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TUO greatest IreoBuro In tho
United HtalOB, n vast buiii that
awaits Borno oho'b Ilndlng, Ib ono
concerning which I have sought
ftio oxact truth for tho novel at years
that I liavo followed this fad of col
Jecllng IreaBurc-trovo data. Tho pub
lication of tho fltory or stories about It
viity bilng to light tho moil who can
tny definitely what Is what. Ilowovor
ny iiirii who caros to ot out aftor tt
m a IjuBlnoflB-lllto monnor may turn
ilmwlf Inlo a inulll-nillllonalro be
tween GhrlBlmaM and Fourth of July
This much Is certain1 fioinowhoro
i (he tippor reachCB of tho Missouri
elver llo four largo barges, lost In
a 866, landed to their utmost capacity
vllh gold cflthnalcd In amount from
ROOO.OOO to $25,000,000.
JuhI at tho close of tho civil war
rome rumors of tho finding of gold In
(ho lllnch 11111b of Dalcota and Mon
tana drifted Into tho towns on tho
bolder of civilization In tho northwest
It f,eeinH odd to ttilnlc that fifty years
ngo that region waa a frontier, hut
More aio liundrcdR of old Indians now
'living on tho lesorvntlons who then
were fighting bravon and fifty ycors
ugo thoy bad never bcoii p. white
rnan'B face. v
1 tin the spring of I860 somo old pros
pectors In tho back drift from Califor
nia, found gold In ono of tho ti Militaries
nf tho Missouri, Bald now to bo tho
.ilorh,forl( of tho Choyonno, Why It Is
r no more corlaln will aiipear. Others
rtf Ih lor Ilk "Binolled" tho discovery
rtuid'a band of no moro than forty
itrew Into tho region, making a won
i dorful Btrlko, tho richest that has over
'lx?en mado on America soil according
to all accounts. Tho Btrlko was mado
win what Is now called Headmen's
r 'Gulch, named to suit tho Btory. but
culled In tho old records Federation,
' Dcspciallon and Starvation Quiches.
The gold was alluvial, washed down
from tho northern ledges, now being
worked by tho rich Caledonia Qaurlz
VMIno Company near Dcadwood Tho
gravel banks and flats wore InoxprcB-
Blbly ilch with It and all summer tho
forty men toiled feverishly, extracting
. as much as they could before tho win
ter should descend upon thorn, shut
off their llsh, game and vcgotnblo food
t nupply and drlvo thorn to civilization,
wWro tho knowledge of tho vast
wealth of tho Black Hills and tho ro
malndor of tho aurlferoiiB region would
foocomo public property,
When tho ground frozo and thoy
could work no longer thoy cut timber
nnd mado four largo bargoa of nhallow
draft and on them laoded tho gold tn
provision boxes, and mulo and dcor
skins mado into rawhldo sacks. Even
then thoy woro compelled to Icavo
omo of It 'behind becauso tho bargoa
would not carry It. ,
Tho hoslilo Indians who had not
larcd attack so laigo a party In tho
mining camn with Us excellent de
fenses and those- who were apparently
on friendly tortus with tho minors now
took a hand In tho game, After tho
hardy foity had i cached tho Missouri
ami bad negotiated a portion ot Kb
dlBlanco thoy tied up ono night, not
long before Christmas. They woro at
tacked by a largo band of Indians,
who massacrod ovory living soul, sank
tho barges and took all their belong
ings except tho gold, of which thoy did
rot know tho valuo. Somo accounts
hold tho Dlackfect icsponslblo, others
Alio Ogalala.
S low tho news over got to tho world
fl cannot say, savo an the Indians told
.of it and friends ot tho dead men
lrncod them Inlo tho country from
. , Yf-'-ch they novor came out. Gradual
ly tho Btory took form and It sol tho
.prospectors wild. Thoy ranged tho
'A-eglon from tho Had Lands to tho Rig
Horn i Ivor for twenty-seven ycais and
then camo tho great discovery In tho
Dlack Illllo.
Tho gold loft behind at tho point ot
embarkation was finally found Old
vorklngH which showed tho vast
quantities taken out by tho forty pros
rpoclora woro discovered and for a fow
ryonis ft ton out of alluvial gold poured
t?ttt ot tho llluck Hills. Thou tho whole
tiling settled down to tho utald and
i loRuhir quart1 proposition.
' 'i'hu Kansas City Star eonio years
ngo pilnlod a circumstantial story
Mating that a young Indian student at
llnhkell had told a professor that tils
Father was ono of tho braves In tho
inWncro, know whoro tho barges woro
mink nnd was Rtlll living on tho reser
vation, tt may bo that tho river has
changed Us courso and left tho barges
under a thlu layor ot gravel, easily ac
ochhIIjIo on dry land. Tho way to find
Ihp lioasuro Is to traco down tho sto
' rloa, locato somo of tho old Indians
nnd luduco them to locato tho spot
and point It out from moniory. It
uhould not bo dlfllcult.
In 1759 thoro was lost tn tho liny of
Inlands, at tho mouth of tho St, Law
n-onco ilvor, tho good ship Primrose
-with a fitoro of gold and silver and
jowola aboard her, Tho exact amount
of lior treasuro la unknown, but It
jniiBt bo vast.
' l'ul I ot wild romauco Is tho story
of the "Dovll Duval's Hordo" on tho
ton of tho Rocks ot Porco on tho
Gaspo ieiilnnula, only al)out twonty
York City. Certain British laws must
Ik) ropcalcd boforo It can bo rccovored,
howovor. It Is In ono of tho out-of-way
places of tho world and very lit
Ho is known by tho general public
about It. Tho BtiporBtltlous French
flflhormen, unchnngod In a hundred
and fifty years, still await tho return
of tho llerco pilot to claim his own.
Tho Rock of Porco, named for tho
adjacent (lulling village. Is ono of tho
truo natural wonders of our continent.
When somo convulsion of nature rent
the coast this rock was split from tho
nearby mountain and left Htandlng, a
grim monurnont to tho caprice of tho
gods of Boa and land. Sevoral hun
dred foot high, with a comparatively
flat top, Ub sides aro beetling and ono
ftido Is about two hundred feet higher
than tho other. Onco it waa pierced
by threo arches through any ono of
which a 8mall Bhlp might Boll, but now
ono of theso has collapsed, leaving
only tho two huge galleries.
Captain Duval was a French priva
teer who returned only a small por
tion of hlH loot from English and oth
er ships to tho French authorities,
nnd after tho declaration of peaco ho
becnmo an out-and-out pirate. Ho
piotocted tho French flshormon and
was genorous with them. Thoy, In
their turn, protected him au tho Eng
lish peasant protected Dick Turpln.
At last ho was hard pressed by tho
English, and having In his sorvlco a
Mlcmac Indian who know a secret
trail to tho supposedly Inaccesslblo
ltock of Porco, ho collected all his
caches of troasuro In tho maritime
provinces and brought them to Porco.
The Indian carried a lino to tho top
of tho rock and hauled up a block and
fall. Then two prisoners were hauled
up, and next Duvnl himself. Boats
containing tho groat troasuro chests
fitood by below.
Tho tradition Is that thoy were a
day ana a moonlight night getting It
nil up. Then tho Indian was sent
down nnd Duval himself was lowered
awny. Ills rapier was dripping with
lose a treasuro Is to bury It, It scorns.
The earth In somo mysterious way
spreads a mantle of oblivion which
can not be pierced by the memory of
man and takes back to her bosom tho
treasure that was wrested from hor.
Tho other area ls In tho east, bo
ginnlg at about Cam (en, N. J., nnd ox
tending north to Albany and thenco
to Portland, Malno. In that field lived
tho rich IloynllBt and Tory families.
Tho sudden turning of tho tide found
the Tories In possession of a great
quantity of gold coin, gold and silver
pinto and Jowols, nnd fearing they
would lo8o theso. they burled them
and thon fled. Comparatively little of
it was over exhumed and tho area Is
dotted thickly with localities whoro a
soarch would bo highly profitable. Of
thorn I can montlon a few only.
At Sound Boach, Conn , lives Mrs.
.lano Louderi, 101 years of ago. Her
husband, knowing that on tho homo
farm a wealthy Tory family had burled
gold, hunted until ho found sevoral
pots containing several thousand dol
lars each. A neighbor also acquired
sudden wealth which ho did not ex
plain. Every ono knew there was a
great Joint family cacho somewhoro
near
It was known for many years that
on Lord Edmoston's estate near West
Edmeston, N Y , his personal repre
sentative. Perdlfer Carr, had burled a
treasure The property known as the
nurdlck Farm, having been bought by
Henry F. Burdick in 1850, was tho
site In 1904 a tonant named Cheese
borough plowed Into n caso of china
and glass, breaking half of It before ho
realized what tho obstruction was. Dy
reason of design and quality tho re
mainder, however, was worth a small
fortune to doalers In antiques. It was
tho Edmeston ware. The law suit that
followed for possession mado the caso
famous. Where Is tho remainder of
tho treasuro?
Joel Coryell, sexton at Romulus, N.
Y., digging a grave on what was a
Tory estato in 177G, found a largo
quantity of money In an old pot. Tho
grave belonged to Thomas Mann, but
Coryell kept tho gold.
Walter Butler, the notorious Mo
hawk Valley Tory, returned to tho vnl
loy at tho end of tho war with a forco
of Tories and Indians to dig up tho
treasures ho had buried and thoso that
had been burled by other wealthy
Tories who had told him where to re
cover It In their behalf. When ho had
finished his work and was returning,
the pursuing Colonials under Colonel
Mnrinus Willet, overtook tho treasure
squad beyond Johnson's Hall on tho
bank of tho West Canada In northern
Herkimer county
Tho treasuro was too heavy for tho
four Lours rldo by train from Now
blood and whon ho reached tho boat
ho stood up, and with a harquebus
Bhot nt tho tacklo till it was cut oloan,
too high up tho rocks for any ono to
reach. "Dovll Duval" sailed away and
nover returned.
For years tho winds battored and
tho sun and ratns rotted tho ropes oi
tho wails of tho rock till at last they
disappeared. So many lives woro lost
in attempts to scalo tho rocks nnd ro-
covor the troasuro that a law was
passed forbidding any ono to mako
tho attempt without tho neceBBary le
galized concosBlon from tho governor oT
tho province of Quebec. Only tho wild
sea-birds, making tholr nosts In tho
lop of tho rock, know tho story of tho
two prisoners nnd tho chests of treas
uro ou the bleak heights. Uut an alr-
Bhlp could learn It.
Cniloton Inland, In tho St. Lawrence
river, was an outfitting placo for Tory
raiding partleB and nn arsonnl was os
tabllhhed thoro. A pay choat was sent
to the post with a largo Bum of money.
Tho chest disappeared and its loss was
reported to General Haldlmand at
Montroat In 1879. Colonel Horr of
Capo St. Vlncont, rocclved n visit from
a slrargor, who requested tho uso ot
a boat and. being granted It, ho rowed
to Cailoton Island and returned In a
short time with a hoavy Iron chost
covorcd with clinging wot clay Col
onol Horr, thinking nothing wrong,
holpod tho mau row to tho steamboat
landing and ho waB novor hoard from
again. In a fow days William Majo,
ono ot tho owners ot the island, sont
a boy Into the plno thicket for stray
ing horpoB and thoro tho lad found
tho flat-stono-llnod hole whore tho
choat hod reatod.
Thoro aro two cxtonBlvo aroas of
burled treasure In the thickly popu
lated parlB ot tho United States. One,
tho lesEor, Is on tho general linos of
Shorman's march to tho sea. North
and south ot It, plantation aftor plan
tation, town after town, have tholr
stories of treasures ranging from a
fow hundreds of dollars to hundreds
of thousands which wero burled for
fear tho Union army would get them.
Many woro novor recovered bccniiBO
of tho falluro of tlw ownors to locato
tho burial places. Tho Biirost way to
floclng party so it was dumped in tho
shallows and horses woro rlddon
through tho water to mako It muddy.
Butler was killed, tho raiders drlvon
away and the spoils await prosent-day
seokors.
While thoro is some doubt as to au
thenticity, thero is said to bo a $10.
000,000 cacho of Spanish doublons,
burlod by Captain Kldd, on Esopua
Island in tho Hudson river, not far
from Now York City, while at tho very
goto of Now York Is a forgotton troas
uro of many hundreds of thousands.
This famous treasuro was lost whon
tho British frlgato Hesarar, a pay ship
sent in for tho British soldiers during
tho revolutionary war, wont down In
tho East rlvor. It will be eusy to look
up the old Admiralty records and get
tho full Information that may lead to
tho finding of tho treasure.
The facts pertaining to Kloppor
Smlth'B hordo are as follows: "Dor
Kloppor" was a very brutal and much
feared knight of tho road on tho west
shores of tho Hudson from Nyack to
tho Catskllls and ho robbed tho
wealthy Dutch In an unmerciful man
nor. Ho had no opportunities for
spending his Ill-gotten wealth and
hoarded It somewhoro. At last ho was
captured and boforo his execution at
Nowburg confided to a koopor who had
been kind to him that ho had sacks ot
gold and silver and Jowols burled In a
spot on Storm King Mountain, Just
north of Comwallon-the-Hudson, somo
thlrty-llvo miles north of Now York
City. No search has over been mado.
In tho hoy-day of Mississippi rlvor
steamboat truWc, a groat deal of sun
kon treasure accumulated tn tho Ohio,
Cumborland, Tennessee, Missouri, Rod
and Arkansas rivers. A pay boat on
Its way to Grant's army nt Vlcksburg
with moro than two million dollars
aboard was tired by somo of hor crow
who meant to rob hor. Tho paymas
ter's mon defended tho money till tho
boat sank. Jamos B. Eads, who built
tho Eads bridge at St. Louis and tho
Eads Jetties at tho mouth of the Mis
sissippi, lnvontod an apparatus by ubo
of which ho could reach soinh, of tho
troasuro-wrocks In shallow water and
recovered sovoral million dollars. All
of It could be reached with compara
tive caso now.
Just nbovo Plno Bluff, Arkansas, a
steamboat said to havo been tho Cnr
lyle J. Harrison, with several hundred
thousand dollars In gold to pny for
cotton, was sunk in 18G9. None ot It
has over been recovered.
Thoro is a fascinating story about
an old bargo that Is burled In tho Mis
souri sand-flnts near Fort Rico, North
Dakota. With It Is buried silver worth
moro than half a million dollars. At
the time when tho unsuccessful pros
pectors wero tolling, empty handed,
back fiom tho gold fields of California,
a Httlo band of men struck a rich find
near what is now Virginia City, Mon
tana.
Tho built a rudo camp and, with tho
poor Implements that they had, work
ed feverishly for many months until
they had taken out all that tholr
packs could carry across tho ratios ot
uncivilized country they must cross to
the navigable rivers of tho uppor Mis
souri. Tolling across the mountains,
always in danger of massacro, facing
starvation and privations, breaking
roads in tho frozen flats and blazing
trails through tho forests, they finally
reached the river near Painted Woods,
nnd thero built a rudo barge and load
ed It to the water's edgo with the rich
silver ore.
Traveling by night. In constant fear
of Indian outbreaks, they wended1 slow
ly down the partly frozen river, know
ing thnt soon they would reach tho
frontier town and safety. It was In
'64 nnd tho few scattered settlements
had been deserted. No Indians had
been seen for days and, taking cour
age, they traveled faster nnd with less
caution. When they were near Fort
Rice thoy wero attacked by tho In
dians and all of the little band woro
killed with the exception of ono man,
Plcrro Lasello.
Ignorant of tho wealth aboard, tho
Redskins sunk tho float, and Pierre
Lasello escaped to Fort Rice leaving
behind him no traco of the expedition;
the secret of the hardships and toll
and wealth were with tho river and
with him. Ho told no one anything
about It for somo time not until ho
hnd enlisted In tho army and maneu
vered so as to get back to be near his
treasure. Then ho took an old Quak
er, named Richard Pope, Into his con
fidence and nt tho urgent request of
tho Quaker his Bon was also told the
secret.
Threo months later the lltlo party,
well armed and well provisioned, went
quietly to the spot that Laselle remem
bered so well, only to find that tho
rlvor course had changed and a bar
ot 3and had formed over tho bargo.
Not dismayed, however, they dug un
til they found tho prow of tho old
scow nnd on the very eve of success
they too wero attacked by tho Indlnns
nnd Laselle wa3 killed! Popo and his
eon, too badly frightened to work
ngaln within tho year, went back with
the secret to tho town and while there
young Popo died
After many years tho old Quaker
took another man, named Emerson,
and with tho drawings that Lasello
and ho had made they went back to
tho placo of trovo and found that tho
sand bar had grown nnd that the rlvor
ran mnny hundreds of feet away from
tho spot whero tho fortune lay burlod
In glistening sands. Whoro Pope said
the old diggings would bo found a
young cottonwooa treo was uourisn
Ing, They spent weeks digging for
many feet around tho placo, but found
nothing. Somo mistake had evidently
been mado in following out tho former
Instructions, but tho brgo was thero,
becauso Pope and Lasello found it on
their first visit. Popo Is dead, but
Emerson is still allvo and has the old
drawings, letters and rccordo. Maybo
ho can bo Induced to part with It, and
maybo not, but somowhoro In tho flats
near Fort Rico Ib a snug llttlo fortune
awaiting somo finder.
Behind the city of St. Augustine, In
somo likely spot, another rich trenBuro
is located. Whon It was a rich Span
ish town, a favorite puttlng-ln port for
tho heavily laden Spanish galleons
that wore coming through tho Straits
of Florida to avoid sailing the waters
mado dangerous by Po'ter tho Terrible
and Sir Henry Morgan, its wealth at
tracted the attention ot tho freo-boot-crs
and word of their preparations to
attack and loot tho city was carried
to tho captain-general.
For weeks the city was In a stato of
great perturbation and whon somo
English Bhlps. probably privateers, ap
peared off tho coast, tho public treas
uro, tho church treasure and tho valu
ables of tho wealthy citizens wero as
sembled, removed Inland and hidden.
For months tho Btato of suspense con
tinued until tho Spanish Admiral Quilt
tana nnneared with his fleet. Then
tho St. Augustlnlans thought thoy
could safely bring back tholr wealth.
To their horror tho threo prominent
men entrusted with tho secreting of
It, either could not find It or pretend
ed they could not. Ono fled to Spain
before tho anger of his follow-clttzons
and his flight cost tho lives of tho oth
er two. They wero assassinated as
coon ns tho flight became known.
Tho archives of tho Spanish admir
alty havo full record of tho affair and
tho true koy to the troasuro trovo can
best bo found by searching tho family
pnpers of tho man who fled. Ho nover
roturned. but without doubt ho left
tho valuablo Information te M heirs.
Whero millions await tho flndor in
wilder and moro uncertain spots Is
far moro Interesting ground than the
localities Nhoro thousands llo under
tho vory noses of the townspeople, or
where tho plow passes ovory yoar over
tho burled trovo. AH through tho
west aro rich mines which havo been
found and lost.
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It chanced that once upon a time remote ;
The weary giant, known as Labor, smote
His thigh a sounding whack and cried, "I'm hest,
But I have toiled enough and now I' rest.
I'll let the world wag onward as it may,
While I go home and have my holiday. '
So, Labor laid aside his tools and crept
Deep in his cavern, where he promptly slept.
An hour went by, an hour without a sound,
The shops were stilled, no more their wheels went' round.
The mills were fastened close with bolt and lock,
sr The steamship tdly rubbed against her dock,
The engine moveless slept, the anvil stood
As silent as a gravestone in a wood.
, While Mankind, startled by the awful still,
Together whispered, awed, "Is Labor ill?1' -
And as the moments passed o'er town and'farm.
And all was still, there 'rose a great alarm,
Went forth the giant Commerce, loud to shout,
Deep into Labor's cavern, " Friend, come out,
You're needed by us tieeded in a trice. '
Please come at once! We' 11 pay you any price.
You've slebt an hour already all your fill.
Come forth at once. The world is standing still.'
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And Labor, wakened by the other's cries,
Stretched forth his brawny arms and rubbed his eyes,
And mused a bit, then with good-natured smile,
Said, ''Yes, I'll come, but make it worth my while.
One day each year you 11 give me privilege free,
One day each year you' J I consecrate to me,
While one day I will consecrate to play,
And (chuckling, said), we 11 call it Labor Day.
EHPHHiK9uiuj(SinHSi-w
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Tho ultimate aim of the labor move
ment Is to establish a condition of so
ciety, first, that will Insuro to each
head of a family equal and ample op-
portunlty to secure a livelihood, which
will bo sufficient to provide his fam
ily with tho samo necessities ' and
luxuries of life enjoyed by any other
citizen; second, that will enable him
to glvo his chldren an education In
(whatever direction they may decido
jto follow, equal to that received by
tho children of every other member of
society.
To enlarge tho opportunity to se
cure employment, tho trade unions
pro advocating and establishing a short
er workday for Its members. To in
suro equal education, tho trade unions
jaro endeavoring to securo tho enact
ment of compulsory education lawB
and child labor laws In overy stato,
terrltory and province In America,
thus withdrawing tho children from
tho factories, mines and workshops.
Tho trade unions assort that all ben-
flflts accruing from tho Inauguration
of labor-saving devices or cheap forms
of distribution should be enjoyed
equally by all tho people, Instead of
being diverted to tho benefit of tho
ew.
Tho labor movement holds that all
peoplo aro entitled to partako equally
of tho Joy of living; that a condition
that pormlta part of our peoplo to llvo
in aflluenco, while another part Is com
pelled to work long hours for meager
wages, should bo abolished; that a
condition that furnishes work to only
a fraction of tho peoplo and leaves
nnothor fraction without employment,
nnd helpless for long periods, should
bo eliminated from our civilization.
Many claim that efforts along that
direction nro nn Iridescent dream and
cannot bo realized for years to come.
In my opinion It will come. It is now
approaching. It will como with tho
full awakening of tho consciousness ot
jur peoplo; a consciousness which is
rap.Idly growing In strength and pow
er, and Is now In nbeyanco, awaiting
tho psychological momont when tho
great vibrating will of all the peoplo
haB been crystallized Into an nctlvo
and Intelligent forco that will sweop
aside all obstacles that resist Its pur
poso to meto out Justice to all man
kind and establish among all tho peo
ples of tho earth tho Brotherhood of
Man.
A Trophy of Victory.
Tho annual holiday of labor Js not a
bit of driftwood picked up by acci
dent. It Is ono of the trophies of bat
tlo and victory- Its messago Is of la
bor's rights nnd struggles and tri
umphs, not of labor's play spells or
of gifts rocolved from any source.
OH OF LABOR DAY
Tho only demand tho 250,000 shop
nion in tho Federation of Federations
are making Is for recognition of tho
federation as tho only contract mak
ing organization In the railroad indus
try between tho shopmen and tho com
pa&Sss.
An Annual Holiday That Is More
Than Just a Play Time
The first Monday In September
brings an annual reminder of tho fact
that one of the holldayo which aro
now practically nation-wide Is so new
and so vital that it is growing visibly
and rapidly in prestige and usefulness.
Labor day was an experiment so re
cently that men still young remember
Its beginnings; now it is ono of tho
firmly established and much-valued
rest and recreation days of tho year.
But tho day Ib more than that. It
Is a holiday which is not a moro play
day. Nor is it only a celebration of
somo great evont of the past It looks
ahead qulto as much as it looks back
ward. It is filled with tho spirit ot
advancing, confident, buoyant life. It
is even a militant day, with a strong
suggestion of willingness and ability
to battle for rights denied or prin
ciples assailed.
It is well for the country that La
bor day Is so thoroughly alive. It is
a good thing for American peo,lo that
such a holiday comes around every
fall to remind all classes and condi
tions of men and women 6f tho vital
and fundamental part which tho labor
of tho hands playB and must always
play in tho progress of tho world and
tho very existence of mankind. It Is
too easy to forgot, at times, that ev
erything rests on hard physical toll
and that without it all of the boasted
flowering' of civilization would bo Im
possible Labor day is broad enough, In Its
name and In tho break which It makes
In tho regular grind of trado and in
dustry and in all of tho productivo
nctivltles of tho country to cover all
kinds of work, but It Ib tho especial
property of manual labor and moro
particularly of manual labor so organ
Ized, so awako and bo Btrong that It
can speak as a vast body of men
trained to act together and work for
tho samo endB
That Is to say, tho annual holiday
of labor Is taken as a right, not as a
gift. It Is a demonstration of strength
ready for uso, not a day of recreation
nnd fun without a sorlous thought.
But tho stronger labor becomes tho
less danger thero Is of needless and
destructive labor wars. With power
comes responsibility, and tho moro
thero is that has been won tho moro
thero Ib, nlso, to hazard In strife. Thf
labor organizations which are most
thoroughly doveloped and united aro
tho ones which got nlong best with
employers and nro most reasonable
nnd buslnessllko In tho negotiations
which thoy carry on. Tho strong and
successful do not lightly risk thn
fruits of their past triumphs, nnd tho
samo qualities that made them suc
ceed keop thorn safo and sound.
Labor day is filled with such les
sons. It is stimulating, thought-corn
polling and instructive aa a holiday,
and there nro few days In tho yoar
which do moro to mako Americans
give attention to tho largo problem
of their country and tho times.
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