The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-28
ID. M. PARRY
 ON UNIONISM Says Employers Should Organize. THE EFFECT OF STRIKES Influence on Business is Most Baneful. Australia Cited by the Speaker to
 Show the Outcome of a System Which Ignores the Laws of Trade.

New York. July 27-Labor and adver- Using were discussed by the Furniture Association of America at tonight's ses- sion of its annual convention. The prin- cipal address of the evening was made by David R. Parry. President of the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers.
 F. A. Halsey, associate. editor of The American Machlnist, made a short ad- dress in opposition to the proposed law for the adoption of the metric system by the United States.
 A resolution was then offered condemn ing the proposed law for the adoption of the metric system. The resolution char acterized the measure as wholly mis- chievous in its tendency"
 Mir. Parry was introduced by Acting President Conroy as a man who "could not only Parry but thrust.
 MT. Parry Speaks.
 Mir. Parry spoke on the subject of the necessity for a national organization of employers, which would be representative of all employing interests. He referred incidentally to the new constitution which is now under consideration by the Executive Committee of the National As sociation. This constitution admits to membership employers other than manu- lecturers, and also provides for a repre- sentative membership from national. State and local associations. Who can take note of the frequent violations" said the speaker. "of the rights of free labor and free contract without earnestly wishing there might be some means whereby the present ways of socialistic and anarchistic impulse can be checked. In the philosophy of unionism. there is larK at1a 1taav 70 destinles of the race, and organized labor appears to lose sight of the difference that exists between individuals. One might as we'll try to make ugly men handsome. and vice versa, as to try to equaIfze the mental inequalities of the race. and as long as one man Is better endowed by nature than another, just so long will there be an unequal distribution of wealth. The existence of organizations in the field whose work an tend to un- dermining of the pillars of the Govern ment calls for the creation of as strong a counter organization as can be built up. If forcas spring into existence that tend to sway them along lines that lead to folly and destruction. they cannot be expected to act the part of wisdom un- less counter forces are brought into play"
 Claims of the Unions.
 OrganlZe0 IaDOr, the spedker Sdiu, was laying claims to rights of sovereignty khat have not often been exercised by the most -despotic governments. Its entire warfare was being conducted for the pur- pose of compelling the country to ac- knowledge that 1t possesses the right to say CD that no man shall work without it's consent and, @ no industry shall be operated without its consent. He cited a number of strikes for the purpose of H. Iustration and then said: "The usdrpa- ton of such powers by irresponsible and Ignorant men bids fair to bring about such unbearable conditions that crisis sometimes seems fast approaching In which 1t will be decided whether this country shall be handed over to the agi- tators or whether the latter shall be rel egated to the oblivion of private exist ence discredited and powerless to work further evil. Already you can discern the handiwork of the compromser. who call ing himself a peacemaker. seeks to have the country grant to organized labor partial recognition of those rights or sov- ereignty whIch its asserts. Many Ven In public life appear to believe that com promise is the sum and substance of po- litical wisdom. but in my humble opinion. this country is either going to have fndt- vdual freedom or it is not. It took cen turies of struggle to establish this Liberty of the individual, and now we are asked
 
 so-called business agents who have right ly earned the title of social brigandE.
 Attacks on Judges.
 There is no safe dependence to be placed in the action of legislators whose political life is dependent to some degree upon the labor votes. Even the constitu- tion of the country does not appear to be sufficient bulwark for our liberties. and while the majority of the Judiciary ie in the main standing firm, our judges are being subjected to such vicious attacks that even they may yield. Therefore the logical and vital necessity of counter organization to that of organized labor for the purpose of correcting public thought, giving moral support to public men who want to do what they know to be right, without endangering their polit- ical life, for the defending of the ccnsti- tuition and for the advancement of the industrial welfare and consequently the happiness of the whole people"
 Mir Parry then cited the proposed in vestigation and publicity bill. as an lndi- eaton of what he regarded as the danger ous drift of public thought in this coun- try He explained the purport of the bill as being that of governmental investiga- lion of labor difficulties through commis- sions appointed by the President.
 "A more atrocious piece of legislation" said the speaker, has not been suggest cd for some times. The bill ostensibly asserts the superior sovereignty Of the Government over the sovereignty claimed by organized labor. but by implication it recognizes the right of the unions to shut down factories, and to deny to men the natural right to work. It goes further. It provides a means whereby the Gov ernment can supplement the efforts of the unions The unions say that they possess the wisdom to fix the rate of wages off, hand; but the bill says. in effect, that this Is not scientific that 1t should be first ascertained whether the proposed wage would bankrupt the employer. The logi~ cal results of such legislation would be the multiplication of the demands of or ganized labor. and as public opinion would not be able to bring its force to bear on all cases, it would be but the precursor of compulsory arbitration, for when the recommendations of the commissions proved ineffective, the Government would be asked to step in to compel their en- forcement. As an entering wedge for soy