The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-15

purposes, but because they FEAR the
consequences of not yielding 10 its tyr
amy. These men are, as a class, the
more thrifty and capable of its MEM
bers. They are men who sc rely re-
lei against the system which places
them upon the level with the inconpe-
tent and idle, and would gladly have
free conditions established, that might
prove their superior worth. and thus
gain advancement in life. hut they
dare not openly express their Views, for
they feel that their employment and
peace depend upon their submissive ac-
Cuiescence to the principles OF the un-
ion.
Would Mean No Benefit.
"The fixing of arbitrary wage scale
by force would result in no benefit to
any class of labor if all classes adopt
ed the idea. Suppose that clerks,
bookkekepers, lawyers, doctors, man
ayers, business men, and, in fact, all
workers outside of pure manual labor,
should organize and should say that
they must have such and such wages
or so much profit, or they would go
home and stay there. 1t is within the
range of possibility that their de-
mands might be acceded to- Increased
wages and profits would thus be ac-
corded to every one, according to the
theory of organized labor, and power
ty would be unknown on earth. What
an absurd proposition! Arbitrary
enactments and all the resoluting and
demagogy in the world can never Gre
ate an atom of wealth.
Organized labor is particularly de-
mandatory of trusts. but what great
err trust is there than itself? 1t is the
grand trust of the times. 1t is the
muscle trust, the trust of men who
make their living by manual labor.
1t is to be hoped that, in accordance
with the Nelson amendment to the
Department of Commerce bill, the
government in turning the search
light of publicity on the trusts, will
not forget organized labor. If any in
stitution needs to be exposed to the
timelight, it is certainly trade union
ism. But it is not only a trust itself;
it is a creator of other trusts-of cap
itelistic trusts, as distinguished from
labor trusts. One of the leading
causes for the formation of a number
of the industrial combinations has
been the necessity that has confronted
employers to unite, that the exactions
Of labor might be more effectively
dealt with.
Organized labor and the Socialist
party differ in one essential respect.
The former seeks to bring about So
cialism by forcible methods, and the
latter seeks the same end through the
ballot box. The attempts of organ
lied labor to compel the shortening
of the hours of labor without regard
to the effect on industrial welfare, its
dictation of uniform wage scale, which
place the indolent and inapt on the
same footing with energy and capa-
bility, and the absolute power 1t ar
ko- - II r.I
on the theory that the individual has
no rights which the many need re-
spect, are all cardinal principles of
socialism. Socialism is denial of in
dividual and property rights, and So,
also, is trades unionism, when re-
duced to its last analysis.
Chicago, second city of the United
States. is the stronghold of unionism
in this country. 1t is in that city that
the tyranny of organized labor has
reached it's greatest oppression; it is
there that political chicanery and or
ganfzed labor have Joined hands for
the mulcting of the business interests
of the city. From the restless ele-
ments of Chicago emanates that great
stream of socialistic virus, which, If
allowed to flow unrestricted, will pois-
on the entire nation. 1t is there that
organized labor holds forth trium-
plant, successfully defying the law and
public opinion. 1t is there that trades
unionisnn has run mad-where aeita.
tors who do no work are lauded az
great and useful citizens. Chicago
cries for redemption. VIII there ever
be sufficient specialization of the ma
jority and decent public sentiment in
that city to remove the bonds which
shacklc its Industrial progress?"
The rest of the report dealt most
ly with the new Department of Com
merce and the question of reciprocity.
Mr.. Parry recommended the maxim
and minimum tariff as a solution of
the reciprocity. question.
Marshall Cushing, national secretary,
read his annual report, showing
an increase in membership of 100 per
cent. during the last year and a sat-
lsfactory financial condition. The chair
man announced his standing commit
tees, and at II o'clock an adjourn
ment for luncheon was taken.
Tyranny of Trades Unions.
After the luncheon recess Hamilton
Carhart of Michigan, national treas
urer, reported a satisfactory and i'm
proved financial condition for the
treasury. c. w. Post of Battle Greek.
Mich, originator of the Post check
system, delivered an address on THE
tyranny Of Trades Unions" He said
in part:
There may have been some brutal
and tyrannous slave owners in the
South, but l ask you if ever in all the
history of negro slavery did there ex-
lst such condition of oppression, cru
city to men, women and children; ter
ror, anarchy, beatings and murder as
now exists under the acts of desperate
members of labor unions?
In the gradual solution of the wage
question and the establishment of
the rights of both parties, labor unions
became necessity in order to curb
the selfishness and injustice of some
manufacturers, but such violent and
desperate excuses have crept into
operation of the labor unions that
common safety demands a new union
eliminating the faults of the old.
Il protest against unnatural acts.
such as curtailment of production by
the manufacturer, to force lower
wages on the employee, or by strikes
to force higher wages on the employ