The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-14
|UNIONISM MOBOCRACY Parry Assails Organized
 Labor. RELIES NOT ON REASON Intimidation and Coercions
 Its Weapons. It is . Standing yoros. zs Gays, ts Throttle Industry aaa czush
 Out the system of
 Merit.

ShAutan4u@s ". xss Aug. 1.-p. Ms Parry. President of the Nationai Auso- ciaticn of Manufacturers. today delivered one of the most important addresses hs- fore the conference on "The Mob spirit in America"
 Mr. Parry spoke on Mob sptrat in or- ganized Labor" He said. in part: Tn this country. tn the last year. thers have been.many nobs of different Kinds. but to my mind the most dangerous 6f them all is the mob o9 organized labor. No man. take it, can object to any kind of an association. labor or other. which is organized for lawful and bsnea- cent purposes. but organised labor as at Is conducted today. stands convicted by its own leaders as iawiess organise ticn.'
 Rails Against ahs Law.
 Tn that 1t seeks by physical force tu overfule individual rights and is coutis,- uaily railing against the laws and ds- nounclng courts and publlc ofglciais fox enforcing these laws, 1t fui6lis an the Ys- guirements of the definition of saohocracv. Unlike the lynching bees and khe ylnilai1eS committees, 1t is what might be termed A standing mob. under fair aieclpiine hv iEs 0uicers. and ready upon occsal0ns fu commit the overt acts of outrage and dA. struction which are the outward nanifeS- taton of the mob spirit It declares ist enocf, that it's will ts superior to ctlak0us traditions, government re9ulations. aiid even the consultation of the country. xk asserts that the individual has nn 1fnlns. rent rights that cannot be taken from him. and that, therefore, it haa the rifht to say that no man shah work ana tllnt 70 industry shah run without its con Tn it's attempt to compel recosn.slnn of It's pFetenfions Co sovereiknty; it rs- lies not on reason. but on coercion fx,. tiinldation and the bludgeon. In ifs eo1l- tinuai preachfMents against law ana ifa constant appeal to the baser passions of men, t is doing more than any other agency to inculcate the mob spirit and 4o encourage the unfurling of the red flag of anarchy.
 'The President of. the Chicago Federa. tion of Labor recently declared in a rt- cent interview: The President ideals a death blow to organized labor when he declares that he cannot diaeffu1fuakA is it's favor. It sounds fair on the face of if. but without discrimination we are tuet where we started What we have been lighting for is union labor to the exclu- sion of all other.'
 Ought to Be Crushed.
 These are the words of conseryativs among union leaders. and they voice the sentiment of the agitators the country over. To their mind if you deny tha right of their organization to commit Illegal acts. you are attempting to crush it. If organised labor has only lawleaz purposes. 1t ought to be crushed.
 During the last year the attempts ta force men to give allegiance to strike bosses in their plans to set up an oIiaafs chy that will control industry independ- ent of the laws of the country, have re. suited In mob conditions In many of ti1e leading centers. Supremacy of law and order has sustained not only many seyefk shocks, but the nation has also lost nla> lions of dollars by the idleness of thotis- ands of men. This loss must fall heavlex upon the men who depends upon their dairly wage than upon those who have something to fall back on. It is time thae the workmen of this country were learn ing that for the millions of dollars they pay in salaries to, the agitators, they are receiving in return nothing but ceaseIesa trouble. enforced idleness and less of thm comforts of life. They are also biddinm for the destruction of their most precious possessioTb-that of industrial liberkv. Their investments in mobocracy IS mighty poor investment.''
 Thomas I. Kidd of Chicago viee-presss dent of the American Federation of Labor opened the discussion on "The labor unions and the mob spirits" He asserted the leaders in labor riots were usually recent converts to unionism flushed with the possession of power.
 One Reason of Riots.
 One explanation of riots advanced bw him was that thousands of workingnnen had been embittered by the conditions ok their childhood and their experiences in later life with the company store, and the other evidences of greed and power arrayed against them had made them more desperate.
 Mir. Kid insisted, however, that the per- centage of riots in labor troubles was small, saying that records of 250oO strikes in seven years showed that fewer than 1 per cent had been attended by riots. He did not believe Mir. Parry correctly ren. resented the employers of the country.
 The employment of detectives ana agents who excited the men to violenee said Mir. Kidd. placed much responsibility on certain employers. Organized labor. said he. was not responsible for the ern- ployment of private policemen during the anthracite strike. for the whitecappirix If miners fin Colorado, for the riots at Dan vile and Evansville.
 The lawlessness of the few, he insisted should not obscure the good cItizenshIw of fh anna fOrtfv of fraHa ,,st..st.A-