The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-11-26
PARRYISM ON THE RUN.

result OF the past Two weeks, the
election of Douglas in Massachusetts,,
the defeat of Peabody in Colorado
and the success of the furniture
drivers in Chicago in a union shop
fight, are all indicative Of the fact
that union labor has passed it's
crucial period. 1t has been put to
the test and has not been found
wanting.
1t is true that in the skirmish some
Of the organized trade temporarily
lost out This is due to two reasons:
first, inexperienced management,
and in some instances unscrupolous
leadership, and second, lack of per-
feet organization.
Wherever any trade or calling was
sufficiently we'll organized to with
stand an attack from the Parry plan
reduction in wages and the loss
of the union shop Now, that a
more prosperous era is promised the
organized trades are in a position to
make advances from where they left
off last year.
Such organizations as the Parry
kind may thrive and make some ap-
parent progress during periods of
depression in industry, but when
good times return labor will have it's
inning. This is inevitable because
trade unionism is becoming as neces-
sary factor in modern industry as
the organization of capital itself.
If the labor movement had no set
backs, we would begin to think that
something was wrong with the org
anizations. Continued and unbroken
success would tend to intoxicate the
membership with power This in the
end would lead to the destruction of
the movement: ,sy... I, ~;'g- MI: q. IT,. =
The opposition from Parryism has
not injured trade unionism. Labor
has been taught valuable and
profitable lesson. Parryism has
shown wherein we were weak. The
wise organizations Immediately
found the remedy, and are now in a
position to give Mr.. Parry some of
his own medicine.
But why talk of struggles? What
labor wants is Industrial peace.
Strife i'll industry is often more in
furious to labor than to capital.
Labor long ago learned that it's sue
cess depended upon peaceful con-
dition of industry. The more
thoughtful and considerate employ
&ES know too that their prosperity
depends largely upon the content
ment Of their employees. The chief
end OF the patriotic capitalist and
labor advocate is to bring about a
thorough understanding between
capital and labor.
The enemy of capital in the labor
rank is as much in the wrong as is
the "Parryite' in the capitalist
ranks. Under the present capital
list system every student of econom-
les must recognize this truth. The
two main factors in industry are
capital and labor. Labor is the &C.
tive source of production, whether
it be exerted through brain or
muscle. Capital must be recognized
as nothing more or less than &C.
cumulated labor. In other words
one is energy and effort put forth in
the present, the other is the fruit
OF such energy and effort put
forth in the past; while in thei1
nature, identical, their having as
sumed different forms they have
acquired independent rights, and
each must necessarily obey certain
laws peculiar to itself.
An industry can no more be run
without labor than it can be run
without capital. While the interests
81 capital and labor, like those OF
any other buyer and seller, are not
always indentical, they are at least
reciprocal. The larger and more con-
servatlve organizations of capital
and labor believe this, which is evil
dent from the cordial relations which
nave existed between them for
years. The Parry organizations are
composed Of but limited number
OF the smaller industries, and it is
these and these alone who are bray
Ing against the organizations of la.
Dor. Their efforts in this direction
are bound to be fruitless, because
the days Of individualism are pas.
sed. The lone worker is as much
at loss on the labor side ii: this
age of con1mercialism as is the lon,
capitalist. Ifsits3is good for: 5caap: ,I
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