The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

New Orleans, April 15.-Interest in to-
days session of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers centered in the
report of the resolutions committee,
which was made at noon.
The labor question Immediately came
TO the front, in the shape of a resolu
ton embodying a declaration of prin-
cipIes. declaring against boycotts and
Iockouts, recognizing the right of labor
to organize, but without interference
with the liberty of employers or en-
plOyee,'' denying the right of unions to
fix wages. and pledging the associa-
ton to oppose all legislation not in ac-
cord with the foregoing principles. \
motion to adopt the resolutions brought
a protest from James F. Taller, of Gin
cinnati, who demanded that the reso-
luton be printed and held over until
tomorrow. Mr.. Taller was supported
by Mayor Jones, of Toledo, and a rising
vote was demanded. The motion to
defer action was lost and the resolu-
tions were adopted. They contain the
following declarations:
Il. Fair dealing is the fundamental
and basic principle on which relations
between employees and employers
should rest.
''2 The National Association of
Manufacturers is not opposed to organ
izatiOns of labor as such, but it is un-
alterably opposed to boycotts, black
lists and other illegal acts of interfer-
ence, with the personal liberty of en-
plOyer and employee.
'3. No persons should be refused
employment or in any way discriminat-
ed against on account of membership
or nOn-membership in any labor organ
iZatiOn and there should be no discrimi-
nation against or Interference with
any employee, who is not a member of
a labor organization by members of
such organizations.
II. With due regard to contracts, it
is the right of the employee to leave his
employment whenever he sees fit and
it is the right of employer to discharge
any emplOye when he sees fit.
"5. Employers must be free to en-
ploy their work people at wages mutu-
allv satisfactory, without interference
or dictatiOn on the part of individuals
or organizations not directly parties to
such contracts.
"6. Employers must be unmolested
and unhampered in the use of any
methods or systems of pay which are
just and equitable
- No limitation should be placed
upon the opportunities of any person
to learn any trade to which he or she
may be adapted.
IS. This association disapprOves alb
sOlutely of strikes and lockouts and
favOrs an equitable adjustment of all
differences between employers and en-
plOyees.
20. The National Association ot
Manufacturers. pledges itself TO oppose
any and all legislation not in accord
with the foregoing declarations
At the morning session Carroll D
Wright. commissioner. of labor. made
an address in the course of which he
said:
The wOrkingman has risen from ig-
norance to intelligence, and as he ha:
reached intelligence, he has become
more or less a greater complication il
industrial affairs. In his ignorance ht
did not strike: in his intelligence h,
does strike The next step in the devel
opment in his intelligence will be tha
he will not strike; that he will be abl
TO accommodate himself to conditions
because he will understand them bet
ter. He will be able to recognize hi
rights in relation to the rights of 9th
ers and to know fully what is necessar,
for successful production, where nov
he understands only a part. Thi
means of course, the organization, tn
continuance, the perfection of labo
unions. Some of the methods of tn
labor union are to be condemned. S
are some of the methods of the capital
istic organization TO be condemned an
because they cannot get on together
does not mean that either or both shoul
be destroyed. They must get on to
gether.
The great question for employer
and employees is: Will they, in til
oOOdnpt oE r1n11tual affairs