The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
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 LABGM UNION Parry Speaks on His
 FaVOrite Theme. DECLARES FOR OPEN SHOP Citizens Industrial ASSOcia. ti0n Meets in New York. object of the orsa.isationS l. te Bring Employers Iste Asreenens to Re-
 s,st the Esereaehn.nt of
 Unienism.
DECLARES FOR OPEN SHOP

New York. Nov. 2s.--Members of the Citizens Industrial Association
 representing all sections Of the coun-
 try were present when the second an-
 nual convention of the new organiza- ton opened at the new Astor hotel
 The plans for today's session include
 number of formsi adresses in addi-
 ton to the appointment of committees
 and other preliminary work of like
 nature. It is the aim of the conven-
 ton to bring about complete organi-
 zations of manufacturers. business
 men and all large employers ot labor to advocate the "open shop" idea. All employers now affiliated with the as-
 sociation were invited to attend the convention and listen to discussions of
 the open or closed shop, restriction of
 output. limitation or apprentices and
 other questions of similar nature
 D. M. Parry. the President, in his an- nual address reviewed the progress of
 the employers movement during the last two years and predicted for it
 steady. permanent growth. He said in part:
 | Speech of Parry.
 If trades-unionism should become
 dominant in this country 1 have not
 the least doubt that our industries would languish and our streets would
 be filled with idle men. No other re- suits could possible come from a sys- tenn that would base the reward Of labor not on merit. but on the power of organization to dictate terms, a system that would restrict output, dis
 courage enterprise and permit the indo- lent and least efficient to set the pace
 for industry. Can present day union- l ism become dominent in this country? It is my belief that if you would like
 to see organized labor obtain con trolling power over industrials and public affairs all that you need do is
 fold your hands and let the unions
 work their will. Under the do-nothing policy of the employers. up until few years ago, the growth of nnionism was
 magical Finally with several mii-
 flushed with victory because of success in number of strikes. the leaders as-
 stunned a dictatorial attitude toward Congress and local authorities. At that
 time 1t seemed as though public !opin-
 ion was ready to- sanction any demands that the strike bosses chose to make, and but scant hearing was giv- en to the employers side of any, con-
 troversy no matter how Automatically expressed. I
 believe that this was a critical time in the history of our country and | had the employers not abandoned the leI-alOnG pOliCy we tOddy OO
 facing very different condition of affairs from that now confronting us. We shoud perhaps, have the eight
 hour and anti-injunction bills on the ference to unionists in employment. or. in other words. the national closed shop would more than likely De In a
 fair way of adoption. But. fortunately and child in this country. there sprang up a movement, which was practically spontaneous among the employers. for
 the formation of local associations. while such great national organiza- tions as the National Association of Manufacturers began to grapple with the problem with energy and determin- l ation. What happened? There IS nt" l tie need for me to rehearse the story. Strike after strike was ordered on. l ly to be lost by the unions. and a great | check was given to trades-union az gression from Maine to Caniornia- non union man. and protection has been given him against the sluggers | in most of our industrial centers.
 believe that fully one thousand manS. | last year, abandoned the closed shop l and thrown their doors open to work men without regard to tneir memper- | ship or non membership Tn union ! | over 25O concerns lin the city or Chi l cago alone that have done this. IS that | not a record for the greatest hot-bed of unionism in the country! sa0n M alt | ceiyed information of hundreds or oth- | CT factories being opened 10 lndepeh- dent workmen. Many concerns m tne East have also gone 10 me open, p,o onayp, SnTP,; | movement is stronger In the Centras | West than it is here In the East ana 1 that the results show it. The enect ot | the open shop movement mas 5een 5ecaopri1s 1 the output per man has been lncreased | from 25 to 50 per cent. Who can aS- | sert that this Increase in output VIII
 not benefit the toiler as "ebl .he "s 1ess @ each man does the better every one VIII De IS | one of the absurd doctrines or the un- | ion creed, and, If followed to US logl-
 cal conclusion. would prouu re Snor,sa and | avery one went hungry and naked. 1T l increasing the output per Lhan "OLks | injury to the workers then all mach- l inery should be destroyed, TOT the et-
 fact of nanhinery is to multiply indivi-
 outA owe.tion of Liberty.
 MT. Parry declared that the iapor
 question was not merely a controVsrsy
 hetwaen employers and emploes. but
 rethar a question whether individual | ithartv was to be maintained. He
 quoted from labor authori.ies so snow now | that the unions denied that there was
 em1, such thing as the inalienable right
 sn aaS work MT John Mitchell. said Mir.
 Par~y 10 WI and other labor leaders in order
 to hide the real purpose or the un- | so,s to nrevent men from working
 whsre when and for what they pleased
 v.sort to the subterfuge that union
 ,es,e have the right to refuse to work | with non-union men: ~ .o rafusa ,o | xyorL with or without stating their req
 son is inst as valid as the right Of the
 snnniover to discharge men without as-
 sI1ptnS cause But when men once quit
 their Employment they no longer have
 snv claims on the jobs they have aban- | dnnned They have no right to picket
 wjtb intent to injure their former em-
 nIover's business or to coerce or intim- | tbdo{e ar nhysioally assault those who
 tsLe their places. I do not believe that
 tt Is nossible for the unions to form and
 n mn,aihtsIr, monopoly on labor in any
 indmstrv for long period of time, pro-
 vtdsd the laws against intimidation and
 sImeeing are enforced, It is difficult
 snd dangerous to attempt to corner onnmodIties like wheat, and how much
 more must it be to attempt to corner iabor which is composed of in slligent hejngs So for all practical La,noses the labor question does not resl it. self down to the proposition thdpro- ni men have the right to refuse ai with non-union men, but ratheltion -,