The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22
Unions Are So Designated by
President ID. M. Parry
OF the Citizens Industrial As
ISOLATION of America.
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
First in Its History Assemblies
in Indianapolis.
Representatives from 80 Cities
and 400 Associations.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 22.-The first
annual convention of the Citizens In
dustriaI Association of America began
today at the auditorium of the Clay
pool. Over $50 delegates are here. The
larger delegations came from Boston,
Omaha, Kansas City. Minneapolis, st.
Louis, Chicago, and Cleveland. One
hundred and fifty cities and 400 associa-
tons are expected to be represented.
The address of President Parry, of In
dianapolis, was the feature of the pro-
gramme
After his Introductory remarks well
coming the convention to Indianapolis
and congratulating the employers upon
the success thus far achieved in the or
ganiza ton movement, Mr.. Parry said:
You have come together not for
selfish ends, but for the purpose of fur
| thering the best interests of the ma
ton. The association which you are
forming has for it's object the mainte-
nance of those free Industrial condi-
tons which have made this nation
great in the past and which are neces-
sary for its future development and
prosperity. During this last year so
cialistic unions and labor trusts have
become serious menace to industrial
welfare and to the perpetuity of Amer
lean institutions. We expressly deny
| that We are opposed to the right of la
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determination that individual and prop
erty rights shall be respected by every
| organization, be it composed of work
men or other citizens. We are opposed
to the closed shop. sympathetic strikes
and restriction of output. We stand
for the enforcement of law in industrial
controversies; not only for it's enforce
ment today, but tomorrow and for all
time. We are firm in the belief that
individual incentive and enterprise
should be untrammeled and encouraged
to the utmost. The interests of all
classes, including those of labor can
not avoid being injured by attempts
, upon the part of either government or
civil organizations looking to the arbi-
! trary regulation of industry There
fore e1ght-hOur, anti-injunction and ma
tonal arbitration bills are to be utterly
condemned as being dangerous innova-
lions IN government and certain to af-
feet disastrously the national welfare
1t IS to be regretted that it has be-
come necessary to form organizations
for the purpose of protecting the basic
principles of American government
The growing power of organizations
seeking to overturn these principles has
| been such that the independent work
man and the individual employer have
| frequently been unable to secure justice
| from local authorities or fair treatment
| from the press 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 organi-
cations encroaching upon their rights
of citizenship, and these efforts to OBJ
tain relief have met in great success
in many cities and towns
/ Continuing, Mr.. Parry spoke at some
length of the various phases of the
work that the National association
should perform. He declared that the
only true solution of the labor ques-
| ton lay in an appeal to the intelli-
| gence of the people. 1.-THE methods and
the economic ideas of trades union
| ISM said he, "can not survive thorough
! public discussion. 1t should therefore
be the first object of the Citizens IN
dustrial association to carry on an ad-
equate educational propaganda to the
end that the public may come to a
thorough understanding of the true
nature of the strike societies and their
detrimental effects upon the interests
of all classes, including even those of
labor.
with the proper public sentiment in
| favor of the enforcement of law and
| the maintenance of competitive condi-
lions, it will be possible for employers
and Independent labor to exercise their
constitutional rights, but without this
salutary public sentiment it is next to
useless to attempt to exercise those
rights" Another function of the Citi-
l zens' Industrial association, said Mr..