The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-26
FOE OF union LABOR :
BOASTS OF VICTORY
D. M. Parry Reads an Address
at Annual Convention of
Manufacturers.
STRIKES ARE FAILURES
Says Union Labor Has Been Uniformly
Unsuccessful During Year-De.
plores the General Social
istic Tendency.

Atlanta, Ga, May 1S.-The tenth an
nual gathering of the National Associa-
ton OF manufacturers of the United
States, representing more than three
quarters of thirteen billions invested
capital Of his country, assembled here
today. Reports of officers n the an
nual address of President D. NJ. Parry
of indianapolis were read Ludwig
Nissen OF New York delivered an adj
dress OH Governmental Relation of
Public Franchises" The address was
largely devoted to a discussion Of the
un-Americanism of government owner
ship of public utilities.
Mr.. Parry said IN part:
The strikes of the year were 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. and the unions them
selves in Il instances lost what
control they previously had over thei
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 yea AT a low esti-
| mate fully 1900 concerns employing
labor changed from the closed to h g
open shop. The movement was greatly.
assisted by several notable court de-s
cision in which it was held that closed,
shop agreements were illegal and void.
The courts have never, to my knowl-
edge, upheld the closed shop, and l dc
not think they ever will. They Will
stitution of the United States is rad
ically changed. In order to makel
agreements legal which exclude men,
from employment because of their
nonmembership In a labor o%rganiza-
ton, the constitution of this country
should be amended to read hat allie
glance to labor bosses Is a prerequisite.
for the exercise of the i%nalienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuits
of happiness.
Eight Hour and Anti lniunction Bills.
1.-The efforts of organized labor tot
secure the passage Of laws %abridgingt
individual freedom of action met with
complete failure at the national capital
during the recent session Of congress-,
Realizing that the anti-injunction bill
could not be revived q new measures
heralded as a compromise was intro:
peared TO permit the granting of in-t
functions in labor disputes, but onlyt
after service was served on all partiest
and a hearing was had, thus prac-s
ticaily making temporary injunctiOnsl
impossible. The temporary ~injunction|
in labor troubles Is a terror only toll
lawbreakers, and is always followed byl
a hearing on the question of makingi
the injunction permanent. The newI
bill was no sooner introduced than
through our organization machinery
the thousands of employers Of theI
country were informed as to It's provi-|
sions. The protests by letter and tele-I
gram to the members of congress Gre
ated a profound impression at WASH
ington, and the house committee hav-
ing the bill in charge promptly buried
the measure.
individuaIism VS.. Socialism.
Before proceeding to a brief con-
sideration of the labor question I wish
to make a few statements respecting
the tendency toward socialism, which
at this tim is being strongly mani
Tested In many ways. The socialistic
party last fall cast nearly a half mill
lion votes, q remarkable development
in strength. and organized labor COM
posed of over two million employees arr
rayed in opposition to individualism
continues, according to reports Of Its
officials, to increase its membership.
The growth of an avowedly socialistic
party and of organized labor, with its
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 l 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-
ton Of individualism or socialism Is not
q political issue in the sense that II
has caused a division of party lines
It is nevertheless a leading issue with
n the ranks of both parties"