New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
ORGANIZED LABOR TRUST
ITS EVILS DENOUNCED
Bg President Parry of National As-
sociati0n of Manufacturers.

->1N4SAA@A
Of Manufacturers representing hundreds OF mliilohs
q. invested American capital began to-day at IuIahe
Hall what promises 10 be the most important diA
rual convention in the history OF the orsahi@o-, ~
The largely increased delegate Tepresehlenon 80
various manufacturing states OF the 'O4'4
saolsrs5 ny the members TO be largely due 10 Ihe
interest taken by the members in the laOor eues
ton James W Porch. Yice-presloent iof 10 10
called the convention to order Mayor FauI m s
,,;slle Of New-Orlesns and Governor w w t1eaiu
.5S-asse5 the delegates in hearty speeches OF wei
came and David N Parry. president OF the asSo ~
,piation responded The convention iheh se So.
itself TO the business of the session. oesis
with the reading OF the presidents anhuS1 80 -.
A4.ar calling attention TO the marked sToWh "a
,he National Association OF Manufacturers "hlch
now has over twenty-one hundred melA0eAS 20
rails Mr Parry Immediately took Up the ques'' =
The battle between the manufacturers ana OF
49, a., oonaaa7ton with the eight hour s1o anu
consuirscy biiis which were celsated al INC IAS'
session. Of Congress- Referring TO TINS CONTEST 49,
Parry said:
BY its determined opposition TO the p@Ss 9asS as
Eociauon performed whal. 20 my nlo. %5 %% - ner-
pubic service, the !uIl Who were foremost
80 condemnIng those measures 1 ne ilsIS N mai
was done that was much more inlpot taat any ociaI
reaching was 10 g!Ne an pl oplSt - bISe our eyes
fstic impulse 1t is impossloe 10 noIe soTgetfuI
The fact that large mass OF tHe poOp nioT are
OF the liberties ana BLESSINGS 'I fe2ce the nation to
with restless aroor striving 10 1sfTtsf disaster II
what must eventually mean lnousAAla4 N4'
rsanize6 lahor an army presumably TWO n15iO r50
strong feeling its strength ana st winter that
-he time was ripe make Congress- eltets soctfsI-
tbe eaIte books OF the nation its sprigs OF s9Cal s
80 jeye Iizng those denials OF individual Li6. so
which Il has heretofore sopshei i6t ~ hnir and anti
3osnrction bills the former Of which Goulq bi,I of
haEe been entitled the freedom Of the individual
ard the latter should have been terIheo y W
% tn4roSycton in Congress of such re
- .Saea sr5 the support they received rSa5 LLSi ss
audr
o-nnols manifestations OF the oeet go rad such
an an insiioTs growth that find II iiticaI
to a dangerous degree the |hoiT mo nafjon Who can
80 nofe of the hundreds OF strikes o. a1fbiess
ea 95 tne o pincpes heretofore held dear by the
American people OF the suoSe 5 niblc men toward
those things and also Of the an ,t 100 beine i'm
antagonl&sIn & ~ r-ayitT OF the situation? II or
ranzed labor had succeeded IN getsls n9iIar char
enscte9 dn9 nT9 have followed close upon the hee5S
cG ve should have found socialism stealhs uPo"
Is we'll that those who would reyoluGonmze ny beiT TiT
atIS u o-5sr sho;ld at the very lncepnon oL ~
5ational programme meet with orgahIIee ee an as
ance and it fortunate Lnat 1lf the influence
secaon, labor this last winter and that al a
time nTeS SDe Certain of success This conetaa9q 1t
was conflict. and very men G;sIe defeat of
70 go down in history as the hTsI late Years
the sociastIc forces which nave oI A'
had such surprising grown
RFSEFIcENT UNIoNIsM NEEDED
+0p-0F
- ,oerican restitution of organized l9ooL 1;o1s
present conducted the people LII ~ iin3n i9 II and
:, 1i dZTindIe in power faster Than II gre" oce-
haps new IG5n innisMfor IS the right Of the work
man to organize. within the splIlt ~ ~ eTn9ioyers
oTe+if1ioI is not be disputed me ne Ian Ihat
coII1try have no quarrel with ne iileh Th
WORK for them. conscereo an +ac+ories calls for
welfare Of those who toll IN our m maj we must
80 most earnest consideration Buy .1r,,s Tio1 of
protest 1S the disastrous Industrial policy %ne
cSeracterize them in their present
Gizea labor knows but one law and tha6 u
the iaw OF physical foroe-lle 1s" All It's purposes
&c accomplished either by actual 1v!Ce III N
|eaeon and justice. but in strikes 0oyeo'ss mob tb
coercion II Is no 10 master except its will and
= continually condemnlns or deIylns S 1-S Ita
4er clesq menace it becomes TO the continuance o.
$ree government in which all the people Ia in-o
be6e el6e in midst Of liberty LOVING peop-e 81
IN s SeIe ef he state it does not regard itself as
bo,lrd 10 o0ssrYe the FourteeIlthI n icj1 d.
rss mai no state shall attempt TO abridge the
privileges or right of life. liberty and properly u
n mas not hesItated resort to violence and the the
oF SIS demands. lis history is stained with p4oc
and ruin. Many man whose ol.y i Lauio To srI4fa,
he stood upon his rights has been made 10 SUM-, sunel
2uuase. a1o h,'-6f face 10 face with financial ruin
has been oIo4sLL 80 a,+o - besyen and vet an un
aroused public sentiment TOO often pellll'S 'ne"
Il now demands OF the public and Of C9ngTeS S
n
and property destruction that II may ooiili'i"e -
maintain its power through terrorism and ,+roi5a
ion over al classes debating the press and L
the politicians. and strangling independence o
thought and American manhood - .,
IT denies to outs de its ranks the indlVldua
risbt fbat Is one of the most sacred and funda
mental of American liberty. II holos pludgeol
+erns upon which he shall permitted 70 do busi
ness Il says him that he must deal direct VIII
,r15on- rnar while shall pay the men Wh'
work in his factory they shall be beholden NOR
10 TIE union than 10 him for their positions; tina
he cannot employ OF discharge men "lchoIo L. u ~
Endorsement and consent Of the union and that NJ
out regard 10 their individual worth the econo
mic ability OF the employer to pay. -,..-...e.
assumes that productive capital has been seized y
Ps Ps11a aneF IS Gs ste fhGas @ sppis osSf for tos
who can seize 1t Il is apparently obvious 70 ON IN
Of productive capital use for i is capital ina
Inulpes the ProaoGIDe G5paGg & more 81 Iber Is fo
distribution
GRAND TRUST OF THE TIMES.
Organized labor is particularly denunciato'ry Q
trusts but what greater trust is there than itse1
trust the trust OF men who make their living b!
1i1b the Nelson amendment TO the Department O.
Commerce bill. the government IN turning M
ferEet oTgarized labor. any institution needs t
be exposed 10 he T9ehg%n % Is f-e iflelf II
a creator Of other trusts-of capitalsuc trusts, a;
,rS causes for the formation of number of TIT
industrial tions has been the necessity tina
lions Of abor might be more effectively dealt with
orgszeq9 gssf9a Ia9T respect The former Seeks 70 brinl
about socialism by forcible methods, and the lat
Ter seeks the same END through the ballot box
The attempts ,s ~ hears Of labor without regart
81 re rsct - on Industrial welfare its dictation
uniform wage scales which place the ndoIeht silf
inapt en- the footing with energy and d cara I1
iTty and the absolute power i arrogates TO ltseI
over the individual on ne t.sory Inat 5 aa5 ia IA
epect are all cardinal principles of socialism 30