The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-19
LABOR PROBLEM
IS DISCUSSED
Protest Against Special
Legislation.
BOYCOTT IS ARRAIGNED
Attitude Of Manufacturers Towards
the Railroads.
1Ns con,mittee's Report Emphssizes the
Folly Of Recent Anti-Railroad
Legislation in Many Of
the states.



New York, May 1s.-Discussion Of the
labor profile was the feature of to-
days session of the convention OF the
National Association Of Manufactur-
ers.
President Van Cieave protested
against the possibility Of special legis-
lation in favor of organized labor,
pleading for consideration Of the sub
ject on the ground that such legisla-
tion would constitute menace 10 the
country's welfare.
The coming session of Congress
would seem a particularly favorable
time to the labor leaders for the urg-
ing of legi Station to .legalize picketing
and the boycott, Mr.. Van Cieave de-
cIared, because both parties would be
particularly anxious to control the next
House.
everses in the middle of a presi-
al term" said the speaker, "usu-
a. means that the opposing party Will
the next President In all such
asses. there Is always powerful
ton for the politicians In both
80, es to make promises and conces-
as to ali sorts of elements with
nope of winning or retaining
zotss."
iewing the fight OF the National
SIS dation of Manufacturers against
feefslation,'. Mr. Van Cleave
III necessity of further precautions.
nancial confidence is reviving and
IL is an Improvement In most OF the
atnt lines OF trade, he said. f'JJn-
labor legislation. however, could
a ly check this trade uplift. Here
rect peril from the program which
merican Federation leaders prom
resume before Congress in the
ct.e z winter
sident Van cleave said that the
rsz ,cts for the establishment of
commission by the present Con-
- were good. in his belief, If the
mai 'acturers of the nation did their
arr ID urging the plan upon the law
maize at washington.
T. Boocock, Secretary of the Amerf-
rrn nti-Boycott Association. severely
Q -rg: ned the boycott among other
"obir tionable" features Of organized
Labor and said that law and reason
1abor's two best friends.
v OF us really realize the wide-
ng Significance OF the boycott
ft 81 its phases OF application said
Mr.. Boocock. 'sand yet this krlwledge
is essential to complete recognition
OF what is means by aAti-boycott. BY
the admission of Mr., Gompers, the
boycott IL the keystone to the struc-
ture which organized labor has built
up in this country. II 30. II 10 unfor-
tunate that the builders have patterned
after the foolish men OF the Scriptures
and erected their houses on sands. The
boycott is not essential to the success
fui orRa nizatiin of worixmen, even II 1t
rs imperative to the operation of the
of the present Federation.
The Committee on Interstate Com
merce presented a report emphasizing
"the folly of recent anti-railroad
in many of our States,' and
especially the arbitrary 2-eent mile
acts"
The report sums the attitude Of the
committee toward the railroads In the
language:
But while earnestly opposed TO rash
attacks upon the railways and to
everything else that may interfere
with their EFFORTS to prove faithful SER
wants OF the public. we have always
been in favor of their regulation by
the National Government This reg
ulation, like the bride on a spirited
horse, should be sufdcient to preserve
control but should not chafe or fret
or hamper with the free play OF the
muscles.
The report. abiding to railroads
eompensation for carrying the malls,
protests that shippers should not be
taxed by higher freight rates in order
that the Postoffice Department may
show a smaller deAci: in operation"
Speaking OF the tariff revision. the
deploras national extrava-
gance as the cause for the $1o0.o0o,000
deficit and the consequent necessity or
Increased taxation. 1t suggests that
the duties on crude materials and steel
might have been further reduced to
Al ~ ora ne fha cranaraI fnAnmfar-
turing interest.
The revenue needed to restore the
estimated 100000. 900 deficit could have
been in considerable measure made up
from moderate duties on tea and cof-
fee, of which the consumer need be
hardly conscious. and by the inheri-
lance tax, as recommended by the Pres
ddent," the report suggests.
After noting that the record of FIRE
loss throughout the country continues
10 increase, the Committee on Fire
suggests that the first rem
edy is to be found in a uniform State
FIRE marshal law.
John Kirby, Jr., of Dayton, o.. was
Rhe unanimous choice OF the nominate
ing committee as a candidate for Pres
1dent Of the association, to succeed
James w. Van Cleave.
In an address entitled 1.-THE Open
DOOR OF - A9S0AAOA "a
the international Banking Corporation
OF New York; urged the Association to
demand of Congress free trade with
the Philippines and Porto Rico.
Thomas E. Durham spoke on "Desir-
able improvements in Interstate Trade"
He attacked the sccentricities of legis-
Iation in certain States, saying that
ait seems that this has almost become a
disease to the public mind, and any
thing that can be done by an average
legislator to Cypress a manufacturer
seems to strike a popular chord in
public opinion"
In conclusion. he said:
at seems that any laws that AFFECT
the trade relations between the manu-
9acturers of the various States is clear
" an attempt to regulate Interstate
commerce which can only be done by
the Federal Congress. The tendency
Of these laws is to localise business
ana to build a certain restriction or
10. in a measure, protect the local
The report of the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine was read, urging that the
following resolution be passed.:
"Resolved, That the association rec
omrnend to Congress the passage of a
bin like that under consideration in
the last Congress and advocated by
Taft, providing for suflcient
postal compensation 60 establish a
lvift and regular service In American