The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19

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drass-Nr. ID. A Tompkins of Char
Iotte Spoke on the Marketing and
Eaualizing of the Price and the
supply OF Cotton.
Atlanta, Ga, May 16.-More b
three hundred of the three thousand
members of the National Association
OF Manufacturers, accompanied by a
hundred ladies. assembled today at the
opening of the tenth annual meeting Of
the association. Representatives from
almost every section of the country
were present. The Importance of the
gathering was indicated by the fact
that the membership represents a large
majority of the thirteen billions of dol
lars of invested capital Of the United
States and by the additional fact that
among the questions to be discussed
during the three days sessions are in
terstate commerce and reciprocity.
That strongly diverse views upon the
former SUBJECT are entertainer was
manifest in the discussion of the af-
ternoon session, when opposition to
government control of transportation
rates was sounded.
The morning session was called to
order by President r. F. Maddox. Of
the local chamber Of We'll
coming addresses were made by Gov
- crnor J. M. Terrell. Mayor James G..
Woodward and John Temple Graves.
editor IF The Atlanta News The re-
Spouse was by Vice President William
MCCarroll. Of New York.
Following these complimentary ad-
dresses. the regular programme of the
convention was taken up. The annua!
address of President D. M. Parry, of
indianapolis. was first in order.
MIR. PARRY'S ADDRESS.
The address of President Parry was
taken up largely with the considera-
ton of the labor question, interstate
legislation, reciprocity anc
What he declared to be a strong ten
dency towards socialism. In the first
portion of his remarks he made an -ap-
neal for the maintenance of Individual
and property rights as laid down by
the constitution of the country. He
took the ground hat the functions OF
the government should be limited
strictly to certain specific public ends,
aid that what evils have developed as
q result of concentration Of capital III
industrial enterprises should be cor
rected through application OF a policy
power of the government and no by
resort to socialistic innovations.
The agitation for he supplying OF
private control over capital" he sald,
to disclose two distinct meth
DDS for the accomplishment OF us CD
iects. One is that Of cOntiscatlon-the
passage of legislative enactment ana
the adoption of other means to reduce
profits and to limit private manage
ment of capital. The other is that OF
ACQUIRING government control through
purchase from the present Individual
owners.
Mr.. Parry favored the non-partlsau
organization of the substantial anu
~Iaw-abiding citizenship in order tha'
thew NAV exercise their proper lnhu'
ence in public affairs and counterac'
the work Of the socialist and dema'
eOgue.
Taking up the labor question, Mr.
Fairy said:
"OraginZed labor was less trenuo
in the past year in its sOclallstlc eT
deavorS than in the several years pre-
ceding. There were a number OF nota
BILE strikes, and smaller strikes were
numerous, but they were almost UNI
fOrmly failures fro mthe union stand
point. The open shop was the outcome
of most of these struggles. AT a 10"
estimate fully 1900 concerns employ
ing labor changed from the closed tt
the open shop.
1.-The efforts of organized labor to Sc
cure the passage of laws abridging in
dividual freedom of action met witt
complete failure at the national CAPT
tal during the recent session of con
gress. as also did a number of attempt
TO secure laws of a socialiStic charac
ter from various legislatures. Thi
was due to the aroused activity o
manufacturers and employers in thes'
states.
& In discussing the pending interstat
= commerce legislation, Mr.. Parry ap
q piled the principles of individualisu
and competition, as he did all throug
his speech. He declared that the ques
ton of rebates did not properly ente
into the discussion of the Esch-ToWn
send bill, as the leaders in the NOV
ment in its behalf themselves declar
that the present laws are fully adj
auate to meet that evil. The issue ran
ed by the proposed bill, he said, ]