Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-22
HANNA REPLIES To PARRY
Declares Manufacturers Stern Criticism Of
Labor Unions Absolutely Untrue
SENATOR LAuDS woRKMEEs LEADERS
Points to Civic Federation rs Proof
that Employers and Employed
Alike Seek to Settle Indus-
trial Issues AmicabIy.


COLUMBUS, o., April 21.-senator Hanna
tonight was the guest Of honor at a ban
quet rendered the delegates to the con-
vention of the A~malgamated Association Of
iron, Steel and Tin Workers that is now
holding its twenty-eighth annual session
here. He was invited as the chairman to
speak about the National Civic Federation
and its work, but he took occasion also to
reply to MIR. Parry's recent speech to the
American Association of Manufacturers
lie said In part:
Briefly to recount what has passed in
the last two years and a half / S IMPLY
want to say that from the outset l found
those engaged In the work Of the Civic
Federation to be earnest, honest and faith
full men.
Our first years work was principally or
country soon brought us face to face with
problems and gave us the opportunities TO
test the zeal and the interest of those en-
And while many express their doubts.
many thought we were undertaking a work
n ~ TuP pe, on anaI we could not succeed,
with. With but one notable exception. /
want also to publicly state. is hat in the
experience OF the last two years when
those methods have been pursued there has
not being q fa~ilure-notl one-nOt a failure.
With your permission 1 want to allude to
the recent utterances of the president of
an organization known as the Manufacture
ersl association. l have nothing personal
speet for that orsanizsfidn Sne n.sn fkn 5eV
2 greattdeal of Its personnel, and i know
Il is composed of liberal, hlgh-minded men.
1 say " is unfortunate that that Question
should be considered in so public a way ia
so drastic a way, by one, who, from his
" statements, does not understand the
He says: .,organized labor knows but one
law and that the law of physical force,
the law or the Huns and Vandals the law
OF the SAVAGE. All ITS nlraOqaz ara
pushed either by actual force or by the
on TINS unamerican institution or organized
Iapor as at present conducted. the people,
nrmiy believe. VIII place their stamp OF
In power faster than IL grew"
IL is true that today, within my knowl-
Suse, me men who control the greatest in
9us5llal aIairs,. and l mean by that term
industrial affairs" everything that enters
INTO our Industrial development, transpor-
the efforts being made by the union are
much In their interest, are satisfied that
they have been totally unprejudiced and
the preJudices OF the past and witness the
proofs that have come from this effort,
stand ready today to extend their hand OF
fellowship and join in this movement and
1 honestly believe that the majority Of that
very organization stands exactly in that
Mr.. Parry c%ontinues;
What we must protest against is the un-
warrantable usurpation OF rights and the
disastrous Industrial policy which charac-
serises them in their present associated
That IS unkind, unkind because IT ia NOT
true unkind because 1t is a statement in
direct opposition to the results accom-
To say there is an unwarrantabIe usurpa-
uon OF rights, disastrous to Industrial pol
Icy, is absolutely not true. There is no
part OF business or Industrial transactions
IN which everybody Is agreed and satisfied.
It Is beyond the power Of human nature
we are ali selftsh--to expect that in every
transaction, In every business of life there
shouid be an exact agreement. Just in
proportion 10 a mans ambition, just In
self a betterment of condition, there will
pc q strife on his part to attain Il, and
just as raF as that encroaches upon those
on the other side of this question, who are
working for some object there will be a
natural resistance. But there is always a
natural ground. always a natural place. a
neutral position where those great forces
can meet and at least consider the sitna-
tton, though at the same time there have
been IN connection with these labor troub-
les and disturbances many things l cannot
condone.
But / cannot believe there is a man
within the sound OF my voice who will
ccndone any violence. any interference with
personal rights of his n%eighbor, but In all
communities. in all countries. among ali
are not considerate either of the moral
= legal law to the extent that they do not
transgress.
Policy Ma Is Sentenced.
NEW YORK. April 21.-Justlce Scott in
he supreme court today sentenced Albert