The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-23
President OF Manufacturers Assocfa-
tion Says Two Paragraphs Were
Selected for Dissection.
CHAOS IN WAGE RELATIONS
THIS Is WHAT SENATOR HANNA IS
CHARGED WITH ENCOURAGING.
Charge Is Also Made <hat HIS Present
Attitude In Predicated on Po-
IitfcaI Ambition.

David M. Parry, president Of the National
Manufacturers Association, has replied to
the speech OF Senator Marcus A. Hanna,
made at Columbus o., Tuesday night. The
statement from Mr.. Parry which follows is
the only answer he will make to the Co
lumbus speech. he says.
ITO me IL looks very much as If Mr.. Han
ma was seeking popularity for the purpose
OF running for President said Mr.. Parry
last night
The reply to Senator Hanna is as follows:
Mr.. Hanna's rushing TO the rescue of
organized labor Is, when you come to think
OF IL, a somewhat astonishing spectacle. IL
every one enjoyed that speech of the sena-
tor as much as l have. it certainly cannot
in contributing to the era OF general good
feeling.
''Of course, I have no personal feeling
whatever against Mr.. Hanna, and am
glad TO note that he has none against me.
although / must confess that 1t Is with
some surprise that l read his declaration
that display Ignorance In my report But
then a good deal can be forgiven man
who Is in the midst of trying campaign,
especially when he has recently been de-
Now, IL IL had been the latter who had
taken up the cudgels for labor there would
not have been nearly as much humor In the
situation. Can ii be that Mr.. Hanna Is be-
ginning at this late day to copy after the
methods of the mayor of Cleveland, the
man whom he has so long tried TO defeat?
=
years since Mr.. Hanna was stigmatized as
the king OF labor crushers. The public per-
haps has a distinct remembrance OF those
wonderful cartoons which pictured him as
the monster tasknaster with dollar marks
tattooed on his person and club in mis-
hand with which he was crushing the life
= out OF the poor laboring man. In the CAM
paign Of 1896 the very men that MT. Hanna
now extols as the able leaders of organised
labor issued a circular demanding I'm the
name OF .ail the wealth producers of the
country the reconciliation of silver, and
because he. as chairman OF the national
support of the gold standard he was lam
pooned and abused worse. perhaps, than
any man before or since by these very men
seeks.
GENESIS OF Mr. HANNA
'The genesis Of Mr.. Hanna from an en-
ergetic business man, with labor record
not particularly distinguished for leniency.
into a political leader and finally a United
States senator, who is the leading spirit
II not the founder, of the Civic Federation,
is a remarkable instance of what the polit-
ical bee will make a man do when 1t gets
to buzzing I'm his bonnet Who knows where
the metamorphosis of Mr.. Hanna will end?
Is Il possible that he has become a convert
to all the leading tenets of trade unioniems
II appears that he actually joined the Anal
gamated Union, or whatever IL was ne ad-
IL
as an excellent one to mark an initiation
into the order. AS good union man he
may yet think IL incumbent upon him to
look with an indulgent eye upon Organism,
and / am almost inclined to believe IL an
opportune time to make the suggestion that
he be made the next running mate Tor Mr.
Bryan. Bryan and Hanna-how is that for
a ticket?
..Of course. am aware that all this is not
argument, but then there was very little
argument In Mr.. Hanna's speech. He takes
ma Endorsement
of 9S per cent. OF the manufacturers of the
country as being a fair exposition OF the So
cialistic tendency, and what Carroll ID.
Wright calls the damnable practices of
trades-unionism, and makes what l think
the country will hold as poor attempt to
paper then denies il is true and turns
around, after sneering at the writer, and
says. in the manner OF the ordinary stump
speaker: Boys. isn't that So? OF course,
the boys sent up an uproarious shout of ap-
proval- Then he patted this man on the
back, and then that one, called Mr.. Shaffer
brother, and otherwise conducted himself
as the presiding genius OF a veritable love
feast. This method of disposing of one of
the most serious questions OF the day prob
ably takes with the kind of men that he
was addressing, but I cannot help feeling
that the rest OF the country would have
been better satisfied with a more dignified
treatment OF the labor problem. After the
manner OF pettifogging lawyer he picked
out couple of paragraphs of my report,
held them up to ridfcule, and then passed
and the legal responsibilities of labor
unions evading all the main points brought
out In my address. II there Is anything
more In Mr.. Hanna's speech fail to find 1t.
ROOT OF THE WHOLE MATTER
What has Mr.. Hanna to say about fixing
the wages by artificial methods? There is
the root of the whole matter. If It is right
that one class of workmen should have
their wages fixed arbitrarily. then 1T is only
just that the wages Of ali classes should be
fixed In the same manner. / have heard IL
said that had IL not been for Mr.. Hanna and
his Civic Federation the anthracite coal
strike would have been settled without the
crushing losses that fell upon the consum-
ers of the country. but be this as IL may,
does Mr.. Hanna agree that Ii was perfectly
proper for the miners union TO demand a
scale or wages out Of proportion to the
wages paid similar labor in other industries
and. failing 10 get IL, TO go on strike, par
a.y-.cg orderly government in the mining
districts and causing a shortage OF the fuel
supply tEat meant a loss of millions to in
dusrry and to householders throughouf the
country? How does Mr.. Hanna make the
report OF the mining commission conform to
his ideas OF justice? That report believe
states that the wages OF the miners were
found TO compare favorably with the nav of
employees In other industries and vet de-
spite this finding. the commission granted
arr advance OF 10 per cent / speak of this
miners strike because IL Is typical and be-
cause every one knows about IL, but there
have been hundreds OF other strikes which
that Is gained II a signal for others to go
on strikes. The natural consequence is that
we read In the daily press accounts of a
constant succession OF strikes.
81 am surprised TO see that Mr. Hanna
30 fiatiy denies the proposition that organ
force. when every day furnishes its demon
otrat.ons In proof OF my charge The only
reason why, the anthracite miners received