New-York tribune., 1906-12-05
MUST CURB EMPLOYERS
President of Manufacturer Associa-
tion Speaks for Employees.

Chicago. Dec l-James w Van Ceave of ST.
Louis. president OF the National Association OF
Manufacturers. delivered the principal address to-
day before the convention Of the Citizens Indus
trial Association
MIR. Van Cleave said IN part:
am invited address you to-day the presi-
dent of the National Association OF Manufacturers
WHICH represents millions of workers and billions
org MIA Of any sort in this country Ny sub
from the Standpoint Of the Manufacturer
AS advocate of fair play / going say a
duty to give a square deal TO our empIoses We
see socialists anarchists and extremists Of all
ourselves ours and lea. learn whether we have had any
In the recent campaign, Samuel Gompers. presi-
dent OF the American Federation of Labor. de-
cause they refused to support measures Which he
Of organized labor. In the same campaign William
r Heart, with the most radical creed ever
any kigh office IN this country. received nearly
seven hundred thousand votes for Governor Of
1t is well for US to understand that some Of the
ga lions Of capital and some employers of labor
n general. are responsible for Gompers and
f sR to IN , Per
ns eonscription pt Every cand,das he opposed was
elected Hearst wa was G defeated a but & only By sixty sixty
thousand or six hundred thousand all Of US would
But have killed Gompersism and Hearstsm7
That is the question They were only leaders in
eaanot '1s'0 Be ended permapantly until the abuses
which caused them nave been removed nov ,,, orss
may be renewed two years hence The marplots
they are on the increase, We had the Bryans,
the Ruefs. the Morans and the schmitzes in 1906
abuses when created these distuTbers. we gen
I Saow there crop are OF and o
pressve employers. Judging by many OF their
Capital and labor are ike those between belllger-
ents In war. Toward their workers they hold
ha ~YrIes oP wa
IN managing their business With them every sort
Of 6,n Tar coson %sh they with the
They appear TO think they are justified In taking King
OF course. this class is far In the minority. It
and injury on aII employers 1t Is the op-
pressor out Of one hundred who generates the
OF this offender are visited on the ninety-ni1e
therefore. becomes mors an enemy to the mem
bers OF his order than to the element he arouses
Let nobody suppose viii attempt to excuse the
vices and follies of the trades union antocrats
them But we must discriminate between those
political laborers among the heads OF unions and
Originally the labor unions called into being
ways they have done good service to the workers.
They have promoted friendly feeling and Guilt
waited a spirit Of helpfuness among men In all sorts
OF occupations. They have aided in advancing
and sd m have tor bSr and cs
ital produced. AS fair men we must conceds all
Nevertheless while recognizing and commencing
the good the unions have done. cannot close our
citing In the interest of Industrial peace and last
ing harmony between EMPLOYERS and workmen we
% unions Which have been q opposed BY the mos, proi
Of II the es 6 ns aor sna
alike These men condemn. as we do
secondIThe RESTRICTION of the number Of appren-
tices.
Fourth-The attempt by labor leaders TO draw
class lines and to make the iaborers believe tho
employers are their enemies.
We mus. also as patriotic Americans. condemn
Federation OF Labor in the recent elections. The
lahorers outside the unions-who constitute ten
opposed TO the enactment OF laws which the labor
union bosses are attempting to push through Con-
A large proportion Of the votes cast for Hears.
BY men who sad no Sympathy With the dorees cf st
those revoutionarieS; but who used those leaders
down evils which had grown 10 he intoIerable This
element did not rise IN revolt against corporations
chiefs OF eorporations They made war on
the huge agsresations Of wealth have been put 6Y
OF the directing heads,
IKE that proyen in court afsins soms Of the raIl
Dos ry e% fSSs the the o. M IN
sT: ssy IKE aa aimed to r r
struction OF .onpetition which has been practised
we must curb the greed OF the autocratic en-
plOyer. Il hest
for him TO render fair days work for fair davis
paw We must prove the true relation OF capital
and labor Is fraternity not The same reward
for risht conduct and the same punishment FOR
wrongdoing must await rich and poor alike Thus
we shall abolish strikes and lockoutS remove All
the workers desire for enactment OF anti-iniunc-
ton laws and establish an era OF Industrial peace
throug hout America
Resolutions denouncing child labor and calling
for the establishments of trade schools throughout
the United States were passed by tho association
lust before the close OF the convention
u.t1I
elected prssidsnt; v. c. NunsmaohAr. Of Louisvils