The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-07-01
PARRY DOES HARM TO
CAPITAL AND LABOR
Proves to Be Utterly Incapable
of Promoting Industrial
Peace in Country.
Injury to Employers is lncal-
culable While He Helped.
Labor's Contention.

the manufa cturers' association at At
: lanta, told us again that he stood upon
the right of the manufacturers to d@-
termine for himself the price Of the
goods he had to sell, but again he
failed to point out why workingmen
had not the same right to fix a price
on one thing they have to sell. He
took a decided stand against the gov
ernment fixing freight rates for rail-
way traffic. In doing so he favored
the right Of railways, combining and
polling rates which is the identical
thing which unions do. Why does Mr..
Parry not have his gifted secretary
explain these little inconsistencies?
The Daily Press is in the habit Of
telling it's readers about the cost of
strikes inaugurated by unions. Why
do they not figure up the cost of
Parrytsm in this country for the last
two years? 1t would startle the ma
tives. Each town that has had taste
Of Paryism wants no more.
This name has become in the ma
ture Of red flag to bull when men
toned to men who labor. whether af-
f1liated with wage earners in their Or
Parry this time in Atlanta, Georgia.
where the National Association oN
Manufacturers convened this past
month. This association was formed to
promote the best general interests Of
invested caoital.
1t was a good purpose that prompted
the organization OF this body of COM
mercial leaders and it should be sue
cessfuI, for It's true aims and pur-
poses are good, broad in scope and
character, and it was never intended.
above other important things, to an
tagonize labor, organized or not.
Thomas P. Egan, it's first president, is
an Ohio man. residing in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Egan is the head of the Fay-Egan
company in that city, the largest man.
ufacturers of woodworking machinery
In the world. In his early days. Mr..
Egan labored god and faithfully and
lost an arm at his trade, that Of a
machinist. Mr.. Egan was laboring
man. worked hard, and does yet As
president Of the National Association OF
Manufacturers Mr.. Egan was succeed.
ed bysD. M. Parry OF Indiana polis-tl
Eths Uni6n,z one 81 TIE Oldest
and best labor papers. is edited. Mr..
Parry is not carrying out the good
purposes Of the association of which
he was made president for the reason
he was already antagonizing his CO.
workers in that body, many Of whom
do not agree with his spirit of rabid de-
nunciation of men who labor.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, several
years ago: a representative of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
was recruiting new members. He
started that he encountered the great
est difficulty in convincing these en-
ployers of labor that the National
Association of Manufacturers was not
an organization formed for the pur-
pose of attempting to antagonize labor
In fact, at that time, he said that many
OF these employers who We're MEMBERS
and those he sought to join, were
directly opposed to these views of Mr..
Parry. They had heard so much about
Mr.. Parry many preferred to not af-
fliate with his good organization be-
cause they did not want to become en-
broiled with labor, as they assumed
they would be if they Joined or fol-
lowed Mr.. Parry's teachings.
Mr.. Parry, in his address at Atlanta
II he is quoted correctly, which he
usually is for his addresses are writ
ten in his office in indianapolis by
special employe), has this to say of
labor:
without making special reference
to the aims of the avowed Socialists,
we have organized labor and it's SYM
pathizers supporting the idea that or
ganlzation of men may dictate to a
large extent to- the management Of
enterprises whcih they do not own,
determining the rate of wages and fix
ing the hours Of employment"
It Is a we'll evident fact that Mr.
Parry would strenuously oppose an
effort to fix the price of his buggles
by others. He is the owner Of those
bugies. Those who buy. when they
do, accept his price. Labor don't
want to fix the price Of these buggies.
for they belong to Mr. Parry-but Mr..
Parry wants to fix the price of labor
and he opposes any effort labor makes
to fix it's price. Labor is an equal
part Of his bugies, these parts of
which he buys in the market and pays
the market price. He admits this.
Will any intelligent man point out
why Mr.. Parry should not fix the price
of his bugies? Therefore, it is reason
able that labor has the same right
that Mr.. Parry accepts and applies.
The National Association Of Manu-
facturers somprises men Of sterling
integrity, but they don't each of them
believe like Mr.. Parry and the fact
of the matter is there was much op-
position to his election as president.
The National Association Of Manufac-
turers wants to promote the interests
Of all this great invested capital along
the lines that good and consistent en-
ployers Of labor can follow to ad-
vantage. Mr.. Parry is not advocating
that method. It has ben demonstrate
ed that he has not. Instead. he is
creating an natural antipathy that Is
destructive. AS an example, he wants
n1en to join his organization whose
products are purchased by union men.
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