The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-19
FOE or UNION LABOR
BOASTS Of VICTORY
=. Nj Parry Reads an ADDRESS,
at Annual Convention Of
Manufacturers.
STRIKES ARE FAILURES
Gays Union Labor Ha. Been Unrormi.
Unsuccessful During Year-oe-
piores the General Social
istie Tendency.

Atlanta. Ga. May lS.-rhe tenth att
nual gathering of the National .Assooia-
ton of Manufacturers of the United
States, representing more than three
quarters of thirteen billions invested
capital of this country. assembled here
today. Reports of officers aud the an
nual address of President ID. NJ. Parry
of indianapolis were read. Ludwig
Nissen of New York delivered an adj
dress on "Governmental Relation OF
Public Franchises The address MAS
largely devoted to u discussion of the
un-Americanism of government owner
ship of public utilities.
MI. Parry said IN part:
The strikes of the year We're almost
uniformly failures from the union
standpoint. Thousands of strikers suf-
fered the loss of employment because
of the hiring of independent labor TO
take their places, aud the unions them
selves in many instances lost What
control they previously had over the
industries involved. The open shop
wa the outcome of most of these
struggles. In fact, the open shop
movement made extraordinary prog
ress during the year. AT a low esti-
q Abtts A.otV - - |Aat - A'tS
labor changed from the closed to the
open shop. The movement was greatly
assisted by several notable court de-
cisions in which it was held that closed
shop agreements We're Illegal and void.
The courts have never, to my knowl-
edge, upheld the closed shop. and / do
not think they ever will. They will
not do so. at any rate, until the con-
stitution of the United States is rad
ically changed In order to make
.vraap,antS Iaoa1 which avolIIIa man
from employment because of their
!aoinnembership in a labor %organiZa-
ton. The constitution of this country
should be amended to read that allie
glance TO labor bosses is a prerequisite
for the exercise of the i~nalienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness,
Eisht-Hour and Anti-lniunction Bills.
The efforts of organized labor to
secure the passage of laws abridging
individual freedom of action met with
complete failure at the national capital
during the recent session of congress.
Realizing that the anti-iniunction bill
could not be revived a new measure
heralded as a compromise was intro
duced in the house. This measure APP
peared to permit the granting of in
functions i'm labor disputes, but only
after service was served on all parties
and a hearing was had. thus prac-
ticaily making temporary injunctions
Impossible. The temporary injunction
in labor troubles is n terror only To
lawbreakers. and is always followed by
a hearing on the question of making
the injunction permanent. The new
bill was no sooner introduced thar
through our organization machinery
the thousands of employers of the
country We're Informed as to it's provi-
sions. The protests by letter and tele-
gram to the members of congress ere
ated a profound impression at Wash
ington, and the house committee hav-
ing the bill in charge promptly buried
the measure.
lndividualism US. Socialism.
Before proceeding TO a brief con-
sideration of the labor question l wish
To make "A few statements respecting
the tendency toward socialism, which
at this time IS being strongly mani
Tested in many ways. The socialistic
party last fall cast nearly Il half mil
lion votes, a remarkable development
in strength, and organized labor COM
posed of over two million employees ar
rayed in opposition to individualism
continues, according to reports of it's
officials, to increase it's membership.
The growth of an avowedly socialistic
party and of organized labor, with it's
present creed, is certainly a sinister
fact to all loyal citizens who under
stand and appreciate the Importance
OF individual liberty. But while the
existence of these organizations is in
dicative of a serious detection from the
individualistic principle by certain
classes, yet / believe that a still graver
portent of coming evil is to be seen
in the socialistic trend of the thought
of the general public as reflected by
the press. by public men and by re-
cent legislative enactments This trend
of thought is having a potent inf1u-
ence on the policies of both the leading
political parties. and while the ques-