New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-22
TO DISPLACE UNIONS.
TRADE SCHOOLS URGED.
Manufacturers dissertation Wishes
Them to Sag Who May Work.

After working on the problem for over year
special committee OF the Manufacturers Associa-
ton or New-York presented report on the subject
or capital and labor at the meeting held in the
rooms OF the association. in Montaguz-st- Brook
yn, last night The coInmi tea consisted Of Charles
y. Chadwick. Neils PoulsVl, +. II. StiIInan and A.
G. Stone The report was laid the tabls until
the next meeting, when it viii be discussed. 1t
discusses the question OF labor and capital in
communication OF over five thousand words dealing
with the inception Of trusts and the rise OF the
labor unions. 1t suggests the solution OF
or the labor troubles the restriction OF immigra-
ton and the founding OF trades schools. a diploma
from which Will insure it's owner right to work
unmolested for such wages and such hours may
be agreeable TO him personally.
Discussing monopolles. the report says:
This monopoly. Capitalization Of business in the
hands OF few, is against the public policy of the
STATE OF the statutes and of judicial decisions.
The particular evil flowing from this rapid. eva
sive and changeable form of combination of capital
rom corporations through trusts into holding cor
poraons Is the tendency to the destruction OF free
lFnsatnuons and Is Tepugnant to the instincts of
spirit OF the federal constitution. 1t is doubtful II
free government can exist in country where such
eumnate ed to be held and to be used by the few
Taking up the labor side the report continues:
me shortslghtedness flowing from the greed and
hand. encouraged labor organizations Of various
kinds Throughout the country to come into exist
some responsible and some Irresponsible in the at
tempt to create another great monopoly to secure
oeen brought into existence through and by means
Combinations of capital have sought to secure
thelr ends through fnesse evasion Of law and intel
other hand, are seeking secure their ends
through physical violence and the application of
Strikes, direct or sympathetic. boycotts unfair
lists picketings, bullying and biackmaiI are tools
of force; while inferior careless and Indifferent
WORK are the results of a standard whose measure
Of the fres man.
These causes. added to an inordinate desire for
wealth. and power, now hold the American char
acter IN solution.
uon ana or education New races are coming into
70 educate; and until that which is here is asslmi
tated and educated. check should be placed upon
stand that serious mistake was made when the
grafton bin. Congress should prepare and pass an
immigration bill with provision for educational
the existing law for medical examination Of all
Would-be emigrants at the point Of their emgra-
In the matter of education the labor union should
should throw down the barriers and open the doors
sp an Who desire to learn trades and become art
tablishment OF training schools for these young
men and women. It should insist upon 1t that
boards of education should establish technical
schoois, so that the young men and women may be
Of the trade that they have elected to pursue No
Iongef the guilds OF the Middle Ages with the ap-
the problem Of haHdwork. Machinery has changed
who enters the shop to-day becomes attached to
ana, Is part of the machine learning to do one
business as whole. Therefore he must obtain
knowledge of his trade beforehand In a school es-
ta6hshed for that purpose, and tho certificate or
diploma granted by such school should be SUFFICIENT
70 guarantee to him the right to practise his trade
without fear of mOlestatiOn The diploma of the
lawyer the doctor, with the license TO practise
his profession, is sufficient insure to him the nm
disturbed practice OF his profession, and no combi-
nation OF professional unions OF lawyers or doctors
would be for moment tolerated which insists that
unless he joins this that particular organization
ne cannot practise his profession. This same lib
erty should hold good for the carpenter, the en-
gineer or the artisan. whatever his trade.
Undoubtedly there are two methods which sup
gest themselves in the solution OF the strike cues
aon. the report goes on TO say. 1t continues:
One is by arbitration; not that form of com
pu!sory arbitration which has been made a law In
New3Zealand. and which some people have advo-
Gated In this country, but voluntary arbitration
arising from open mind and an intellectual will
lngness 10 do the right thing when that shall he
determined The other is the peremptory enforce
ment Of the law as It exists hoding tho individual
responsible for his own act the act OF his agent
ITS SUGGESTIONS.
The committee then made the following sug
gestions
blrst-That trades unions and concentration OF