The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-23

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 and finally, as a measure of expediency it became necessary for the government to negotiate with them that peace might be purchased.
 MT. Hanna praises the joint agree ments entered into between the bitum- inous miners and operators. He says that peace has been maintained by vir- tue of these agreements for five years in the bituminous, industry, We had an instance of what the cost of this peace is, by the joint agreement made this spring at Indianapolis. Under the threat of a strike the operators yielded to a demand for an increased scale that gave the miners twenty-five cents ton additional over what they had been receiving and making their wages far in excess of the standard paid i'll other employments of a similar grade. Since 1898, the wages of these miners have been increased by the joint agree ment method 42 per cent. for mine run coal.
 II wish it thoroughly understood that I am not against the individual work man getting the highest prices for his labor that industrial conditions will per
 init, nor am I against organized labor per SC. What I do oppose, however, is any system that seeks to pry up wages by the use of artificial methods or phy- sical force, by strikes, boycotts, joint agreements, coercions, etc. l declare that the arbitrary adjustment of wages is radically wrong. If MT. Hanna is not encouraging chaos in wage rela- tions, what is he doing? l maintain that free industrial conditions are es- sential to the highest progress and that only under such conditions the laboring classes hope to receive teh highest re- ward for their toll.
 q note that MT. Hanna says he is opposed to making the unions legally responsible for their acts because they are composed of honest men who will abide by their agreement. may be very ignorant on the labor question, but it has always been my understand ing that legal responsibility of union ism is considered desirable.
 "Mr. Hanna went out of his road in apologizing for the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers in it's bad judg- ment in electing me unanimously as president for second term. He stated that I managed to slip in because it was the custom of the association to honor each president with the two terms. This was a gross misstatement of facts for the former president filled the office six years. The manufactur- CTS of this country are supposed to have full possession of their faculties, and if they had needed the advice of MT. Hanna as to the election of a president they probably would have called on him. As they did not it wuold seem that they felt that they could struggle along without his as- sistance.
 MT, Hanna corralled the manufac- turers in tine country in the first Me Kinley campaign because of the fear of Bryanism. He led them into the Me- Kinley camp because of this fear, but if he thinks he can ring-nose the man. ufacturers of the country on the labor issue and lead them into the camp of Gompers and his aggregation I think i.e over estimates his strength and ir- fluence sery much. The National As- soeiation pt Manufacturers Is not po- liticei organization and will not be led by any politician. As long as I am president of ahe association it shall not be used as 8 Kite to advance the for tunes of any politician or political par ty.
 The labor question is entirely apart from partisan politics and it is hoped that 1t will not be made the football of