The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-28
[. M, PARRY AGAIN
 ARRAIGNS UNIONS
Speaks on Necessity of Organ
 ization of Employers
IS SEVERE ON STRIKERS
He Says Organized Labor In Some In- stances Is Attempting to Exert a a Power Stronger Than the
 Most Despotic of Nations.

New York July H.-Labor. and advertis- ing were discussed by the Furniture As- sociation of America at tonights session of its annual convention. The principal address of the evening was made by David M Parry of Indianapolis, presl- dent of the National Association of Man ufacturers.
 F. A. Hasley, associate editor of the American Machinist. made short ad- dress in opposition to the proposed law for the adoption of the metric system by the United States.
 A resolution was then offered condemn ing the proposed law for the adoption of the metric system. The resolution char acterized the measure as wholly mis- chievous in its tendency"
 MT. Parry was then introduced by Act ing President Conroy as man who "could not only parry but thrust"
 Necessity of Organization.
 MT. Parry spoke on the subject of the necessity for a national organization of employers which would be representative of all employing interests. He referred incidentally to the new constitution which is now under consideration by the execu- tive committee of the national associa- l ton. This constitution admits to mem bership employers other than manufac- turers, and also provides for a represen- tative membership from national, state and local associations.
 Who can take note of the frequent vio- lations," said the speaker, "of the rights of free labor and free contract, without earnestly wishing there might be some means whereby the present means of so- callstic and anarchistic impulse can be checked? In the philosophy of union ism there is no such thing as natural law shaping the destinies of the race, and or ganized labor appears to lose sight Of the | difference that exists between individuals. One might well try to make ugly men handsome and vice versa, as to try to equalize the mental inequalities of the race; and as long as one man is better endowed by nature than another, just so long will there be an unequal distribution of wealth. The existence of organiza- tions in the field whose work will tend to undermining the pillars of the govern ment calls for the creation of as strong counter reorganization as can be built up.
 
 to sway them along lines that lead to | folly and destruction, they cannot be ex- pected to act the part of wisdom unless eounter-forces are brought into play"
 Unions Too Despotlc.
 Organized labor, the speaker said, was laying claims to rights of sovereignty that have not often been exercised by ] the most despotic governments. Its en- tire warfare was being conducted for the purpose of compelling the country to acknowledge that it possesses the right to say CD that no man shall work with out its consent and (2) no industry shall be operated without its consent. He cited a number of strikes of such powers by illustration, and then said; "The usurpa- ton of such powers by Irresponsible and ignorant men bids fair to bring about such unbearable conditions that crisis sometimes seems fast approaching in which it will be decided whether this | country shall be handed over to the agi- | tators, or whether the latter shall be rele gated to the oblivion of private existence, discredited and powerless to work fur 1 ther evil Already you can discern the | handiwork of the compromiser, who call | ing himself a peacemaker, seeks to have | the country grant to organized labor a | partial recognition of these rights of sovereignty which 1t asserts. Many men in public life appear to believe that com promise Is the sum and substance of po- | litical wisdom, but in my humble opin- | ion this country is either going to have | individual freedom or it is not. It looks | centuries of struggle to establish this | liberty of the individual. and now we are asked to bandon 1t at the behest of lot | of so-caIled business agents who have rightly earned the title of social bri- 1 gands.
 Severe on Strikers.
 Mir. Parry also gave a few of his char acterizations of strikes, saying that they were violent attempts to override natural law, and that the only thing they suc- ceeded in doing was to dislocate industry. reduce production and lower the rates of real wages. '"rhey are marked by out rages on personal liberty, by murderous assaults, by defiance of organized author ity, by blackmail and by displays of the basest passions of men. The leaders of or ganized labor proudly claim that there were but eight murders committed in the anthracite district on account of Mitch ell's strike, only four of which the lead CTS say, can be justly laid at the door of organized labor-only four. Thus the claim is made that organized labor does not sympathize with crime and violence. But I would like to ask these deluded men if one of these murders has been avenged by the law. Suppose that the l Catholic church, or the Masons or the 1 odd Fellows should commit four murders | to advance the alleged purpose of their l organization. What a wave of protest would go up if even one murder were committed by such an organization, yet the agitators take pride in the fact that they won the anthracite strike and only | four men were ambushed and murdered in cold blood. Look at the case of Agi- tator Parks of New York City. This man has been indicted and thrown into prison on the charge of bribe-taking and extor- | ton, but organized labor triumphantly re-elects him to office. No wonder that l the publics stomach is rebelling against the tyranny of organizations which seem | ingly prefer to be governed by blackmail- CTS. thieves and grafters. Compromise mustbe resisted to the last, and the only adequate means of doing this in mind is l to be found in a widespread and thorough l organization of the employing interests"