The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-04-23
LABOR RESOLUTIONS
Manufacturers Speak Cut Against
Boycotts and loekcHts.
THEY RECOGNIZE RIGHT OF LABOR.
Labor Commissioner Wright Ad.
dresses the ConVcntion-ihe Rss-
oIutionS.

New Orleans. Spcc!a,.-lnterest IN
Tuesdays session o. the National AS
sociation OF Manufacturers centeTed IN
the report OF the resolutions COMMIT
tee, which was made at noon. The labor
question Immediately caEc 20 the front
iE the shape Of a resolution embodyi2S 5
declaration OF principles. declaring
against boycotts and lockCus5, reco2-
nizing the right Of labor to organize,
but without interference with the hD-
erty of employers or employe, deny
ing the right of unions to fix wages
and pledging the association to oppose
all legislation not in accord with the
foregoing principles. a motion to ADOPT
the resolutions brought a protest from
Jas. F. Tater, of Cincinnati, who de-
manded that the resolutions be printed
and held over until tomorrow. Mr..
Tater was supported by Mayor Jones,
of Toledo, and a rising vote was de-
manded. The motion to defer acton
was lost by heavy vote and the reso-
lutions 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 IN
alterably opposed to boycotts, black
lists and other illegal acts of interfer-
ence with the personal liberty OF en-
ployer and empioye.
IS. No person should be refused
employment Or in any way be discrinl-
mated against on account OF mem per
ship OF non-membership in any labor
organization, and there should be no
discrimination against or interference
with an employe who is not member
Of labor organization by members OF
such organizations.
a. With due regard to contracts, 1t
is the right of the employe to leave his
employment whenever he sees fit and 1t
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-
ally satisfactory, without interference
or dictation on the part Of individuals
or organizations not directly parties to
such contracts.
&c. Employers must be unmolested
and unhampered in the management
of their business and in the use of any
methods or systems of pay which are
just and equitable.
81 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 az equitable adjustment OF all
differences between employers and
employees.
80. The National Association Of
Manufacturers pledges itself to oppose
auy and all legislation not in accord
with the foregoing declaration"
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
ignorance to intelligence, and as he
has reached intelligence he has be-
come more or less a greater complica-
tion in Industrial affairs. In his ig-
| norance he did not strike; in his intel
ligence he does strike. The next step in
the development in his intelligence
will be that he will not strike; that he
will be able to accommodate himself to
conditions because he will understand
them better. He will be able to recog-
pize his rights in relation to the rights
Of others and to know fully what is
necessary for successful production,
| where he now understands only a part.
This means of course the organization,
the continuance, the perfection, Of la
Dor unions. Some of the methods or
labor unions are to be condemned. So
are som eof the methods Of the cap
| italistic organization to be condemned,
but because they cannot get on to-
gether does not mean that either or
both should be destroyed. They must
get on together. The great question for
employers and employees is: Will they
| in conduct of their mutual affairs ex-
ceed the militant spirit, or invoke that
peaceful consideration which leads to
| the adoption Of the highest elements
Of business interests?"