The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-15

''orfanizsd labor, with characteristic oDtueeness, assumes that productive cap ital has been seised in some piratfcaf manner by those who possess 1t, and that, therefore, t Is legitimate spells for those who can sei5e 1t. It Is apparently oblivf- ous to the fact that progress Is depend- ent upon the amount of productive capf- tai in use, for 1t is capital that muitipfies the productive capacity of men. and the for distribution.
 Organized labor is particularly denun- clatory or trusts. but what greater trust IS there than itself? It is the grand the trust of men who make their living Dy manual labor. It is to be hoped that, in accordance with the Nelson amend msnt to the Department of Commerce searchlisht of publicity on the trusts, VIII not forget organized labor. If any insututfon needs to be exposed to the ilmelight. 1t is certainly trade unionisn. but It is not only trust itself: 1t is a creator or other trusts-of capitalistic trusts. as distinguished from labor trusts One of the leading causes for me formation of number of the indus- tral combinations has been the neces- sity that has confronted employers to unite. that the exactions of labor might DC more effectively dealt with
 organised labor and the Socialist Par ty ainer Tn one essential respect. The former seeks to bring about socialism py forcible methods. and the latter seeks the same end through the ballot box The attempts Of organized labor to compel the shortening of the hours of labor with out regard to the effect on industrial vel rare. its dictation of uniform wage scale. which place the indoIent and inapt on the same footing with energy and capabiiity. ana s.n, the absolute power 1t arrogates to itself over the individual on the theory that the individual has no rights which the many need respect, are all cardinal principles of socialism. Socialism is denial Of Individual and property ,rigfits. duced to its last analysis.
 MT Parry then took up the anthracite strike ana the municipal condition of Chi of joint agreements in force between the coal operators and the United Mine Work CTS, that tho public is not consulted wi1er, advances in wage scales are granted and go up. that 1t means the "industriaI de- struction of the United states." for the high price of coal entering into the cost of manufactured products will shut us of the world" As to Chicago. Mir Parry chicago's Union Stronghold. s. Chicago, second city. in the United states. Is the stronghold of tfrionfsfn in tH,s ScuntrS s It is in that city that the n greatest oppression; 1t is there that po- ntical cnicanery and organized labor have joined hands for the rnuIcting of the busi- less elements of Chicago enarfates that great stream of socialistic virus. which If allowed to flow unrestricted. will poison the entire nation. It is there that organ. cessfully defying the law and public opin- ion. It is there that trades uf1ionism has run mad-where agftators who do not work are lauded as great and useful citi. zens. Chicago cries for redemption. Win there eyer be sufficient specialization of the majority and decent public sentiment in that city to remove the bonds which shackle it's industrial progress?
 Trades unionlsm in Chicago has reach ca point where 1t has become a menae to all decent and iaw-abiding citizens. Shocking industrial crimes are committed bor, but such is the paraiyzed hand of the law that 1t is next to impossible to bring about a conviction of the misguided men who seek to better their own condi- ton by destroying the property and lives of others. This condition prevails. and it Is needless for Chicago to deny 1t. The records of her own courts. of her own daily papers. show 1t. Tho suppressed yet indignant protests of the citizens have been and are passed by unheeded. The voice Of public conscience is hushed from terrorisation.''
 Mir. Parry then recited the murders of
 
 the name of organized labor.' the vic tims all being non-union men. He de- scribed the inability of the courts of jus tice to convict any of the murderers be- cause of the fear felt by jurors that they Fin turn might be assassinat ted" MT. Parry concluded the Chicago paragraph with the prophecy that Chicago will be fin the hands of martial law in a very few rnonths' unless there is an awaken ing of the civic pride of Chicago which shall put an end to the lawlessness now throttling the city"
 The American Federation of Labor wa S denounced as an organization which breeds boycotters. picketers and social ists and the source from whence proceeds such such noxious emanations as ,,,, the eight, speaker denounced conciliation as a myth and arbitration as a failure. holding that there can be no conciliation or arbitration ployers and they are forced to arbltrate whether they will or not. As cure for the many evils confronting employers Mir. Parry recommended organization among manufacturers and employers which shall embrace the last employer In the United States. the various minor or ganizations to be combined in one grand national federation.
 The rest of the report dealt mostly with the new Department of Commerce and the question of reciprocity. Mir. Parry recom- mended the maxim and minimum tariff as a solution of the reciprocity question.
 
 shall Gushing. National Secretary. made his annual report, showing an increase in the Associations membership for the last year of over 100 per cent. After the luncheon recess. Hamilton Carhart of Michigan, National Treasurer, reported a satisfactory and improved financial condition for the Treasury.
 C. W. Post of Battle Creek, Mich, orig inator ot the Post check system. deliv- cred an address, The Tyranny of Trades Unions." He said in part.
 Pleads for White Slaves.
 "I am here to plead the cause of the white slave of today. He may he partly enslaved by a combination of circum- stances, taken advantage of by selfish manufacturers, although practically every empioye is as free as air to % and come at his pleasure and sell his labor where he likes but the slave Of a tyrannous labor union is in truth and in fact more abject than the negro slave of the past.
 ''There may have been some brutal and tyrannous slave owners in the South. but ask you If ever in all the history of negro slavery did there exist such con- dition of oppression. cruelty to men. wo- men and children. terror, anarchy. beat ings and murder as now exists under the acts of desperate members Of labor unions?
 "In the gradual solution of the wage question and tho establishment of the rights of both parties, labor unions be- came necessity in order to curb the