New-York tribune., 1907-05-23
HARTMAN ATTACKED.
c. & Il. DEALS CRITICISED.
Nr. Prouty Says He Transferred
Others Millions to Himself.

yesterday at the closing sessions or the tWelltn
| annual convention of the National Association
| of Manufacturers The sentiment not ex-
pressed exactly in that way. but it summarizes
| the declaration of independence OF the dicta Of
the labor organizations. to which voice was given
at the business session yesterday and at the
| dinner which wound up the convention last
| night. Besides resolving to raise $500, 900 a
| year for three years to fight industrial op-
| preston the members OF the association
adopted resolutions favoring a revision of the
| tariff at the earliest possible date and the ap-
polntment of permanent national tariff COM
| mission.
AL the morning session Charles a. Prouty of
the interstate Commerce Commission In dis.
cussing the question Of further railroad regula-,
tlon by the federal government, referred to E.
H. Harrimans of the finances of tho Chi
cago Il Alton road, as brought out by the re-
cent investigation by the commission. Mr.
Frouty said Mr.. Hartman though his OPERA
uons In Chicago & Alton may have enriched
hlmseif several millions had not created the
money himself, but had merely transferred II
10 MS own possession from that of sonnebodv
else.
me spirit of militant industrial peace" as
oscar Strdus. Secretary of Commerce and Ia
49,. 'eIi'eu It, was rampant all through yester-
uaS CLOSING meeting and at the dinner in +ba
EAstoI4d last night 1t overshadowed
eiy'lihs else when it came to rousing the
enthusiasm of the three hundred or mora r,er,
oers OF the association who listened tn sneacbas
by President Van Cleve of the Assoc;o.ia
retary Straus. Admiral Charles d Sigshea N,aio-
Heherai D. FRANKLIN Bell and the Rev DR. Josenh
DuHh burrell Both William McCarroll vbo
"0'eu as toastmaster and Mr.. Van Cleve who
was reelected for his second term disclaimed
''a,iii'S 10 the labor union as such. but de-
ciared that the manufacturers were ready y,
iisht Tor the open shop and for the freedom Of
every man to work where he pleased, how he
pieased and for whom he pleased
Among the guests at the dinner ,,,ara c,
troher Metz. Charles A. Schieren. ex-Mavor o,
Brooklyn; Francis r. Loomfs Iudu-ig N,sso
commissioner Watchorn. Richard Young Wal
Ter j. Kaufman. Captain H A Castle MarsbaI
Gushing and William F Nve
MT McCarroll got great applause when ba
u 'ie open shop must be the basis of in
0'ild' peace He received more when he said
mat the root of Presidential timber was in tbs
o'ate OF New York. IF the people of the United
states will only look to ALBANY" said the
speaker they Will find they can hew more Of
1t there' Governor Hughes will be the success
sor- Here the diners waited for the expected
conclusion. but Mr. McCarrolI disappointed them
ny ending: To whom. I won't say Then the
company got 20 their feet and drank toast to
President Roosevelt. and then Joined in singing
The Star SpangIed Banner"
President Van Cleve. after stating that Amer
icanism must rule America, said il was mis-
take 20 say the Organization proposed to fight
the labor unions. 1t had. he went on. no more
opposition 20 workingmen joining the unions
than TO their becoming members OF the Roman
Catholic Church the Democratic party; but it
did propose that the business of its members
should not be interfered with by insolent domi-
nation OF labor leaders. and proposed to fight
the lawless attacks OF the unions. Can I have
the money 10 make AmeriCanism triumphant and /
secure industrial peace?' asked Mr. Van Cleve !
Yes" came the answer from a dozen or more /
voices With this assurance, and the declara- |
ton that il he could get $5O0OO0 when he want /
ed it quickly. Mr.. Van Cleve said he would bend !
every effort during the coming year TO see real |
Americanism triumphant.
Secretary Straus said he represented COM
merce as well as labor. and would endeavor to
hold the balance between them while he held his
office. The Secretary assured the members OF
the association that they might rely on the
cooperation of his department. and
that the department determined to enforce
the laws which guarantee 10 all interests and
all individuals their rights and privileges and
to protect them from all unjust encroachments.
Mr.. Straus said the advantages drawn from i'm
should not be forgotten. To eliminate the evils
that flow from the lack Of personal RESPONSE |
bility in corporations. he suggested thorough
and drastic publicity through governmental
agencies. Combination of power. said the Secre-
tary. is not bad in itself. but IL is the improper
Use of such power that needs regulation.
Most Of the strife between capital and labor"
said Mr.. Straus. would disappear if 1t were
more fully recognized that high rate of wages
within economic limitations is a powerful lever
to reach low cost of production which prac-
ticay rules to-day in the Industries OF the
United States" a fair treatment alike for capt.
tai and labor, he said, what President
Roosevelt was striving for with all his might.
and IL was on this theory that his own depart
ment working.
H E Miles. of Racine, Wis. in presenting the
report of the Committee on<Tariff and Reciproc-
ity, said that practically all the members of the
a association were protectonists The committee
had taken canvass of the members OF the
organizations. Fifty-hve per cent OF those who
he said, favored revision; 20 per cent
we're entirely opposed TO such a change and per
cent opposed revision at the present time. The
II per cent We're either Indifferent or
not entitled to vote Eight -nnths were for the
asta blshment of a national tariff commission
and four-ffths wanted reciprocity. After some
opposition to the resolutions regarding the tariff
they were passed without a negative vote
One hundred and nifty thousand dollars was
pledged at a meeting of the special committee
appointed by President Van Cleve to raise a
und of 100000 year for three years to Sc
ure industrial peace" The association adopted
esolutions in which 1t declared its unalterable |
opposition to the personal liberty of employer