Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-31
DIN. PARRY PRESIDENT
Formation of Citizens Indus
trial Association of America
Now Completed
1T BENEFITS MANY CLASSES
Tho Alliance Admits Employer and
Employees. Representative Manufac-
Jurors, Eradesmen, and Other EN-.
ployes of Labor, and is National in
Scope-Decide on Assessments.

Chicago, Oct. s1.-With the election
Of d. NJ. Parry. of Indianapolis, as Its
president, the formation of the Citi-
zens' Industrial Association Of Amer
lea was completed last night. The
organization Is national in scope, and
includes representative manufacturers
tradesmen, other employers OF labor,
local general organizations and citl-
zens' alliances, having, among other
things as it's object the dealing with
the labor problem in all it's phases.
from San Francisco to New York, in
Guiding several in Canada, We're pres
ent at the convention, and at the con-
Guiding session all details of the plan
of carrying ON and extending the work
of the organization We're completed
lows:
First Vice President. c. Craig,
Denver.
Second Vice President-E. NJ Nc
Cleary, Detroit.
Third Vice PRESIDENT. T. Holile,
New York.
Treasurer-A. c. Rosencranz, Evans
vile, Ind.
The secretary and an executive COM
mittee of fifteen members, of which the
president, three vice presidents and the
treasurer will be members, are to be
named later. A convention of the as
ISOLATION will be held in Indianapolis
next February.
The manner of assessing and afflliat-
ing the many associations in the Or
ganization took up most Of the time of
tho delegates at yesterdays session. 1t
was decided that all members of the as
ISOLATION shall pay an initiation fee of
from SIS to 500, and all members shall
pay dues at the rate of so cents per
annum for each member of a firm. the
amount In no case to be less than $40
or greater than 5000 per annum.
Some trouble was threatened thru
the action OF several of the New York
delegates, who were not in sympathy
altogether with the Citizens alliance,
which admits employer, employe and
others, and went on record as opposed
to it. favoring among other things n
postponemept of the matter. They
were In the minority. however. and
We're later won over by those favoring
the alliances.
Resolutions We're then adopted. They
refer to strained relations between en-
ployer and employee and their bad eff
feet on business conditions, t.ey de-
mand ample protection for all persons
seeking 10 earn 81 livelihood, and con-
tinue in part:
I'm carrying on firm and uncompro-
missing contest with the abuses of UNI
ions as now constituted and conducted.
at the same time acknowledge the
free right Of workmen to combine, ana
admitting that their combination, when
rightly constituted, may prove highly
useful, we earnestly desire to act, and
believe we are acting, In the true in
terests of the workingmen themselves"
Mr.. Parry, who is president Of the
National Manufacturers association,
was then elected president of the or
ganization, there being no opposition
to him or to the other officers. Parry
made brief speech Of acceptance. re-
ferring to his devotion to the move
ment and the desire to secure ways and
means for the observance OF the law.