.
Labor has appreciated that the nee
essity of making these great strides
required original interest, study and
action in politics or Government
Efforts made by organized labor in
obtaining shorter working hours, thus
giving more time for self-improve-
| ment for the betterment of morality
sanitation education, originality and
interest in Government has given us
leading nation.
Labor Demonstrates by Organization
Recently labor has come to the as
sistance of the farmers by it's ex-
ample of marked accomplishments
through organization. Labor has
helped improve the farmers deplor-
able condition, brought about by the
farmers failure to properly organ
ize, and their failure in not taking
a greater interest n politics to pro-
mote their welfare and protect them
selves against exploitation.
Protect Natural Resources
Labor has done much towards the
conservation and the hindering of ex-
plOitatiOn of our natural resources.
Our fOrefathers, who inspired our
Constitution and laws, based upon
the freedom of progress, growth and
protection Of the weak, minority and
new growth, saw what these same
laws and principles were required
for humanity, that we might pro
greSs. These same laws and cOnsti-
tuition applied to and included the
natural resources (animal mineral,
vegetable life) the basis upon which
we subsist, especially natural re-
sources life, water and land which
is the food and home life
No person or organization can
claim one hundred per cent Ameri-
canisn;, be prosperous or self-pro-
tecting, unless concerned in the main
tenance of the above mentioned sa-
cred laws, obtained by the great sac
rifice of our forefathers This means
an interest and study in the political
issues Of the day The most deceiv-
ing and damaging slogan known is
Keep this out of politics."
Greatest Secret Exploitation
Scheme Ever Known
We are we'll acquainted with a few
of the past eXploitations of our ma
tural resources, including the Fall Oil
Conspiracy. But there has been Sc
cretly going on over the Nation, the
founding of monopolization of the
electric power Of the Nation es-
pecially throughout the arid West
We are just entering into the electric
power age. This scheme is the Fall
Davis Colorado River Compact.
Right now in Arizona, Labor has
an imperative and a solemn obliga-
ton to perform, that cannot be de-
layed. That is to defeat the great
exploitation scheme of the Colorado
river, through the compact and
other sinister subterfuges The Col
orado River is Arizona's future ex-
istence, as Arizona has within her
boundaries the major portion of the
irrigation and power development pos
sibilities of the entire Colorado Riv-
er System in the Natioo. Ninety-six
per cent of the power Of the entire
river lies within the boundaries of
Arizona, which is as much power as
generated now all over the United
States by water power. Arizonas
irrigation area is almost half of the
entire Colorado River System. The
Power Trusts and owners of lands in