The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-23
UNIONISM AND ITS
 RESULTS ARE DENOUNCED

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 and the public in many communities. The | only recourse open to the business men | and good citizens in these communities has been that of forming associations in | the hope of counteracting the influence | of organizations encroaching upon their rights Of citizenship, and these efforts to obtain relief have met in great success l in many cities and towns.".t 3
 Continuing MT. Parry spoke at some that the National Association should per- form. He declared that the only true solution of the labor question lay in an appeal to the intelligence of the people. The methods and the economic id,is survive thorough public discussion. 1t should therefore be the first object of the Citizens industrial Association to carry on an adeuuate educational proproganda to the end that the public may come to thorough understanding of the true na- tufe of the strike societies and their de- trimental effects upon the interests of all classes. including even those of la bor.-s~ '~t.& {.
 with the proper public sentiment in favor of the enforcement of law and the maintenance of competitive conditions 1t will be possible for employers and ill., tional rights, but without this sallitary public sentiment it is next to useless to attempt to exercise those rights. "Anothe. function of the Citizens Industrial As CCtA0tloAts SdiO MI EdEEys was IIidI OI directing campaigns against iniquitous legislation proposed by, organized labof. Said He: "So long as the employer has righteous cause. that cause is worthy public and the law-makinss body, and 1t is the business of the employer to make such adequate provisions as will insure Its being properly presented. hope the trial Association wiii be able to look out for the interest of the employers and good citizenship of the country, not only at Washington, but at every State cap ftal." a
 MT Parry then spoke of the moral ef- feet of the National Association on party organizations, after which he advocatCd the creation of national labor bureau which would keep. a record of law viola tors for the information of employers. Continuing. Mr. Parry said: T think 1t proper for me to say a few words as to the duty the employer owes to the employe and the general public. In the in his moral obligations to labor If lie became voluntary party to dlscrimina- ton in the employment of men accord
 ing as they may or may not belong ro purposes. In a free country a man g political or religious belief should not be considered a bar to his chance of making l livelihood. Neither should his member
 ship or non-membership in a union oe 1 such bar. In order that freedom be
 somethings more than a mre name, the general public must possess the right of contract There could be noe freedom If only certain portion of the people had the right to contract for the sale of | their labor or services. The employer
 should not be influenced by any other
 consideration insthe hiring of men than
 the ability, fitness and loyalty of the oc-
 plicant. It is only by following a policy | of this kind that merit can receive it's
 Just reward and the highest measure of
 1t is plain duty of the employer to resist
 to the uttermost the closed shop demand l of organized labor.
 since 1t Is moral duty not to discrim-
 mate between union and independent labor.it is bis duty through organization
 to demonstrate to the general public that he should not be forced into becoming
 an involuntary party to such dicrimina-
 tion; l do not believe that the general public will support. organized labor in
 its efforts to compel the employer to be- | come its business agent, for such he would become if he be forced. to refuse
 belong to the union. The leaders of or. | ganized labor will be rellved of a great deal of burden of maintaining the mem l oershtp of their organization If the em. this membership for them. Therefore m | not resisting the efforts of the labor agi- tators to make them teir tool in the l work of fastening the shackIes of despot- AStA upOn ldOOr, Iuo employers are RraVety
 lacking in the duty they owe to labor in general. The employer has a legal right | to employ union men if he chooses, and the members of a union have the legal right to refuse to work with the indepen- dent labor. But l maintain that neither the employer nor the members of the
 union have any moral right in either case to thus discriminate against men who do not care to belong to certain organlza- ton. If the unions persist however, in discriminating against the Independent laborer by refusing to work with hIhl, their legal right to discriminate ends
 with their refusal to work. No union has the legal right to prevent the independ- ent laborer from working. and neither has 1t the legal right to compel the em- ployer not to hire the independent work man. Now if. the unions take the posi- ton that there must be discrimination against Independent labor as the price for the employment of union labor, then believe it may become the duty of the employer to discriminate against union labor. The employer is not to be expec-