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LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
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Getting Somewhere
Half the pleasure of traveling is in the Journey.
The other half is in reaching the destination.
When you start to save money, much of the pleas
ure comes from the realization that you are travel
ing forward. There is an added satisfaction when
a definite sum has been reached.
Start an account with
Savings Deposits, $3,953,046.04.
Origin and Purpose of Labor Day
By T. V. POWDERLY
Former Master Workman, Knights of Labor.
The one man living today best qualified to give an authentic ac
count of the birth of Labor Day and its significance to the workers
of America is T. V. Powderly, formerly master workman of the
Knights of Labor, who has written the accompanying article tor
Labor. He was present when the historic event took place in New
York on Monday, September 5, 1882.
Mr. Powderly is now connected with the- United States Depart
ment of Labor, Washington. In his younger days he was a rail
roader, being employed successively as switchman, brakeman, ma
chinist, fireman, and locomotive engineer.
HOW ABOUT THE
HOSPITAL BILL?
What would you do if one of your family were obliged
to go to the hospital? Have you put away enough so
that your loved could have the services of a good doctor
and a competent nurse? Or would you have to run the
risk of losing a life because you haven't saved money?
You are the only one who can answer these questions.
Put them to yourself and then decide upon the wise
thing to do.
If you do decide upon the wise thing you'll save,
and we want to do our share toward helping you. We
aren't so big that we're purse-proud and yet we're large
enough to give you complete protection.
ROADWArArfKArib'jRUST Qo.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Home National
Bank
MERIDEN
savings'department.
foreign exchange,
investments.
THE
WEST SIDE BANK
1418 STATE ST.7-
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Assets of $2,225,000.
We solicit your business.
Open Monday and Saturday
evenings.
Or Sunday, July 9, 1892, The Central Labor Union or INew
1 meetiner). at
I OrK v.iiy nciu a. iiiuit v - .
which -Matthew McGuire, secretary, offered a resolution to appoint
a committee to arrange tor a paraae on oepiemoer j ji u'ai J'ct"
in honor of the convening on that day in New York City of the gen
eral assembly of the Knights of Labor. Accordingly, a committee
-was appointed, arrangements were made, and the trades unions and
local assemblies of the Knights of Labor of New York City, some
tit .If t C . l W
ten thousand strong, paraded during tne rorenoon or jepicmuci j.
I called the general assembly to order at 9 o'clock on that morning.
Here let me quote trom the record:
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"A communication irom luauucw
McGuire, secretary o'f Central Labor CavUle who had been elected gen
Union, of New York, inviting the rep- eral auditor of the Knights of Labor
resentatives to the G. A. to review in 1884, spoke of the measure where
the labor" demonstration from the ever they lectured,
grand stand in Union Square, was , How Legal Status Was Established
read by the grand secretary. It was' On January 4, 1887, ! Senator Ed
voted -on motion of Representative ward F Reilly of New York City m
Litchman, of Massachusetts, that the . troduced a bill m the New York sen
invitation be accepted and that the ate to make the first Monday in Sep
general assembly take a recess until tember a legal holiday to be known
2 o'clock p m " as Labor Day.
A recess was taken. The general' I happened to be in Albany about
officers and most of the representa- that time and arranged to have a few
. . , .1 . 1 A ninlrpH pvtro rnnipc nt the bill nrint-
tives assemDiea on tne granu sim r - -
and saw some ten thousand organized ed and shipped to my home in Scran-
labor men march past. r T -a r .1 f
Robert Price of Lonaconing, Md., transaction, for I paid for them 1
a member of the general executive mailed copies of that bill to members
board of the Knights of LaTor, and of organized labor throughout the
Doara oiine "'b ' ' TlniiH tatc anH w th each coov
a coal miner, stooa uacK 01 me gtn- . , ;r c 11
eral worthy foreman and the general sent, a letter of which the following
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master worknian.
BRIDGEPORT
SAVINGS BANK
Assets over $15,000,000.
Incorporated 1842.
44 Interest on All Deposits.
Open Monday and Saturday
Evenings from 6 to 8.
THE
meriden savings
bank;
63 EAST MAIN STREET
Accounts May Be Opened and
Deposits Made By Mail
Resources, $10,000,000.
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THE CITY BANK & TRUST CO.
124 Asylum St.
HARTFORD, CONN.
(Incorporated 1851
Savings Department
Deposits over $10,600,000.
Pays Interest beginning the first of each month and compounding
quarterly.
Total Resources over $16,000,000.
OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS.
. , , i u T):-v "Tlip nacsacp of ;iirh a law bv vour
With a nana on my snowuci, ah. - - o - -. t
leaned over and said to Richard Grif- state legislature is of importance to
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fiths the G VV b., 1 his is LaDor. "iuui, -iMgaiuu iv "
Day in earnest, Uncle LJ.ck. mat ; - C"ab ZZ
the first time 1 heard that expres- t.. -
on used "and so far as I was able representative in the lower house and
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We make loans from $23 to
$300.00 on Household furniture or
Guaranteed Note to people of
good character and having steady
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Lawful Charges Only.
Dealings Strictly Private.
Rapid Service.
BENEFICIAL
LOAN SOCIETY
Room 108 New Spelke Bldg.,
Stamford.
Telephone 9-2-6.
Second Floor. 434 MAIN ST.
and
Room 1, Waldorf Building,
Second Floor, 709 Main St.,
Hartford
Telephone 2-0-6-2-2
MECHANICS
SAYINGS BANK
"A Strong Bank and Getting
Stronger"
(Incorporated 1861) f
44 Pearl Street
Hartford, Conn.
This Bank is a strictly MU
TUAL SAVINGS BANK, with
ASSETS over $13,000,000.
We welcome your patronage.
OFFICERS
John M. Holcombe, President
Frank C. Sumner, Vice-President
Henry S. Robinson, Vice-President
Arthur M. Collens, Vice-President
Wicldiffe S. Buckley, Treasurer
William H. Scrivener, Asst. Treas.
William A. Willard, Secretary
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to learn it was the first time it was
used.
Griffiths, Pri&e and .1 roomed to
gether at the old Ashland House. We
spent the better part of that night
discussing that wonderful parade and
the possibility ot having one aay in
the year set apart as LaDor uay.
The Knights of Labor at that time
worked secretly in New York. The
name was never mentioned in puDiic.
Local assemblies were known to the
world by such names as "Spread the
Light Club," "Washington League,"
t Uoono rtnarrlc" ptr Thev were
all represented in .the Central Labor
Union, which was largely maae up 01
Knights of Labor at that time.
Select First Monday in September
When the New York Central Labor
Union decided to parade in 1883 they
selected the first Monday in Septem
kr 0 thf Hav nn which to celebrate.
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When the matte came Detore tne
Npw York Central Labor Union lor
discussion in 1884 George K. Lloyd,
a aeieerate irom a is.iugiu -i
assembly, offered this resolution:
"That thf first Mondav in Septem
ber be known as Labor Day." '
That resolution was aaoptea, ana
ever $ince tnen tne htsl muuuaj "
September has been observed as La
bor Day in New York and vicinity.
George K. JLloyd, jviattnew xvic-
Guire, P. J. McGuire, and John j.
Caville united their ettorts to cause
Labor Day to become a legal holi
day. In a letter to Lloyd under date
of September 19, ig. A in answer
to a question , 01 nis, wrote.
"n.fnro wo'ran fix on a oarticular
day as Labor Day we should ascer
tain just how organized laDor views
the subject. Personally, I favor Mon
day as the best day tor tne reason
that workers will have rested over
Sunday and will be in better tnrn to
enjoy a holiday dedicated to labor.
Anyway, it can't do any harm to have
u;nu nrprpdc labor dav. Hav-
ing time to think on Sunday will pro
duce better results on Monday.
ti, mHtinn for labor's recogni
tion throueh the setting apart of one
a-t a "T.abor Dav soon
vidjr ii 1" " - "
became general throughout tne couu-
v T MrGnire and Tohn G.
j - j m
mind would require volumes. With-
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out organization iduui wuuiu aim uc
enslaved. In the language of the
Knights of Labor let me say:
"Labor is noble and holy. To de
fend it from degradation, to divest it
of the evils to body, mind, and estate
wliirh icrnoranrp atifl ptppH have im
posed, and to rescue the toiler from
the grasp of the selhsh is a work
worthy of the noblest and best of the
race.
For that exalted purpose men and
women have banded -themselves to
gether and through their combined
effort labor has been rescued from
"the grasp of the "selfish."
It is charged against organized la
bor that its members make mistakes
and that some of us barter away the
gifts of freedom. That is true. Even
God himself made the Judas who be
trayen His own son. We are learn
ing to do better every day.
Could I presume to send a Labor
Day message to those who think as
they work I would sayr
"Direct your attention to the elim
ination ofjthe middleman who doubles
the price of anthracite between the
mine and the coal bin of the con
sumer. The miner invests his labor,
the operator invests his dollar, the
railroad company Jnvests its capital
in transportation of the joint product
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of miner and operator, aiioi inese
charges are, or may be, known. When
the consumer stores his coal it costs
about twice as much as miner, oper
ator, and railroad receive for their
joint effort in production and trans
portation. Who gets the other half?
"Let the intelligent inquiry into
that question take the place of the
useless grumbling we have heretofore
indulged in, and perhaps more good
may follow than if we expand our
lungs in discussing th beauties of
sovietism in far-away Russia."
When we do that, and do it right,
we shall have qualified to attempt the
solution of other problems. That is
the most vital question before us now.
If you don't believe me let your
thoughts go back to last winter when
you were trying to extract heat from
fireproof stuff that rascals sent to us
instead of anthracite.
Properly understood Labor Day is
a day on which all that is noble, lofty,
ambitious, and progressive in the
ealed to. Those
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who discuss, the questions ot tne noun
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laws, and ample capital and surplus
have made this institution deserved
ly known as a safe bank.
Unfailing courtesy and the constant
endeavor of officers and employes to
anticipate the customers' wants
have won for it also an enviable
reputation for helpful service.
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another in the hands of your state . before ndustrians on that day should
senator with the request that they , PWators: thev should be teach-
wotk together 10 secuic asagv..
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ogetner to secure us passt. 1 o r ntn(1 of hnmamtv and its
Take both into your confidence so , ... mammon and its greeds.
that each will know what the other ' p.,, Tf- fi- T Zg-u.
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is doing. inen interview anu nave
others interview senators and repre
sentatives from other districts in be
half of the measure.
"Enlist the support and co-operation
of every prominent man and
every association of citizens you can
reach so that success may crown your
effort. '
"You know what to say and what
to do in your locality much better
than I can tell you. If, however, you
need any help that I can give don t
hesitate to call on me."
On January 17, 1887, Hon. J. J.
Daley of Dallas, Polk county, Ore-
' . . t M1 f 1
gon, introduced a Din Deiore tne leg
islature of that state, and on reDru
ary 21 of that year it received the
signature of the governor.
Oregon First State to n,nact Law
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NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK
145 Grange Street Near Chapel
New Haven
A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK
Interest starts first of each month.
Strength Service Integrity
From Darkness Into the Light.
Those who address meetings on
that day are burdened with a weighty
responsibility. It is their duty to
t, inrlpnpnHpnce of thought and
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action to the industrian. The right 01
n thp parth and its oroducts. the
right of man to what his labor cre
ates, and the duty of the industrian
as a self-reliant citizen, should occupy
the thought of the speaker and be the
theme ot his discourse.
Tn nldpn times workmen were
x Ik
forced into the arena to cease from
ile killing: each other tor the
r,f thpir owners and
masters. In later times workmen
were obliged to continue at work-
iinpn cin or wrrlf Wnl ch killed the best
in man the mental through hard,
nncPQtino tnil while adding to the
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that help men to jobs usually indicate steadiness E5
and capacity for systematic effort. '
A steadily growing Savings Account does just EES
j this. It is worth any man's having if only on EE;
this score. ' "
This institution is a Mutual Savings Bank And E5
its depositors are its owners.
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Whi h- thp h i was introduced-in the f1""13 V. . -.--- , . .
N York legis.a,ure o January 4. 1 When S. , mays were
1887, it did not receive the signature t Jl r,kaAr event in
e A t :a v tj;ii t;i Afu-! oration of some notaoie event in
of Governor David B. Hill until May"l nt rnnsider-
6, 1887. so that Oregon took the lead.w-,. -'T"
GSaDDdMHsasfiffasiinfi
siw Son ays IB sum Hz
n noccinc tVie measure into law
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I wrote to Richard f. iraveincK,
Detroit, Mich.j- Ralph Beaumont,
Elmira, N. Y.; John McBnde, Massii-,
on, Ohio; Dan McLaughlin, Braid
wood, 111.; Hugh Cavanaugh, Cincin
nati, Ohio: lorn Weasham, Denver,
Colo.; J. M. Broughton, Raleigh, N.
C; John O'Keefe, Providence, R. I.,
nri manv nthpr Knights of Labor
anu j . o- -
asking each one to regard himself as
o rnmmlttpp nf one to laDOT With
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what ability he possessed, in season
A- n hnnnr rf snme imase of WOOd
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Aryttnrp nr else to celebrate the an
niversary of some sage warrior, saint
or hero, who. had been called to his
eternal home.
Labor Day is to be a day of rest,
of recreation and education. The
physical in man is to rest while the
mental is to be improved. The day
is to be celebrated not in honor of
any man living or dead, but in honor
of, and by, living, throbbing, intelli
gent humanity, the needs 01 wmui
I v Established 1857
I 47 Church St Nero Haven, Conn. j
Member New Haven Trades Council Co-Op Campaign 55
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wnat auimy ue pujscascu, m ov..,v,ii , , .1 r(,cn.rt tnr the
and out of season, for the triumph ol : stand I h igh fer tha, a -sPeactrerd
this measure throughout tne iana.
t-u a-a r I their wishes. ,
They did. . , ., . v,. Onnel of Humanity.
I have frequently heard it said tnat - t ' .
NEW BRITAIN
NATIONAL PANK
4 on Savings
All Deposits Under United States
Government Supervision,
SOCIETY FOR
SAVINGS
"The Pratt Street Bank"
HARTFORD, CONN.
One Hundred and Three
Years Old
More Than 70,000 Depositors
Resources Over $47,000,000
"Some by hard labor, and others
by superior skill, earn high wages,
yet, for want of proper manage
ment, they have nothing before
hand. Many might be disposed to
save part of their earnings if they
knew how to set about it. or where
to place it with safety, whilst
others, who have occasionally prac
ticed saving, have lost what they
have laid up, by trusting it to im
proper" hands."
a certain man nere or mere was mc
"father nf T.ahnr Dav." Labor Day
had manyfathers but no particular
father, yet it is pertectiy legitimate.
All of us who moved on the stage of
labor activities in that day did our
duty. The result was that when I
wrote "The History of Labor Day"
in 1893 25 states had adopted Labor
Day laws.
Recognized by Congress and
President.
On June 28, 1894. the President of
the United States signed the bill
whSz-h maHe T.ahnr Dav a leeal holi
day in the District of Columbia and
the territorial possessions ot the
United "States. All members of or
ganized labor in the District of Co
Inmhia interested themselves in bring-
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ing the matter to tne attention or
rnnrpec anrl in siinnlvinsf arguments
in favor of the bill which was intro
duced at their request. The Central
T ihnr I ninn an A District Assembly
66 of the Knights of Labor of Wash
ington left nothing unaone to secure
tne massacre nf the bill. To make
honorable mention of each one who
worked for the passage ot that meas
r wnnlH he tn name everv mem
ber of both organizations, but Millard
F. Hobbs is the one putstanaing ng
r in that o-nnH work. He devoted
time, thought, and effort to further-
ing its passage througn congress. ivi.r.
of District
Assembly 66 of the Knights of Labor
and is now on the Starr 01 tne uureau
of labor statistics of the Department
of Labor.
With the passage of a national La
bor Day law states that had not act
ed on the measure up to that time
became interested and in a few years
the first Monday in September was
recognized by statute under the name
given to it by Kobert trice, tne coai
miner of Lonaconing, Md., on that
fifth day of September 41 years ago.
I am asked: "What has organized
labor done for the workmen of the
United States?"
I answer: Everything.
Were it not for organized labor not
one of the ameliorative measures
found on the statute books of the
various states and the nation would
now exist. To enumerate all the ad
advantages accruing to the men and
women who labor with hand and
TWlav tnmnrrow. the future are all
before us on Labor Day; of these we
think, talk, and for these we work.
Ti,nt rh;-Vi will hest serve the living
lliai ..... -
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women and men ot today, ana tne
future, should receive tne careim ai
tontinn nf all who take tart in non
iv li -1 f crreatect n f all factors in
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ministering to the good of the world
-LABOR. . .
T7-m o cervitnrle in which he
could, without question, be killed fo
the entertainment ot a master, in
,nAr hac emerged and now stand
free from every thrall save his own
ielnncies and nreiudices. If Labor
Day is observed as it ought to be th
rrci nf Vinmanitv will be understoo
by all women and men; there will be
no slaves to employer, party, uu, "
creed.
Ti,nt ..rhi.-h alnne can chance ev
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orvthimr hetween the erass and the
stars from nature's original to the
useful and the beautiful will be hon
ored.
"T nP 'vnur neighbor as ' vourseu,
though he bow not before the same
with vnn "Do unto vour neigh-
hnr a vnn would have him do unto
vou" will have a meaning noi ww
understood- as it should be this side
nf the nnrtals where eternity begins
1 -a r,,ioo in the nresence ot
those He calls from the earth.
LABOR CONDITIONS
IN FOREIGN LANDS
AT riTTRTA
Farm Labor Scarce. Large numbers
of native Mohammedans are refusing
work offered on Algerian farms, at
rates of from 5 to 8 francs per day,
and are leaving for France, where they
are, being paid from 20 to 25 francs
per day.
GERMANY
Amended Regulations-Unemployment
Doles. By legislation :the transitional
period, which must elapse before an un
employed person is entitled to receive
doles on account of the cessation of
work, has been reduced from one week
to three days.
Exemptions from Insome Tax. Ex
emptions permitted to wage earners m
the payment of income tax increased
OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT
AT
The Mechanics Bank
CHURCH STREET AT CENTER
NEW HAVEN.
Open Saturday Evenings From Six Until Eight.
The Old Family Bank
The New Haven Savings Bank
Security
Cor. Orange and Court Streets
New Haven, Connecticut
Chartered 1838
Offers
Protection
Safety
five fold under the new law, effective
July 1, 1923. Taxation experts declare
that the new law. will appreciably de
crease the tax burden on the working
classes.
Cooperative Movement Declines.
Development of the German coopera
tive movement during the first half of
the year 1923 has not been nearly as
active, in the number of new coopera
tives formed, as it was for the same
period of 1922.
Wage Adjustment. In order to equal
ize discrepancies between living costs
and individual incomes, on account of
currency devaluation, the' German Fed
eral Government, through the Ministry
t 1 - ri 1
of Finance, announces tnat wages win
be adjusted every week to the changed
money value. The Government, how
ever, will not attempt to fix the base
standard of wages, that being a joint
responsibility of employers and work
ers. ' POLAND
Strike Tendencies, Increased living
costs at the beginning of last month,
because of the extreme decline of Pol
ish currency, brought about strike tend
encies in a number of trades. Polish
labor agreements call for monthly wage
increases commensurate with increased
living costs, and living costs rose so
rapidly during (the month that matty
workmen refued to await determinate
lgures, and dedlared strikes of short
duration.
STATE SAVINGS
BANK
39 Pearl Street, x
Hartford, Conn.
"Not Size, But Strength."
A Mutual Savings Bank.
Organized 1858.
Unemployment. With improved in
dustrial conditions during the month,
unemployment in Poland decreased from
93,700 persons during Junes, 1923.
MILK DRIVERS GAIN.
Nt T.riii fr frt- TC for than
6oo- organized milk drivers have se
cured a 10 per cent wage increase.
The $32.50 weekly rate of retail driv-
ers is advanced to $35.75, ana tne
$42.50 rate of route foremen is in
creased to $46.75. These workers are
affiliated with the Brotherhood of
Teamsters.