Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-04-22
LABOR RESOLUTIONS
Manufacturers Speak Out Against
BOycOttS and LOckGutS.
THEY RECOGNIZE RIGHT OF LABOR.
Labor Commissioner Wright Ad.
dresses the Convention-The Res
oiutionS

Now Orleans. Spccinl-Interest in
Tuesdays session of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers centered in
the report of the resolutions commit
tee, which was made at noon The labor
question Immediately came to the front
in the shape of n resolution embodying
declaration of principles, declaring
against boycotts and lockouts. recoS-
nizlng the right OF labor to organize.
but without interference with the lib
erty of employers or employc." 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 protest from
Jas F. later, 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 rising vote was de-
manded. The motion to defer action
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.
~. The National Association OF
manufacturers is not opposed to organ
izations of labor as such, but it is un-
alterably opposed to boycotts, black
lists and other illegal acts of interfer-
ence with the personal liberty OF en-
ployer and employe.
"3. No person should be refused
employment or in any way be discrim-
! mated against on account of member
ship or non-membership in any labor
organization. and there should be no
discrimination against or interference
with an employc who is not a member
of labor organization by members OF
such organizations.
a. With due regard to contracts. il
is the right OF the employe to leave his
employment whenever he sees fit and it
is the right OF employer to discharge
any employe when he sees fit
D. Employers must be free to en-
plcy 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.
"6. Employers must be unmolested
and unhampered in the management
or their business and in the use of any
methods or systems OF pay which are
just and equitable.
Il. No limitation should be placed
upon the opportunities of any person
to learn any trade to which he or she
may be adapted.
y. This association disapproves al
solutely of strikes and lockouts and
faVors an equitable adjustment of all
diHerences between employers and
employees.
-. 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
mas reached intelligence he has be-
come more or less greater complica-
ton in industrial affairs. In his ig-
norance he did not strike: i'm his inteI-
lisence he does strike. The next step in
the development in his intelligence
VIII be mat he will not strike; that he
Will De able to accommodate himself to
conditions because he will understand
them better. He will be able to recog-
hlZe his rights in relation to the rights
or others and to know fully what is
necessary for successful production.
where he now understands only part
rms means of course the organization
the continuance. the perfection, OF la
Dor unions. Some of the methods or
iaDor unions are to be condemned. So
are som eof the methods OF the can
italistic organization to be condemned
out because they cannot get on to-
Sether does not mean that either or
poth should be destroyed. They must
get OH together. The great question for
employers and employees is: Will they
In conduct OF their mutual affairs ey-
ceed the militant spirit, or invoke that
peaceful consideration which leads to
the adoption of the highest elements
OF business interests?"
Not GUILTY. of M,,rda-