The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-15
Manufacturers condemn
 Union Methods. WILD CHEERS FOR PARRY
 l President of the Association
 Warmly Greeted. Today a Policy Probably Will Be Outlined by Which the Elm ployers Will Be Guided in Relations with Em- ployeG
WILD CHEERS FOR PARRY

New Orelans, April 14.-The first days session of the annual convention or the National Association of Manufacturers ended this evening without any dennite indication as to whether the organizauon will adopt as it's own the policy or az rressye hostility to union labor mefhods outlined by President D. M. Parry in his annual report MT. Parry's attitude on the labor question was the chief point or interest for the delegates. and, 1t IS oe- clared as-the cause for the largest oei- egate representation in the history Of the Association. When Mir. Parry was In- troduced at the morning session ne ceiyed remarkable ovation, the oo uI rates r,s,ng and cheering him vigorously and repeatedly. His report was iiiiii'e
 ataiv referred to the committee.
 Al numerous times during the day, Tn resolutions and in speeches,( the matter of trades unionism came to the surtace' hit at no time was there any test vote by which the attitude of the convention was shown. The frequent outpursts oi appiause. however. showed intense feei- ing lon the part of the members oI .ne Assac,ation and there was every indi- cation that the session tomorrow a1ter- roor when the report of the Resolutions (sorrittee will be submitted. will prove a lively one
 The openfns of the convention at Tu- lane Hall this morning was made one oc- cas,on of an impressive manifestation or New Orleans hospitality. The iocal com mittee had made elaborate preparanons for the entertainment of the delegates and their ladies and the arrangements
 A>p AA anti fgAA of the visitors,
 The convention hall was profuseiy dec- orated with the brilliant flowers and foli- age of the early New orleans summer and when Vice. President '. M, tEoF0n oi Louisiana, called the conventfon 10 dEz1er. sco4es Of women residents and visitors were present with the delegates.
 Mir. Porch. after welcoming the visit ors in behalf of the commercial interests of the South. introduced Mayor Pay} Capdevieiie of New Orleans and Cover nor W. H. Heard, who gave hearty and eloquent welcome. Then came the fea- ture of the days session in the spirited reception given President Parry. The delegates first applauded with vigorous handclapping, and as the enthusiasm grew men and women arose or climbed on their chairs. cheering Justify and wav- ing hats and handkerchiefs. MT. Parry responded briefly and then submitted his annual report, dealing largely with labor conditions.
 The Report of Parry.
 After calling attention to the marked growth of the National Association of Manufacturers which now has over twen- ty-one hundred members on it's roll. MT. Parry immediately took up the question of the battle between the manufacturers and organized labor in connection with the eight-hour and anti-conspiracy bills, which were defeated at the last session of Congfress: Referring to this contest. Mir. Parry said:
 passage of the eight-hour and the anti injunction bills the Association performed what, to my mind. was 6 great public service. the full significance of which is. perhaps. not realized even by many who were foremost in condenning those meas ures. The srnere defeating of these two bills does kot tell the story. What was done that was much more important and far-reacRAg was to give an opportune check tqt the socialistic impulse. It is im- possiblst hide our eyes to the fact that the liberties and blessings they now en- joy are with restless ardor striving to force the nation to what must eventually mean industrial disaster, if not anarchy and despotism.
 Organized labor. an army presumably two million strong, feeling its strength and exultant over many victories it had won, concluded last winter that the time was ripe to make Congress engraft upon the statute books of the nation its sprigs of socialism. legalizing those denials of individual rights which 1t has heretofore sought to enjoin by force. It drew up and fathered the eight-hour and anti-injunc- tion bills, the former of which could we'll have been entitled An act to repeal the of the individual and the latter should have been termed A bill to legalize strikes and boycotts.' Tt
 The introduction in Congress of such measures as these and the support they received there and from the press and public can only be regarded as ominous manifestations of the deep-seated power of an organization which in late years has had such an in5iduous growth that we md 1t dominating to a dangerous de- srnt. sree tne whole social; political % and & &gov- can take note of the hundreds of strikes or the last year. of the many acts of ag- 9resslon and ruthless violation of prin- ciples heretofore held dear by the Amer lcan people. of the subservient and apolo- getc tone of many newspapers and pub iic men towards those things, and also of capital without being impressed with the gravity or the situation? If organized la Dor had succeeded in getting it's two bills enacted into law. more measures of a similar character would have followed close upon us at a rapid rate
 A Defeat for Socialism.
 "It is we'll that those who would revo- lutionize the social order should at the very inception of their national program meet with organized resistance. and If was fortunate that there was an associa- ton strong enough to checkmate the in fuence of organized labor this last winter and that at a time when in the fuli pleli. titude of its power it seemed certain Inf success. This confiict-and 1t was a con flict, and a very momentous one-deseryes to go down in history as the first decisive defeat of the socialistic forces which have of late years had such surprising growth.
 HOnca tborou0hIv, alive to the tr,,a ,o ture of this un-American institution of or ganized labor as at present conducted, the people, firmly believe. will place their stamp of disapproval upon 1t. and 1t will dwindle in power faster than it grew. Per haps a new form of unionism will take its place-a beneficent unionism-fOr the right Sn,-it th .o oi sena,it,,,Gnr is s .ne to be disputed. The employers of this country have no quarrel with the man that works for them considered as indi,