The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-30
QUESTION OF LABOR
DANIEL DAVENPORT WILT. An
 DRESS GEORGIA MANUFACTURER.
What Is Needed in the South, Says Fred- eriek B. Gordon, is Laws to Make
 People work, Not to Make Them Idlers

Washington, May 29.-(speciaD- Ihose concerned with the social
 economic industrial problems which at this time are confronting the New south will be deeply interested in the hfth annual meeting of the Georgia ihoustrlaI Association, which will be June 9th.
 This organization comprises A mem bership of one hundred and fifty Georgia cotton manufactures. noted for their progressive views and their ability in industrial lines, whose in teliigent efforts have done much to restore and upbuild the industries of mat section. The approaching meet ing VIII De especially noteworthy be- cause or the variety and importance of the topics scheduled for discussion which are of great moment to the south and of general interest to manu- facturers throughout the country The principal discussion will deal with the problems of labor and immigration. and State and national legislation af- fectinE the same; the effect of the con- struction of the Panama Canal on Southern industries; and the condition or the far Eastern markets as affected by the Russian Japanese war Of these the South Is at present most vitally interested in the question of labor supply-labor for its fields and It's mills.
 As yet the South is sInguIarlv free from labor legislation of d erestrictive character. The labor unions have made but little headway in the cotton growing states but as the great in- dustrial progress of this section is at- tracting the investment of Northern capital. so the increase in the possi- bilittes of Southern labor is causing the leaders of organized labor to look with longing eyes on this compara- lively virgin fields for their endeavors. It is not putting the case too strong ly to say that the manufacturers of | the South view with great apprehen- sion the possibility of growth of the | labor unions in their section. ac- companied by the limiting of output 1 and apprentices and followed, as it | inevitably would be, by a clamor for | restrictive Legislation. For several years past they have sent delegations to Congress to protest against the gen eral principal of the National Eight | Hour Bill an1 there they have met | and exchanged views with New Eng land manufacturers who have related | their unfortunate experience with | labor unions and the depressing s-z | of such restrictive legislation upon | their varied industries.
 | The Southern cotton manufacturers
 hope to profit by the experiences of | their New England competitors and
 avoid the legislative pitfalls in which
 they have fallen, and, therefore in | order to learn, first thand, of the
 pernicious consequences of this kind
 of legislation. first upon the industry
 and then upon the very labor which
 secured its enactment. the Association
 has invited Daniel Davenport of | Bridgeport. Conn. to deliver the an
 nual address Mir. Davenport is the | executive agent of and one of the at
 torneys of the American Anti-Boycott Association. an organization which | was formed especially for the purpose
 of resisting the encroachments Of or
 ganized labor in the halls of legis-
 lation. and to secure the enforcement
 of laws against boycotting, national
 and State. To prevent its members
 from being subjected to boycotts oe- cause they belong to the Association
 the strietest secrecy, is maintained a- to its personal, but 1t is well Known